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Switzerland

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Healthcare and Technology Innovator and Entrepreneur

Profile Summary

Ph.D. level scientist with more than 18 years of experience in both academia and industry. Experience in multinational corporations, managing director and founder of a startup, academic spin-offs and non-profit organisations in both established and emerging markets. Current clients include multinational corporations, consultancy firms and online content publishers. Previous projects have included R&D, innovation and strategy consulting, digital innovation and transformation, project / programme management, due diligence and investment consulting, and content marketing.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Medical Devices
• ★ Innovation Management
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Software Engineering
• ☆ Internet of Things
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Medical Technologies
• ☆ Medical Device Development
• ☆ Medical Device Regulatory Consulting
• ☆ Medicine
• ☆ HIV/AIDS Treatment
• ☆ Global Health
• ☆ Medical Sciences
• ☆ Technology Scouting
• ☆ Medical Device Regulatory Writing
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Sustainable Development

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Data Visualization

Product Development Formulation, Product Evaluation, Concept Development, Prototyping

Work Experience

Managing Director

Limeburners Bay International AG

January 2017 - Present

Project Manager

Abbott Laboratories

July 2007 - March 2016

Senior Scientist

Abbott Laboratories

September 2007 - July 2009

Research Assistant

Garvan Institute of Medical Research

January 2003 - December 2003

Education

Executive MBA

Smartly Institute

February 2019 - Present

Ph.D. (Department of Oncology / MRC Cancer Cell Unit)

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

January 2004 - September 2007

Bachelor of Science (Honours) Postgraduate Degree (Faculty of Science)

University of Auckland

January 2002 - December 2002

Bachelor of Science (Faculty of Science)

University of Auckland

February 1999 - November 2001

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

PATENT

(2017). US 9739747 B2: Paper substrate diagnostic apparatus and related methods and systems .

(2017). WO2017004463A1: Devices and methods for sample analysis.

(2016). WO2016161402A1: Devices and methods for sample analysis.

(2016). WO2016161400A1: Devices and methods for sample analysis.

(2013). US8481491: Scaffold polypeptides for heterologous peptide display .

(2011). ES2350455T3: Use of Stefin A as scaffold protein.

US 20150298124 A1: Droplet actuator fabrication apparatus, systems, and related methods .

CONFERENCE PAPER

(2014). Label-free electrochemical biosensors for clinical diagnostics . Biomedical Engineering Conference (CIBEC), 2014 Cairo International.

(2008). Label-free electrical detection of protein interactions with peptide aptamers . Tenth World Congress on Biosensors.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2014). Improving the dielectric properties of ethylene-glycol alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers . Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids.

(2011). Development of peptide aptamer microarrays for detection of HPV16 oncoproteins in cell extracts . Analytical biochemistry.

(2008). Highly specific label-free protein detection from lysed cells using internally referenced microcantilever sensors . Biosensors & bioelectronics.

(2008). Label-free detection of protein interactions with peptide aptamers by open circuit potential measurement . Electrochimica Acta.

(2008). Surface-immobilized peptide aptamers as probe molecules for protein detection . Analytical Chemistry.

(2008). Electrical protein detection in cell lysates using high-density peptide-aptamer microarrays . Journal of biology.

(2007). Whole organism approaches to chemical genomics: the promising role of zebrafish (Danio rerio) . Expert opinion on drug discovery.

(2007). Peptide aptamers in label-free protein detection: 1. Characterization of the immobilized scaffold . Analytical chemistry.

(2005). Design and validation of a neutral protein scaffold for the presentation of peptide aptamers . Journal of molecular biology.

(2003). Chemical discovery and global gene expression analysis in zebrafish . Nature biotechnology.

DISSERTATION THESIS

(2007). The development and application of peptide aptamer microarrays. University of Cambridge.

(2002). Chemical Genomics and DNA Microarrays in the Dissection of Complex Biological Pathways in the Zebrafish, D. rerio.