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Corporate Strategy, Business Development, Research and Development (R&D), Competitive Intelligence

Senior Director Corporate Development at ReAlta Life Sciences

• Location: Virginia, United States
• Duration: 2024-07 to Present
• Description: ReAlta Life Sciences is a clinical stage company focused on inflammatory diseases. Our platform presents a novel opportunity to modify disease progression through moderation of the most robust components of both humoral (complement system) and cellular (neutrophils) components of innate inflammatory responses

Director of Strategy & Business Development at Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.

• Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Duration: 2023-07 to 2024-06
• Description: As a Director of Corporate Strategy & BD, I scout new areas where Ginkgo’s cell therapy platform is ripe to be a disruptive technology and introduce that expertise to prospective pharma / biotech partners. I distill information from prospective partner conversations and secondary sources and advance this thinking into specific deal concepts that meet partner needs and utilize Ginkgo’s capabilities / assets to its fullest potential. As deals progress, I shepherd them closely, but also keep an eye on the big picture and ensure that our team priorities are focused on the best fit and highest likelihood opportunities

Associate Director, Corporate and Business Development at Senda Biosciences

• Location: Greater Boston
• Duration: 2022-04 to 2023-07
• Description: As a Senior Manager and later as an Associate Director of Corporate & Business Development, I excel at creating corporate/BD strategy by actively leading / participating in variety of activities. I frequently generated strategic insights based on best-in-class analysis, and distilled outputs and recommendations which enabled informed decisions of top-level leaders. I have built investor presentations and created corporate messages for Series B and C funding rounds, resulting in ~$225 M investment. To fulfill these activities, I partnered with the Heads of the Corporate, R&D, Translational Medicine, and Finance teams as I led Senda’s Business Intelligence team and managed the “Pipeline Creation” workstream. Regarding BD efforts, I drove several strategic partnership cases for Senda including out-licensing and co-development agreements. In fact, I partnered with the Head of the BD team to map and prioritize external opportunities in emerging areas that address Senda’s portfolio gaps and support value creation.

Senior Manager, Corporate and Business Development at Senda Biosciences (A Flagship Pioneering Company)

• Location: Greater Boston
• Duration: 2021-04 to 2022-03
• Description:

Life Sciences Consultant at ClearView Healthcare Partners

• Location: Greater Boston Area
• Duration: 2019-03 to 2021-03
• Description: As a Life Sciences Consultant at ClearView Healthcare Partners in Boston, I honed my strategic consulting expertise in the life sciences sector. My experience in the life science space ranges from R&D to commercial and marketing strategy. I have enjoyed adding value to several engagements where clients primarily included Fortune 100, mid-cap, and private biotech companies. I performed indication opportunity assessment, extensive due diligence, therapeutic area strategy, and prepared strategic plans to address unmet medical needs across several therapeutic areas including cell & gene therapy, oncology, immunology, CNS, cardiology, etc.