Brennal Pierre

• Worked directly with legal teams to ensure regulatory compliance in Asia, EU and US and other countries. Intimate knowledge of MoCRA, REACH, FDA QSMR and ISO.
• Managed all patent and trademarking activities, including working with patent and IP attorneys to draft, file and prosecute patents.
• Ensured all patent and trademark activities are tracked and maintained
• Devised and executed IP strategy with patent attorneys.
• Routinely performed patent searches in preparation for new filings.
• Launched multiple product lines, including a cosmetic and medical device to drive company growth and increase market share and profitability.
• Managed all legal product related activities in support of 8 tattoo studios. Worked diligently with attorneys to draft various business agreements with clients and business partners alike.
• Managed financial, operational and human resources to optimize business performance.
• Established and maintained strong relationships with customers, vendors and strategic partners.
• Devised and presented business plans and forecasts to board of directors.
• Communicated business performance, forecasts and strategies to investors and shareholders.
• Formulated and executed strategic initiatives to improve product offerings.
• Analyzed industry trends and tracked competitor activities to inform decision making.
• Led recruitment and development of strategic alliances to maximize utilization of existing talent and capabilities.
• Monitored key business risks and established risk management procedures.
• Prepared and presented reports to inform board on organizational progress and goals.
• Developed and implemented strategies to drive organizational growth and development.
• Networked with other businesses to enable new product adoption and innovation that leveraged in-house technology
• Developed all product related marketing materials to educate customers on safety and product use. Collaborated with attorneys to ensure website contained proper disclaimers and other relevant legal writings
• Recruited, interviewed and hired new staff members and developed training materials for employees.
• Cultivated company-wide culture of innovation and collaboration.

• Lectured groups of 20 to 30 students in selected topics in chemistry, discussing and elucidating the science of ordinary things in everyday life
• Laboratory section involved instructing on sound laboratory techniques and topics such as acids, bases, energy and matter

• Headed project where a new method of protein stabilization was developed that alleviates numerous hurdles previously encountered by protein engineers
• Rational as well as combinatorial methods such as random insertion employing screening methods were used to design the system
• Group members supervised typically numbered between 2 or 3, each working on a separate aspect of the project
• Chemical, thermal, thermodynamic and kinetic stability were all studied employing various calorimetric and spectrophotometric analytical tools and instrumentation
• In addition protein visualization software, computational and modeling programs such as Pyrosetta were used to design and interpret complex domain interactions of the novel technique
• Studied the effects of stabilization by immobilization of proteins to target substrates via engineered chimeric proteins without altering target proteins' intrinsic primary sequence
• Transposition, was used to create and innovate a new method of creating sandwich fusions or randomly inserted domain proteins
• The method eliminates previous spatially limiting issues such as proximity, as well as tandem deletion and duplication issues created by other methods
• Created new method of generating large libraries of circularly permuted proteins
• (in progress)
• Designed ligand binding sensitive membrane peptides to possibly mitigate cancer cell proliferation
• Encapsulation of the novel proteins into polymer (liposomes) were used for fluorometric assay screening and analysis of lytic proteins
• (in progress)
• Supervised in excess of 10 successful mentees; high school, graduate and undergraduate students in guided studies as well as thesis projects, who later pursued careers and internships at institutions such as Princeton University, NYU Stern, Novartis, CUNY, Merck, University of Hong Kong, Johns Hopkins University, Exxon Mobil, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Proctor & Gamble
• Played a major role in conception, design and direction of projects as well as interpretation and analysis of data
• Participated substantially in the editing and drafting of manuscripts and proposals for submission to various journals and for future funding
• Shared responsibility in final approval of manuscripts for publication
• Defended and explained research work in public as well as academic settings (see Publications/Presentations)
• Collaborated with John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, Virginia

• Designed and implemented new features for existing device used in the personal care space, which effectively reduced the amount of product used per customer, while improving overall effectiveness of the product
• Worked closely with company's patent attorney to ensure technical details and critical device features were clearly communicated and thoroughly detailed for patent.
• Designed, drafted and maintained all technical documents, including protocols, schematics and quality control tests.

Chemical Engineering Unit Operations Lab

• Helped students to apply the theory of Chemical Engineering disciplines using various lab and pilot scale unit operations, evaluated and revised lesson plans and nurtured students on improving their analytical and report writing skills.

Lectured Kinetics and Reactor Design

• Created materials and exercises to illustrate application of course concepts.
• Conducted in-class discussions to foster effective learning and elucidate real world research benefits of important concepts.
• Developed semester outlines and instructional plans for each class session to comply with stated course objectives.

• Innovated new wound care designs and formulations of PSAs (Pressure Sensitive Adhesives) for hydrocolloid health technologies and Advanced Wound Care products, while submitting patent disclosures for pipelined products
• Utilized Design of Experiments, Risk Management, CAPA, FMEA's Product and Process Validation/Verification for products such as NuDerm distributed by Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson)
• Optimized and developed novel process specifications for Mixing, Extrusion and Lamination procedures from lab scale to production scale, while implementing industrial standards management and design procedures (FDA QSR and ISO 13485 regulations for Medical Devices, GMPs, GLPs, CE Mark)
• Interdepartmental communication, with Marketing, Customer Service, Operations, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs
• Managed the time, design and financial constraints of assigned developmental projects with the approval of the R&D Manager and assistance of technicians
• Executed job duties such as protocol development, reports, technology transfer documents and design dossier for new products as well as being instrumental in the launching of SureSkin Silver, Euromed Inc's first combination medical device/drug

• Aided in the development of computer controlled injector system in combination with microreactor
• Utilized fluid mechanics and electrochemistry fundamentals geared towards designing a new method for Fast-Time Resolved Fourier Infra Red Spectroscopy to uncover protein unfolding/folding characteristics

• Company Overview: Department of Education (under the auspices of The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA))
• Assisted underprivileged students in science, mathematics and other related subjects, incorporating NASA materials into their curricula
• Department of Education (under the auspices of The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA))

• Company Overview: Chemistry Department
• Engaged groups of 7-10 students in problem solving techniques for General Chemistry while providing one-on-one tutorial assistance
• Chemistry Department

• Undertook all chemical and quality control procedures and processes in the production of beverages such as Coca Cola, while maintaining high filtration, yeast fermentation and carbonation standards during the production of Hairoun beer, Vitamalt and Guinness