Functional Skills
Business Planning
Project Management
Medical Affairs
Benchmarking
Strategic Sourcing
Business Analysis
Value Chain Analysis
Commercial Due Diligence
Integration Management (IMO)
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Leadership Development
Human Capital Consulting
Operations Management
Portfolio Optimization
Software Skills
Smartsheet
Microsoft Office
OpenAI
Outlook
Zoom
Go
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Certifications
PMPProject Management Professional
Sector Experience
Business Services
Consumer Goods
Life Sciences & Pharma
Manufacturing
Notable Clients
Amgen
Generation Bio
Gilead Sciences
Moderna
NexImmune
Fortune 500
Top Consulting Firms
Experience
Octyl Consulting LLC
Management Consulting
Life Science Management Consultant | Project Leader
9/2015 - Present
● Market/Competitive Assessment with Indication Prioritization: assessments and strategic options to drive business value and improve patient standard of care. Experience across a range of indications and therapies in various stages of development and commercialization
Project/Program Management for cross functional teams
● Global Medical Affairs project lead for mRNA vaccine company: strategic plan and global events
● Pre-IND Candidate Development: very early-stage novel allergy focused company
● Antigen-directed Immunotherapy early stage: go-to consultant since 2017, including: landscape, competitive and BD analysis and project leader for pre-IND/IND preparations
● Reverse Merger: Key member of a team that planned, evaluated, and sourced candidates for a reverse merger of a listed stem cell business into a new clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company
● Merger: global pharmaceutical company acquisition of a $2B oncology business in 2021. Worked with a 30+ team.
Project/Program Management for cross functional teams
● Global Medical Affairs project lead for mRNA vaccine company: strategic plan and global events
● Pre-IND Candidate Development: very early-stage novel allergy focused company
● Antigen-directed Immunotherapy early stage: go-to consultant since 2017, including: landscape, competitive and BD analysis and project leader for pre-IND/IND preparations
● Reverse Merger: Key member of a team that planned, evaluated, and sourced candidates for a reverse merger of a listed stem cell business into a new clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company
● Merger: global pharmaceutical company acquisition of a $2B oncology business in 2021. Worked with a 30+ team.
dHealth UCSF
Start-Up
Business and Market Consultant
12/2014 - 7/2015
UCSF Lean Launch Program San Francisco, CA
● Created and validated product market fit focused on improving quality of life for cancer survivors. This included 100+ interviews of potential customers and stakeholders.
● Crafted the business model, financial operating plan, and company introduction video and pitch for potential investors.
● Created and validated product market fit focused on improving quality of life for cancer survivors. This included 100+ interviews of potential customers and stakeholders.
● Crafted the business model, financial operating plan, and company introduction video and pitch for potential investors.
Genentech
Product Management / Strategy
Pharma Pipeline and Portfolio Group Consultant| Business Initiatives Leader
1/2012 - 12/2014
● Portfolio Level Decision Making: Strengthened the late-stage Portfolio Committee charter, revised early and late-stage team training and submission documents, and aligned the global project manager website resources to support stakeholders and teams
● Senior executive crowd sourcing
● Senior executive crowd sourcing
arraypower
Marketing
Project Management
2/2011 - 9/2011
Consultant working with the CEO to crafting a rebranding program.
AB SCIEX
Product Management / Strategy
Senior Director, Market and Business Planning| Chief of Staff
9/2004 - 9/2010
● Market and Business Planning: Headed five-year growth strategy planning for $500M business resulting in top market leadership in a very competitive market.
● Drove the R&D business case analysis (7 key product launches in 3 years).
● Facilitated division and corporate leadership off sites and strategy discussions.
● Served as the trusted counsel and chief of staff to Business President
● Drove the R&D business case analysis (7 key product launches in 3 years).
● Facilitated division and corporate leadership off sites and strategy discussions.
● Served as the trusted counsel and chief of staff to Business President
Booz Allen Hamilton
Management Consulting
Principal, Management Consultant
9/1997 - 2/2004
Managed engagements addressing critical strategic and operational issues of Fortune 500 clients. Examples:
● Post-merger integration program: with the CFO, developed and managed the financial center "up and running" plan, created the new financial operations corporate center and identified $15M in synergy opportunities.
● Merger of two blood lab service providers: formulated the merger agenda for operations, footprint, and sales (FTC postponed)
● Pharma global strategic alliances: Led the analysis for a $1+ billion global capital expenditure programs for a major global pharmaceutical company.
● Multiple complex business challenges: redesigned human resource strategy for a mortgage consumer bank, designed a pre-implementation for next generation lean manufacturing strategy for major airline manufacturer, analyzed European strategic sourcing for a global telecom, analyzed global market entry feasibility for a Swiss global manufacturing company, semiconductor margin improvements.
● Post-merger integration program: with the CFO, developed and managed the financial center "up and running" plan, created the new financial operations corporate center and identified $15M in synergy opportunities.
● Merger of two blood lab service providers: formulated the merger agenda for operations, footprint, and sales (FTC postponed)
● Pharma global strategic alliances: Led the analysis for a $1+ billion global capital expenditure programs for a major global pharmaceutical company.
● Multiple complex business challenges: redesigned human resource strategy for a mortgage consumer bank, designed a pre-implementation for next generation lean manufacturing strategy for major airline manufacturer, analyzed European strategic sourcing for a global telecom, analyzed global market entry feasibility for a Swiss global manufacturing company, semiconductor margin improvements.