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STEM Educator & Career Guide, part-time
3/2024 - Present
Leading academic advising, interview prep., writing & business case review, etc. one-on-one sessions for college & up.
Envoya, Inc.
Corporate Strategy & Development
Director of Strategy & Operations
10/2024 - Present
Build & command the strategic backbone of a gene delivery startup—strategy, partnerships, finance, GTM, & automation:
• Lead strategy across GTM, partnerships, finance, ops, & AI automation in a fast-paced, early-stage environment.
• Build financial models & own forecasting with CEO, VP, & external CFO.
• Drive R&D partnership meetings, develop slides, docs, & SOWs, & advise CEO on strategic deals.
• Architect CRM systems & build AI-driven automations (HubSpot, Zapier, ChatGPT API, Python).
• Oversee monthly financials (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow); manage accounting vendor.
• Design nanoparticle experiments & lead lab project planning & operations.
• Own hiring: define roles, write job descriptions, & lead interviews.
• Curate web content, manage branding, & oversee external developers.
• Represent company at conferences, produce outreach & fundraising materials, collect leads.
• Pursue executive development through startup programs & self-education in corporate strategy, finance, & ops.
• Lead strategy across GTM, partnerships, finance, ops, & AI automation in a fast-paced, early-stage environment.
• Build financial models & own forecasting with CEO, VP, & external CFO.
• Drive R&D partnership meetings, develop slides, docs, & SOWs, & advise CEO on strategic deals.
• Architect CRM systems & build AI-driven automations (HubSpot, Zapier, ChatGPT API, Python).
• Oversee monthly financials (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow); manage accounting vendor.
• Design nanoparticle experiments & lead lab project planning & operations.
• Own hiring: define roles, write job descriptions, & lead interviews.
• Curate web content, manage branding, & oversee external developers.
• Represent company at conferences, produce outreach & fundraising materials, collect leads.
• Pursue executive development through startup programs & self-education in corporate strategy, finance, & ops.
Self-published content on LinkedIn
Other
Science & Career Communicator
4/2024 - Present
Sharing research management insights with the scientific community through self-published contributions on LinkedIn.
Boston Consulting Group
Management Consulting
Management Consultant
8/2022 - 12/2023
Project management (PMO) for S&P 100 global biopharmaceutical customer:
• Resolved multi-year clinical research trial delays for ~40 drug-research teams & clinical-phase-acceleration teams by fostering CRO collaborations & aligning the implementation of new systems & retraining timelines.
• Presented & prepared compelling materials for the CEO to empower his comms. with the board of directors. Distribution optimization for Fortune 500 medical supplier:
• Pinpointed $16M/year savings by leveraging shipping data, conducting Excel simulations, & Tableau visualizations.
• Led initial client-facing Excel modeling to gauge policy changes' impacts, corroborated later by AI tools' analysis. Business strategy for cloud software companies:
• Owned sections of report to enhance BCG's capabilities for future client projects & engaged in expert interviews. Agile & versatile support provided to meet urgent & impromptu customer needs:
• Adaptably integrated into teams for "fact pack" assembly, customer development, event coordination, & more.
• Resolved multi-year clinical research trial delays for ~40 drug-research teams & clinical-phase-acceleration teams by fostering CRO collaborations & aligning the implementation of new systems & retraining timelines.
• Presented & prepared compelling materials for the CEO to empower his comms. with the board of directors. Distribution optimization for Fortune 500 medical supplier:
• Pinpointed $16M/year savings by leveraging shipping data, conducting Excel simulations, & Tableau visualizations.
• Led initial client-facing Excel modeling to gauge policy changes' impacts, corroborated later by AI tools' analysis. Business strategy for cloud software companies:
• Owned sections of report to enhance BCG's capabilities for future client projects & engaged in expert interviews. Agile & versatile support provided to meet urgent & impromptu customer needs:
• Adaptably integrated into teams for "fact pack" assembly, customer development, event coordination, & more.
Harvard University, George Church lab
Research
Doctoral Scientist
7/2016 - 5/2022
• Invented new methods for constructing synthetic DNA & performing large-scale, precision E. coli genome editing.
• Managed 4 research assistants' experiments, leading to 10× increase in group's throughput of DNA editing.
• Directed team workflows—meeting milestones with 4–7 members, despite grant org. expecting a capacity of 15.
• Led EHS office initiatives spanning ~50 workstations in safety compliance, training, & green transformations.
• Preemptively automated design of >$20k-worth of DNA (1,000+ sequences) with Python, unlocking scalability.
• Prepared, ran, & analyzed Illumina MiSeq next-generation sequencing libraries in Harvard's NGS core.
• Managed 4 research assistants' experiments, leading to 10× increase in group's throughput of DNA editing.
• Directed team workflows—meeting milestones with 4–7 members, despite grant org. expecting a capacity of 15.
• Led EHS office initiatives spanning ~50 workstations in safety compliance, training, & green transformations.
• Preemptively automated design of >$20k-worth of DNA (1,000+ sequences) with Python, unlocking scalability.
• Prepared, ran, & analyzed Illumina MiSeq next-generation sequencing libraries in Harvard's NGS core.
McKinsey & Company
Management Consulting
Independent Consultant
11/2021 - 12/2021
Profiled & refined list of 27 diseases for genetic therapy innovations using databases: NIH/PubMed, Orphanet, NORD, etc.
Harvard Medical School
Other
Volunteer High School Career Mentor & Program Grant Writer
10/2018 - 2/2019
Health Professions Recruitment & Exposure Program (HPREP)
● One-on-one mentored a high school student into a successful “health corps ambassador” hospital internship.
● Taught professional development skills (college interviews, business emails, organization, etc.) to program class.
● One-on-one mentored a high school student into a successful “health corps ambassador” hospital internship.
● Taught professional development skills (college interviews, business emails, organization, etc.) to program class.
Harvard University
Research
Public Speaker
10/2017 - 11/2017
Science in the News (SITN),
“The Genetic Engineering Toolbox”
,
~100 attendees from the general public. Translating the
beneficial future & inner workings of GMO technologies to an open audience for Harvard science communication series.
“The Genetic Engineering Toolbox”
,
~100 attendees from the general public. Translating the
beneficial future & inner workings of GMO technologies to an open audience for Harvard science communication series.
NASA Ames Research Center
Research
Research Associate
6/2015 - 8/2015
Space Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP), Sharmila Bhattacharya lab Researched effects of hypergravity on Drosophila. Led workgroup in design ideation for NASA's GeneLab database.