Transforming vision into reality for clients related to my experience building collaborations and bringing together the right people at the right time to make great things happen. Successful experience in consulting, investing alongside angel and VC firms, drug development, biotech, pharma, CRO management, R&D, project management, informatics, sales and marketing, strategy, leadership, working with and mentoring entrepreneurs and university spinouts, quality/regulatory, designing and building state of the art high tech facilities, building world-class academic programs, grant funding, exit strategy and acquisition planning, economic development, partnering with industry on workforce needs and talent pipelines. Experience representing state government on matters related to science, technology & innovation. Extensive board experience.

Expertise:
consulting
investing
drug development
CRO management
R&D and innovation
project management
sales
marketing
business development
leadership
strategy
working with entrepreneurs
mentoring
quality/regulatory
design and building high-tech facilities
creating world-class academic programs
grants
exit strategy/acquisition planning
economic development
partnerships/collaborations/alliances
academia
workforce training and talent pipeline
government experience
board experience

Patent counseling, preparation and prosecution in life sciences and agricultural biotechnology including expertise in procuring plant patents and plant variety protection; patentability, validity, freedom to operate, infringement analyses.