• Provide process development, advising, and project management services to support science-led product development and portfolio project management

Discovery & Development, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
• Lead creation of reporting deliverables for government contracts
• Manage purchase requisitions as used for research subcontracts in addition to standard procurement of commercial goods and services
• Describe and refine current departmental processes; provide process improvement feedback/suggestions to other departments with which Drug Discovery & Development (DDD) program interacts
• Examples: Created DDD quality management process to support GxP (GMP, GLP, GCP) projects, developed subcontracting process map with inputs/ outputs/dependencies/responsibilities for procurements to support NIH projects

• Drove R&D update process (OKRs), served as contact point for organization, managed communications at multiple levels (including executive team) to support flow of information to executives and to internal R&D organization
• Managed cross-functional development projects and operational initiatives by leveraging hybrid project management methodologies
• Identified and addressed gaps in process and/or communication by gathering and analyzing qualitative data
• Coordinated product approval committee activities to support R&D portfolio management
• Examples: led a cross-functional initiative to streamline employee training, developed a new process between R&D and manufacturing operations for internal reagent forecasting

• Developed, executed, and documented experiments and studies
• Served as technical lead for development and design transfer projects moderate in scope
• Examples: developed run validity controls using design of experiments (DOE) for product and drove design transfer to manufacturing and quality control by serving as development lead on cross-functional team, designed measurement systems analysis (MSA) study and quality control test method

• Developed, executed, and documented experiments in a project-focused vs. task-oriented manner using complex statistical analysis and technical writing skills
• Served as technical lead for development projects limited in scope
• Examples: established thermal cycling parameters for RT-qPCR assays using DOE, developed bufer solution for storage of cell-free DNA, evaluated and implemented process improvements for DNA extraction workflows

• Processed incoming biological specimens from ongoing clinical studies and managed inventory of clinical samples
• Supported formulation/dispense of contrived samples, consumables inventory, equipment maintenance oversight, and other lab management duties as needed
• Drafted and executed experimental protocols, performed quantitative data analysis
• *Transitioned to direct employee of Exact Sciences from Aerotek stafing in Feb 2015.