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Operator and founder within life sciences with strengths in product and go-to-market, commercialization, US market expansion, clinical trials, and AI.
I am an executive with experience working for US based life sciences, biotechnology, precision medicine and healthcare technology companies. Most recently, I founded and ran an AI company within clinical operations, translating clinical trial protocols into automated workflows. My strengths include translating new medical products and technologies into deployable clinical and business solutions, driving commercialization and growth, and optimizing clinical development & operations.
Career Highlights
- Founded and ran a venture-backed clinical trials startup with 16 global and US enterprise customers including ICON, Cardinal Health and Abbisko Therapeutics
- Commercialization strategy and product launch at Genentech for a $4.7M annual revenue generating biologic for hemophilia A
- Sales and marketing strategy for a rare disease company’s $680M biologic for PAH (company then acquired by J&J)
- Sales execution and operations for Tempus AI’s genomics and clinical trial offerings, resulting in 15+ new clinical trials supported within a year
What I Bring
- Strategic Thinking & Execution: I am both strategic and operational. My experience across organizations of different sizes, combined with my entrepreneurship, enables me to be resourceful, handle ambiguity, take initiative, learn rapidly, execute under constraints, and prioritize accounting for ROI and implementation trade-offs.
- Commercialization & Go-To-Market: I have designed and implemented commercialization and go-to-market strategies for a range of biologic, medical device and AI products across therapeutic areas, and can add particular value in helping Australian based companies expand to the US or secure US partnerships. This includes market positioning, sales strategy and execution, messaging, and scaling solutions.
- Clinical Development & Operations: I have expertise in clinical development and operations, and can add particular value for companies approaching or undergoing their initial or pivotal clinical trials. I understand how to run trials efficiently and effectively, and can ensure companies do not get trapped in this phase of R&D that can be very costly and time consuming.
- Translating AI into Clinical & Business Value: Having built and sold AI software, I can help companies evaluate and implement an AI strategy that best aligns with their objectives, including identifying areas to build internally using available technologies vs. buying or partnering.
- Product Development and Innovation: Having built and scaled products and businesses from zero to one, I can help companies creatively build and scale their enterprises and products quickly.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: I have led international teams across clinical operations, sales, marketing, product and engineering. I am a compassionate and results-oriented leader, who takes great pride in supporting the personal development of teams to unlock strong results.
Corporate affairs and cross-functional strategy professional with 15+ years’ experience in ASX-listed, small-cap environments, spanning capital markets activity, regulatory disclosure, stakeholder engagement and adjacent operational portfolios, including grant applications & administrations, electricity retail compliance and carbon credit management.
I am, at heart, a “bridger”: I build momentum by connecting the right partners, translating between technical, commercial and regulatory priorities, and integrating efforts so initiatives do not stall at the handover from strategy to execution. That bridging capability has been tested and refined in capital-constrained environments, where clarity, trust and pace matter, and where stakeholder confidence is earned through consistent delivery.
Career highlights
- Secured $7.5m in grant funding (ARENA, QLD CMBTF) supporting Australia’s energy transition, from opportunity identification through to agreement execution and milestone delivery.
- Led investor relations through10+ capital raises and two strategic acquisitions
- Managed ASX continuous disclosure and stakeholder communications in high-consequence settings.
- Led corporate rebrands and strategic repositioning activity, aligning purpose, narrative and behaviours through visual identity, digital and internal engagement.
- Delivered ASX disclosure and investor relations programs with consistent, compliant market messaging.
What I bring
Grant & Partnership Development: End-to-end capability from opportunity identification through proposal development, agreement negotiation, and milestone delivery. Strategic alignment of technical objectives with federal and state policy priorities to secure non-dilutive funding that accelerates R&D without equity dilution.
Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Executive-level communication across boards, investors, government agencies and research partners. Proven ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships that position organisations as credible partners in nationally significant programs.
Governance & Portfolio Management: Established governance frameworks for product development initiatives, ensuring disciplined capital allocation, risk management and delivery against milestones in resource-constrained environments. Strong commercial instincts combined with technical fluency.
Capital Markets & Corporate Affairs: Deep experience managing ASX disclosure obligations, investor relations and transaction communications through acquisitions, capital raises and strategic pivots. Skilled at maintaining stakeholder confidence during periods of significant organisational change.
Cross-Sector Capability: Background spans renewable energy (solar, geothermal, biogas, batteries), life sciences, embedded electricity networks and carbon markets. Working knowledge of IP considerations, contract negotiation, regulatory compliance (AER, DEM) and commercialisation pathways for applied R&D.
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Corporate affairs and cross-functional strategy professional with 15+ years’ experience in ASX-listed, small-cap environments, spanning capital markets activity, regulatory disclosure, stakeholder engagement and adjacent operational portfolios, including grant applications & administrations, electricity retail compliance and carbon credit management.
I am, at heart, a “bridger”: I build momentum by connecting the right partners, translating between technical, commercial and regulatory priorities, and integrating efforts so initiatives do not stall at the handover from strategy to execution. That bridging capability has been tested and refined in capital-constrained environments, where clarity, trust and pace matter, and where stakeholder confidence is earned through consistent delivery.
Career highlights
- Secured $7.5m in grant funding (ARENA, QLD CMBTF) supporting Australia’s energy transition, from opportunity identification through to agreement execution and milestone delivery.
- Led investor relations through10+ capital raises and two strategic acquisitions
- Managed ASX continuous disclosure and stakeholder communications in high-consequence settings.
- Led corporate rebrands and strategic repositioning activity, aligning purpose, narrative and behaviours through visual identity, digital and internal engagement.
- Delivered ASX disclosure and investor relations programs with consistent, compliant market messaging.
What I bring
Grant & Partnership Development: End-to-end capability from opportunity identification through proposal development, agreement negotiation, and milestone delivery. Strategic alignment of technical objectives with federal and state policy priorities to secure non-dilutive funding that accelerates R&D without equity dilution.
Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Executive-level communication across boards, investors, government agencies and research partners. Proven ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships that position organisations as credible partners in nationally significant programs.
Governance & Portfolio Management: Established governance frameworks for product development initiatives, ensuring disciplined capital allocation, risk management and delivery against milestones in resource-constrained environments. Strong commercial instincts combined with technical fluency.
Capital Markets & Corporate Affairs: Deep experience managing ASX disclosure obligations, investor relations and transaction communications through acquisitions, capital raises and strategic pivots. Skilled at maintaining stakeholder confidence during periods of significant organisational change.
Cross-Sector Capability: Background spans renewable energy (solar, geothermal, biogas, batteries), life sciences, embedded electricity networks and carbon markets. Working knowledge of IP considerations, contract negotiation, regulatory compliance (AER, DEM) and commercialisation pathways for applied R&D.
- Hands-on experience leading full-lifecycle ERP implementations. navigating high-stakes environments, from scaling production during the COVID-19 pandemic to maintaining critical vendor relationships during periods of voluntary administration
- . By focusing on dual-sourcing and offshoring strategies, I have consistently improved business resilience and cost structures.
- With over 12 years of specialised experience in the medical device industry, I have built a career around transforming supply chain operations and leading complex, end-to-end S&OP cycles
Strategic Supply Chain Leadership
With over 12 years of specialised experience in the medical device industry, I have built a career around transforming supply chain operations and leading complex, end-to-end S&OP cycles. I have managed global procurement portfolios exceeding $60M USD and have hands-on experience leading full-lifecycle ERP implementations from RFP to go-live. My background is defined by navigating high-stakes environments, from scaling production during the COVID-19 pandemic to maintaining critical vendor relationships during periods of voluntary administration. By focusing on dual-sourcing and offshoring strategies, I have consistently improved business resilience and optimised cost structures.
Operational Excellence and Compliance
My expertise lies in bridging the gap between commercial demand and manufacturing reality. I specialise in regional demand forecasting, COGS modelling, purchasing and manufacturing planning, and inventory management. Since I work in highly regulated sectors, I prioritise building ISO 13485-compliant processes from the ground up, including writing SOPs for everything from procurement to distribution, and validating software and equipment for manufacturing. This ensures that operations are not just efficient and scalable, but also remain strictly audit-ready.
Technical Proficiency and Business Growth
I combine a technical background in biotechnology with a Master of Business Administration to drive data-driven decision-making and a modern management approach. My toolkit includes advanced Excel modelling and a strong focus on risk management and change management, which I use to turn manual, bottlenecked workflows into modernised, digital frameworks. I am a multilingual leader fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, and I am available for frequent travel or remote collaboration to support global teams.
Proven track record in P&L accountability, national scale infrastructure, commercial monetisation, and growth.
I am an executive with extensive experience leading high performing business units within complex, highly regulated clinical, healthcare, and life sciences environments. Most recently, I’ve led a national clinical services business unit to become the highest profit brand in the parent corporate portfolio by % EBITDA.
My strengths lie in diagnosing margin leakage, restructuring commercial and billing frameworks to convert operational activities into high-margin revenue streams, and designing major new service lines leveraging IT systems and inherent capabilities, while scaling workflows across vast geographical footprints.
Career Highlights
- Rapid Revenue Scaling: Designed and implemented a commercialisation strategy that drove a 46% YoY revenue expansion for a national clinical division, successfully scaling an underperforming business line from $300K p/a to over $2M p/a.
- National Multi-Site Leadership: Oversaw operational architecture and workflow delivery across a vast distributed national healthcare network.
- Corporate Operational Turnaround: Reshaped the pricing, costing, and contract risk assessment frameworks for a struggling contract research organisation (CRO), successfully restoring the entire P&L to profitability within 12 months
- Proprietary Product Creation: Capitalised on existing, structures to conceptualise and package a unique, service offerings, that become a key competitive differentiator. Turned an internal infrastructure asset into a highly valued, service to improve efficiency, increase patient safety and capture revenue, while reducing downstream external costs for clients.
- Infrastructure Design & IT Integration: Acted as end to end business case owner and project architect for major national infrastructure developments, including a laboratory redevelopment and an automated electronic ordering/results reporting integration strategy.
What I Bring
- Strategic Leadership & High-Autonomy Execution: I combine deep technical and scientific credibility with absolute corporate discipline. Having stepped up to hold executive authority during CEO absences, I thrive in high velocity, fast moving environments where I have a free hand to take calculated risks and build systems from scratch.
- EBITDA Optimisation & Commercial Monetisation: I specialise in extracting latent value from existing operations. I have a proven eye for analysing complex clinical workflows, identifying previously unbilled or under-valued services, and designing innovative pricing and contract structures that maximise profitability.
- Distributed Network Scaling: I have extensive expertise in managing the immense logistical and administrative complexity of large-scale, multi-site clinical footprints. I know how to establish repeatable commercial processes that allow businesses to expand rapidly across regions without compromising quality or compliance.
- Tech Enabled Scaling & Digital Architecture: I understand how to leverage technology to enhance service provision and maximise profitability. I have direct experience taking fragmented data and workflows and turning them into scalable, automated digital solutions that reduce drive commercial efficiency and build what is needed to commercialise a brand new service or key market product.
- Cross Functional & Specialist Leadership: I have a long history of leading diverse, international, and multi-disciplinary teams across logistics, finance, legal, and laboratory divisions. My leadership style builds high-performance cultures grounded in clear accountability, and I possess the ability bring credibility and build trusted relationships with highly specialised clinical and scientific stakeholders.
I’m a PMP-certified Scientific Manager and Bioinformatics Consultant with 6+ years’ experience helping biotech and pharma teams turn complex data into scalable, reproducible systems.
I combine hands-on bioinformatics, workflow automation, and cloud platform expertise with real
project leadership — guiding cross-functional teams from concept through delivery.
I thrive in the space between science and engineering, translating what researchers need into practical, user-friendly solutions.
I like building systems that make work easier for everyone: from automating repetitive tasks to standardising environments so teams can focus on science infrastructure.
Career Highlights
• Built a Nextflow single-cell post-processing pipeline on AWS that cut a multi-week harmonisation task down to just a few hours
• Delivered a Python Dash dashboard that replaced an expensive legacy tool and improved usability for sample-level data exploration
• Scoped and led a standardised ETL framework PoC for RNA-seq, WES, and ctDNA data, creating a reusable foundation for biomarker studies
• Standardised analysis environments in Domino Data Lab using Docker and CI/CD, improving reproducibility, security, and operational efficiency across globally distributed
teams
• Ran a 3-month DevOps best practices training program for biostatisticians, improving
reproducibility and reducing code rework
• Relocated internationally to Hyderabad for 10 months to strengthen cross-functional collaboration and accelerate project deliver
What I Bring
Scientific Program & Project Leadership:
I manage projects from start to finish, turning complex biological requirements into clear technical roadmaps, work breakdowns, and deliverables. I bring structure and focus to cross-functional teams, keeping projects on track
without losing sight of the science.
Bioinformatics Platforms & Workflow Delivery:
I design and deliver scalable, cloud-native bioinformatics solutions that make advanced analyses accessible to both technical and non- technical users. I’ve built pipelines, dashboards, and frameworks that reduce manual work, improve reproducibility, and speed up insight.
Cloud, DevOps & Reproducibility:
I have hands-on experience with AWS, Docker, CI/CD,Bitbucket, and workflow automation. I standardise environments and automate deployments soteams can trust their results, work efficiently, and stay audit-ready.
Cross-Functional & Client-Facing Expertise:
I bridge the gap between scientists, engineers, and stakeholders. I excel at translating technical and scientific complexity into actionable plans,
running client demos, onboarding teams, and maintaining alignment across departments.
Process Improvement & Capability Building:
I mentor teams and create sustainable ways of working, from workflow strategy to CI/CD and reproducibility best practices. My goal is always to build systems and habits that continue delivering value long after a project is finished.
Successful biotech industry specialist with 10 years’ experience, offering expertise in project management, clinical research, quality assurance and new product development. My background has given me proficiency in complex project management and cross-functional coordination between departments (R&D, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and product commercialisation.)
I am now exploring new opportunities where I can bring my strengths in the field of project management and my understanding of product lifecycle leading to both clinical and commercial success. I am available for full-time or part time roles, including casual projects and remote opportunities. My skills and expertise in the fields of protein therapeutics, QA and related project management skills are outlined below.
Protein therapeutics:
– Structural biology & molecular imaging
Forming the basis of my PhD & postdoctoral fellowship, I gained
expertise ranging from small peptides to large membrane protein complexes. I
gained experience in molecular design, expression in various hosts, protein
purification challenges but also protein analytics and process transfer for
clinical manufacturing.
– Protein purification challenges, large-scale manufacturing challenges and Analytics
I spent 3 years in two CROs developing and managing the upstream ‘Mammalian expression’ & downstream ‘Protein Analytics and Characterisation departments.
I was overseeing the product life cycle of >100 protein therapeutics projects, from the bench to clinical study readiness. In these roles, I earned strong communication skills working with
various clients and stakeholders.
Biotech world & live therapeutics:
– Head of Process Development
I brought my extensive expertise in various aspects of drug development, from early drug design to large-scale production. I worked on the transition of various products (clinical leads/therapeutics, OTC dietary supplements and cosmetics) but also on the manufacturing processes from laboratory scale to large-scale.
– Quality Assurance Manager
Ensuring GCP compliance and Clinical trial operational management across studies, involving multiple CROs and sites. I was leading the improvements of Quality Management Systems ensuring compliance with GMP, ICH-GCP guidelines, regulatory standards, and internal policies in the support
of manufacturing operations and product release.
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