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BCNMR ConsultingSemi Retired
Apr. 2024
UCLPrincipal Partnerships Manager, Pharma and Life Sciences
Jul. 2015 - Apr. 2024London, United KingdomParticipate in identifying and maintaining key corporate partnerships, many of which have a strong research component, and ensure that relationships move forward to successful contractual outcomes. Act as the key point of contact for corporate relationships, and be responsible for the identification, development and maintenance of partnerships and for the strategic negotiation of milestone agreements and contracts; where there are high levels of financial, legal and reputational risk. Network and liaise to influence decision-making at senior levels in industry, government and academe. Ensure that high-level partnership strategic aims are met; encourage academics to engage in the development of lower-level strategies that feed into this.
University of CambridgeCorporate Relations Coordinator
Mar. 2014 - Apr. 2015University of CambridgeWorked in the office of The Pro Vice Chancellor for Research to coordinate research activities across the University of Cambridge with corporates. Managed the delivery of interactive workshops with several companies that were new to the University including: Coca Cola, Northrop Grumman, United Technologies Research Centre, Arcelik, National Physical Laboratory. Followed up with the above companies and helped some of them set up research offices in the Cambridge area. Acted as the primary point of contact for interactions with AZ/MedImmune, BP, and Unilever. Arranged several symposiums for these companies, which have led to new research projects across the university. Was also closely involved in discussions with SABIC and Saudi Aramco relating to potential research collaborations with the university.
Institution of Engineering and TechnologySenior Policy Advisor
Jan. 2012 - Mar. 2014Stevenage, United Kingdom•Project managed the introduction of fund raising from corporates and high net worth individuals for the IET, which involved working at CEO and director level across all internal departments in the organisation, and managing the interaction with the appointed consultants. •Formed an ecosystem of partners (including Accenture, BT, IBM, Grantham Institute) to bid for £3m of research funding from the Energy Technology Institute to analyse consumer behaviours in the reduction of energy usage in the home.
•Worked with appropriate internal committees, boards and steering groups to review and manage the on-going development of hot topics, from identification, through approval and strategy development, to maintenance and closure
•Built and maintained a network of contacts internally, with partners and more broadly externally, to draw upon both for inputs and as an audience for activities
Royal Society of ChemistryEnvironmental Sciences Programme Manager
Nov. 2010 - Jan. 2012Within the broad area of environmental sciences responsibilities include:
• develop and manage the translation of the outputs from the RSC Roadmap (Chemistry for tomorrow’s world), into key activities and projects
• keep up to date and brief colleagues and members on current scientific and policy developments in the area at national and international levels
• build, maintain links and collaborate with outside bodies, agencies, companies and organisations as appropriate, including UK & European Research Councils and sister societies
• support the chemical sciences and their applications through the development of policy, events and activities
• provide general support and advice to RSC Divisions, Forums and Subject Groups
IBMEnvironmental Affairs Specialist
Jul. 2005 - Jul. 2010•Core team member on Smart Cities projects e.g.: MASDAR in Abu Dhabi, focusing on environmental aspects
•Excellent understanding of the issues regarding energy usage by large data centers
• Member of a team collecting and analyzing energy usage data for the distributed IT infrastructure across organizations with a large number of offices.
•Contributor to the IBM Environment Management System in GTS, with particular responsibility for energy usage matters.
•Member of a team within IBM Global Services working to use carbon and water dashboards for enterprise management.
•Part of the extended IBM Big Green Innovations team with a focus on advanced weather modeling, water management, and their use in commerce.
•Long term interest in environmental matters: the impact of mankind on the environment, clean energy sources e.g.: solar, geothermal, wind etc.
IBMTechnical Sales Specialist
Jan. 2001 - Jun. 2005Worked on consulting engagements for a number of UK government agencies (DEFRA, EA) regarding a Marine Monitoring database.
Ran user workshops to gather user requirements for the new database.
Worked with users to refine their requirements.
Identified multiple opportunities for the application of IBM Research text analytic tools in pharmaceutical, and biotech markets.
Work closely with IBM Research to identify key technologies that are applicable in customer engagements.; Major Achievements: Identified multiple opportunities for the application of IBM Research text analytic tools in pharma, and biotech markets.
Responsible for identifying key companies. Taking them forward as important partners, and possible investment opportunities for IBM.
Shared responsibility with the IBM Venture Capital team to identify new companies in the Life Science area, and worked with them to form alliances with these companies.
Worked with the major Life Sciences software companies to align their offerings with IBM technology.
Key member of the HPC Grid for Life Sciences team.
Sun MicrosystemsTechnical Specialist
Jan. 2000 - Jan. 2001In 2000 Sun Microsystems set up a new EMEA team to work in the Life Sciences market selling compute solutions to pharmaceutical and biotech customers. Major Achievements: Technical responsibility for the architecture of the largest compute farm ever sold by Sun (at that time) outside of the Education market (500 CPU's, plus 15TB storage).
Gained a wide ranging general knowledge of the Sun product range including both computers, and storage.
Experience of working in a worldwide virtual team.
Advanced Chemistry Development IncProduct Manager/Sales Manager
Jan. 1998 - Jan. 2000ACD is a scientific software company that has a suite of software (running on PC and Unix platforms) which covers a wide range of applications in Chemistry ranging from IUPAC name generation to validation of Combinatorial Chemistry libraries from high throughput NMR data. The software is installed at every major pharmaceutical, and agrochemical company in the UK. Major Achievements: Account responsibility for UK Sales.
Product manager for several software modules.
Responsible for pre and post sales cover for UK customers.
Worked with the software development team to improve modules.
Knowledgeable about all of the modules, and able to give in-depth demonstrations of the software.
Molecular Simulations IncStructural Biology Applications Scientist
Jan. 1996 - Jan. 1998Molecular Simulations (now Accelrys) is one of the leading life sciences software companies. Major Achievements: Experienced in the use of Computational Chemistry tools.
Proficient in the application of software tools for NMR data processing and for the structure determination of molecules from NMR data using computational chemistry techniques.
Point of contact within MSI for all major account queries (pre and post sales) for NMR software products for the whole of Europe.
Part of the development team that produced software for the analysis of screening data from NMR experiments.
Worked on the definition of the functionality required for a new suite of software for small molecule analytical data.
Worked closely with the sales teams to develop software and hardware configurations for customers.
Glaxo Group Research LtdNMR Spectroscopist
Jan. 1986 - Nov. 1995, NMR Spectroscopist Responsibilities included amongst others, computational chemistry studies, provision of NMR support, and spectrometer management. Major Achievements: Carried out structural studies using computational chemistry techniques on two groups of cyclic peptides, and used that information in Structure Activity Relationship (SAR) studies.
Worked on the structure determination of Echistatin, a small protein that acts as an anti-coagulant, using computational chemistry techniques.
Responsible for the evaluation and selection of 600 and 750MHz NMR spectrometers, as well as planning and overseeing their accommodation and installation.
Extensive experience in dealing with spectrometer vendors, thereby developing good working relations with sales, and support staff. Publications: A list of publications can be supplied if required.
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