Professional Accomplishments:
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Project Management:
- Management of over 500 Contract Research (CR) Projects ($7M value)
- Management of GLP Microbiology Laboratory
- Not-For-Profit Management
- Management and Supervision of ten full time staff members
- Development and Facilitation of Corporate IACUC
- Development of Corporate SOPs and Oversight of ISO 13485 Accreditation
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Protocol Development/Grant Writing:
- Design and Facilitation of more than 500 Unique Research Protocols
- Design and Execution of Medical Device 510(k) Antimicrobial Support packages.
- Grant Writing: Successful Lead or co-applicant of over $6 Million in funding since 2007.
- Successful Lead Applicant ALMA 2015L006D $222,700.00
- Successful Lead Applicant ALMA 2014S008S $149,000.00
- Successful Lead Applicant Growing Forward 2, 2013 $300,000.00
- Successful Co-applicant Growing Forward 2, 2014 $295,000.00
- Successful Co-applicant Growing Forward 2, 2013 $250,000.00
- Successful Lead Applicant ALMA 2013S008S $650,000.00
- Successful Lead Applicant WED 000011788 $2,600,000.00
- Recipient of ACAAF AB0159CO $475,000.00 agriculture grant
- Recipient of ACAAF AB0008CO of $220,000.00 agriculture grant
- Successful Co-applicant of Food Safety Initiative $508,500.00
- Successful Co-applicant ALMA 2011R026R $350,000.00
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Sales and Marketing:
- Contract Research Sales - Maintain strong international and domestic client relations, Design and Implementation of client specific protocols, successfully negotiated and completed over $7 million in contract sales.
- Commercial Device Sales – Responsible for domestic and international sales of over $500K in specialty diagnostic research devices to academic, industrial and medical fields.
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Conference Hosting and Selected Presentations:
- Panel Expert: Pre-IDE Meeting, FDA, Washington, DC, December 9, 2010.
- Invited Speaker: ASTM E35 31st Symposium on Pesticide Formulations and Delivery Systems: Innovative Green Chemistries for the 21st Century. San Antonio, TX. October 12-14, 2010.
- Invited Speaker: Listeriosis Investigative Review Secretariat (LIRS), Ottawa, Ontario, March 12, 2009.
- Invited Speaker: ASM Biofilms 2009, Cancun, Mexico. November 15-19, 2009.
- Organisation of Industry Work Shop: Cangene Corporation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 8-9, 2009.
- Invited Speaker: ASM Biofilms 2007. Quebec City, Quebec, March 2007.
- Organisation and Management of 2007 Industry Conference: “Biofilm Workshop 2007”, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, June 28-29, 2007.
- Organisation and Management of 2006 Regulatory Conference: “Biofilm Workshop 2006”, Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore, Maryland, March 20-21, 2006.
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Laboratory Skill Set:
- Biofilm Susceptibility Testing
- Planktonic Susceptibility Testing
- MALDI-TOF, ELISA, AAS
- TEM, SEM, Cryo EM
- SDS-PAGE
- Project Management
- IACUC Oversight
- Protocol/SOP Development
- In vivo modeling
Work History:
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Co-Founder and General Manager |
The Institute of Applied Poultry Technologies
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2013- |
| President |
Chinook Contract Research Inc. |
2011- |
| Contract Research Manager |
Innovotech Inc., Edmonton, AB |
2007- 2011 |
| Laboratory Manager |
Innovotech Inc., Calgary, AB |
2006-2007
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| Laboratory Manager |
MBEC BioProducts Inc., Calgary, AB
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2005-2006
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Microbiologist
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MBEC BioProducts Inc., Calgary, AB
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2005
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Scientific Advisor
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KRGI International, Huntsville, ON
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2004-2005
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Research Assistant
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University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
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1998-2003
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Teaching Assistant
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University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
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1998-2001
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Education:
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M.Sc.
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University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
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2003
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B.Sc. (honours)
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University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
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1998
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References:
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References are available upon request.
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