Biomedical Bioanalytical Nanotechnology Consultant

Expertise

• Biomedical nanotechnology.
• Bioanalytical nanotechnology.
• Nano science and technology.
• Nano fabrication and characterization.
• Technological entrepreneurship.
• Nanotechnology energy and sustainability.
• Medical device development.
• Design controls.
• Electrochemistry.
• Energy and renewable energy.
• Business plan formation, strategic innovation, and marketing for the nontechnology industry.
• Nanotechnology energy and sustainability.
• Translate complex operations and theories of innovative emerging technologies in the biomedical and bioanalytical nanotechnology industries.

Experience

Independent Consultant, Present

• Resolute technology solutions for the medical device, electrochemical, energy, bioanalytical and biomedical nanotechnology consumers.
• Lead and provide scope of projects, monitor stages of projects while delivering analysis of systems, safety, failure and performance, design and progress.

Aviana Molecular Technologies, LLC, Orlando, FL, 2017

Project Management

• Managed cross functional team across multiple projects, contracts, grants and proposals.
• Pegasus System: Point of Care (POC) medical diagnostic device of infectious disease.
• NASA Phase I: Passive wireless sensor system for space and structural health monitoring.
• NASA Phase II: Passive wireless sensor system for space and structural health monitoring and gas sensing.
• DoD Phase I: Robust biochemical and biomarker rapid detection and assay system for field use.
• U.S. Special Operations Command: Multiplexed rapid point of care systems used in combat fields and remote sensing.
• Defined project scope and monitored progress while managing resources, ensuring budget, schedule and technical capacities
• Understand risk management and mitigations to FDA and International Standards: Harm and Hazard Analysis, System Risk.
• Analysis, software hazard analysis, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Recognize the process and steps to create and integrate a quality management system to satisfy safety and essential performance needs of manufacturers, products, and user-markets.
• Strategies to implement and formulate structure of Design Controls - (Includes: Design history file, design and development.
• Planning, risk management, design input, design output, design review, design change, design verification and validation, design transfer).
• Able to provide regulatory and quality guidance.
• Quality Management Systems; ITAR regulations; usability engineering; risk management to IT networks: Software used in device design, testing component acceptance, manufacturing, labelling, packaging, distribution; basic safety.
• Essential performance of medical electrical equipment; CLSI Guidance; FDA and EU regulatory documents.

Business and Technology Development Associate

• Global business, management, leadership, and operations strategies learned by working directly with elite C-Suite Executives and Board Members.
• Gained valuable insight from the creation of a subsidiary company to introduce technology into a new emerging industry.
• Leveraged acquired strategies and techniques to build relationships and raise funds from venture capitalist, Angel Investors and industry leaders.
• Producing and reviewing technical and scientific writing for technology transfers, patent filings, STTR/SBIR grants, and contracts.
• Created company presentation and marketing materials involving executive summary, investor slide deck, financial reports.
• Conducted due diligence and competitor & market research to analyze key opportunities for primary product launch.
• Contributed and supported weekly project meetings, Scientific Advisory board meeting, open and closed board meetings.
• Product development through strategic planning, research, development and optimization of the Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW), sensors and medical device.

Nanoengineering and Electrochemical Energy Lab, Orlando, FL, 2016

Graduate Research Associate

• Primarily focused on advanced materials and their applications in renewable energy conversion, storage devices, environment science, medical devices, future smart and wearable electronics, clean energy, fuel generation, semiconductors, and sensors.
• Design and synthesis of highly ordered nanoporous films with precisely controlled chemical composition and morphology electrochemical deposition, electrochemical anodization, hydrothermal reactions, and chemical vapor deposition.
• Developed electrochemical biosensor, metal air batteries, hybrid nanomaterial for water splitting and harnessing solar power to generate hydrogen fuel from waste water and seawater.
• Developed self-standing, flexible and robust inorganic films without supporting carbonaceous materials for flexible Li -ion batteries and supercapacitors for electronic and photonic devices.
• Pending Patents and Publication: Flexible NiFe film toward supercapacitors, water splitting, renewable energy.
• Characterized material using X-Ray diffraction, X-Ray photoelectric spectroscopy, transmission electron microscope, scanning electron microscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis.
• Performed oxygen evolution reactions, oxygen reduction reactions, hydrogen evolution reactions for electrolysis testing.

Peerless Electronics, Orlando, FL, 2016

Strategic Sales and Marketing Specialist

• International sales in emerging markets of aerospace, alternative energy, military, defense, industrial electronics, transportation, and medical industries.
• Generated over $2 Million in revenue in new business from newly acquired accounts while exceeding performance targets.
• Introduced a marketing plan to improve customer traffic to website and store.
• Success of marketing plan led to customer order increase over 50%, year over year.
• Webstore reached highest GP (avg., 40%-60% GP).
• Ensured ITAR Compliance and ISO 9001, AS9100, FAA AC0056 Standards.

Enterprise Holdings, Miami, FL, 2015

Management

• Worked with team to manage $17 million in assets while generating $8 million in revenue per year.
• Store became the largest and most profitable home city branch in the nation.
• Top sales performer every month in most competitive group in the United States.
• Initiated new mentorship program and multiple trainings to improve sales and customer service.

Biotest Pharmaceuticals, Orlando, FL, 2013 - 2015

Biomedical Technician

• Operated with a cross-functional team in the upstream processes for manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals.
• Trained new hires in cGMP policies mandated by the FDA.
• Devised marketing techniques to raise donations while guaranteeing high customer satisfaction and return rates.
• Success of marketing created the highest producing center in the Company and 2014 Center of the Year Award.
• Adhered to strict SOP and FDA regulations to produce a high-quality product.
• CLIA Certified.
• Supported Regulatory and Quality team during external FDA audits and internal quality system audits.

Honors & Publications

Credentials

• PMP; Risk Management, ISO and FDA Requirements
• Design Control Compliance for FDA and ISO

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• Golden Key International Honor Society
• American Association for Clinical Chemistry-AACC
• The Materials Advantage Program
• ToastMasters
• Lambda Chi Alpha

Publications

• Patterned Au-TiO2 Heterostructures for Photoelectrochemical Sensor.

Patents

• NiFe film toward supercapacitors, water splitting, renewable energy.

Education

• M.S. Master of Science, Nanotechnology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
• B.S. Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL