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Founder & CEO
Olive Labs Inc.Founder & CEO
Jan. 2019Grass Valley, California, United StatesOlive is a high-complexity CLIA-certified laboratory that focuses on COVID-19 PCR testing. The laboratory serves large organizations, travelers, and long-term care homes with highly-customized diagnostics services. The laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art robotic diagnostics platforms providing accurate, rapid results within a 24-hour turnaround time. Responsibilities: • Founding and constructing of a high-complexity CLIA laboratory, and remaining compliant with ongoing FDA and CMS reporting requirements and inspections while scaling. • Establishing reimbursement credentials with US insurers. • Bootstrapping the business without outside funding to several million in revenue in under 2 years. • Developing and maintaining an integrated project plan for each of the client programs. Adjust the plan according to updates from internal team members and external partners. • Assessing resource needs and proactively addressing resource constraints and necessary prioritization decisions during an unprecedented and unpredictable public health emergency. • Engaging directly with FDA, CMS and CLIA inspectors, providing required regulatory submissions for bridging studies, QA/QC compliance, etc. • Executing scaling of facility and staff as needed. • Achieving highest number of 5-Star Google reviews from patients for a clinical laboratory in the state of Michigan. • Coordinate cross functional discussions and alignment as required. i.e., Regulatory updates, legal buy-in, finance approvals, budgets, etc. • Developed and implemented tools, templates, and infrastructure to maximize team and company efficiency.
Founder & CEO
Canary ProjectsFounder & CEO
Mar. 2018Grass Valley, California, United StatesCanaryProjects.org is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to community-based participatory research projects related to diagnostic testing in humans for PFAS environmental contaminants. Involved LCMS method development and validation for an at home PFAS blood spot test.
Founder & CEO, Bulletproof Labs Inc.
Bulletproof LabsFounder & CEO, Bulletproof Labs Inc.
Nov. 2016 - Oct. 2018Ferndale, Michigan, United StatesFounded a cannabis testing laboratory with ISO 17025 accreditation in preparation for state licensure. Established methods for cannabis pesticide testing by LCMS, terpene testing by headspace GC, potency by HPLC, sex testing by PCR, and microbial testing. Also established medical grade cannabis extract purification methods extraction by short path fractional distillation. Established mushroom cultivation protocols in preparation for decriminalization of psilocybin in nearby Ann Arbor, MI.
Director of Clinical Reporting
Human Longevity, Inc.Director of Clinical Reporting
Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2015San Diego, California, United States• Created clinical reporting strategy, regulatory strategy, and operational framework for clinical, bioinformatics and product departments. • Organized and designed patient report components and report generation from a diverse group of experts within teams across clinic services, full genome sequencing analysis, microbiome analysis, proteome and metabolome analysis. • Build direct relationships with key customers, representing the organization in strategic meetings, uncovering customer needs and opportunities, and engaging them in future product improvements.
Founder & CEO
Cellonx Inc.Founder & CEO
Jun. 2012 - May. 2014Menlo Park, CAStart-up activities involving proof of concept and intellectual property generation for an in vivo medical device & platform for investigating angiogenesis, tissue engineering, and drug screening in live organisms. Implant device development and testing in live animals, including lathing various 316 surgical stainless steel prototypes suitable for longterm implantation and longitudinal microscopy. "Implantable devices and applications and use there of." US Patent PCT/US2013/023296 · Filed Jan 1, 2013
Aerospace Medicine Clerkship
NASA Johnson Space CenterAerospace Medicine Clerkship
Apr. 2011 - Apr. 2011Houston, TexasThe only Canadian awarded by the Canadian Space Agency to attend this 4-week clerkship with 5 other US students. Alongside astronauts, the elective provided exposure to the clinical, operational and research aspects of space medicine, and included a structured schedule of formal lectures on space medicine topics, exposure to manned testing operations, and familiarization with the medical aspects of space shuttle operations and space station design and function. The clerkship also involved a research project related to physiological impacts of space on the human body.
Clinical Clerk - Pathology
Stanford University School of MedicineClinical Clerk - Pathology
Nov. 2010 - Nov. 2010Department of PathologyDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Clerk - Pathology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClinical Clerk - Pathology
Oct. 2010 - Oct. 2010Los Angeles, CaliforniaDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Clerk - Pathology
UCSF School of MedicineClinical Clerk - Pathology
Sep. 2010 - Sep. 2010San Francisco Bay AreaDepartment of Pathology
MD-PhD, Department of Pathology
The University of British ColumbiaMD-PhD, Department of Pathology
Jan. 2003 - Jan. 2012PhD student working within the laboratories of Dr. Fabio Rossi and Dr. Bruce McManus, and with Dr. Kelly McNagny on a project characterizing an in vivo model of angiogenesis for the examination of stem cells, matrix, and environmental factors important in blood vessel regeneration.

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