Jennifer Warrillow

• Co-founded Blue Tech startup. Developed the company from inception.
• Directed daily operations, including coordinating with internal and external partners and ensuring alignment with company goals.
• Managed company finances, including monthly financials, projections, and reporting.
• Managed contracts and grants, including financials, reporting, activities, and deliverables.
• Developed and implemented operational policies for efficiency, following best practices.
• Prepared contract bids and proposals, including budgeting, text writing and editing, subcontractor and collaborator management, and detailed submissions.
• Handled company HR.
• Participated in marketing development, including website, presentations, white papers, logo, and styles.

• Managed most facets of a university research group with numerous active projects and up to 14 members, under an endowed distinguished professor in the Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences.
• Managed research projects, coordinating timelines, financials, deliverables, reporting, and internal and external communications.
• Boosted publication output by guiding team through the manuscript writing process and providing substantial editorial support, including refining writing by non-native English speakers.
• Developed and implemented efficient workflow processes to enhance productivity and accuracy.
• Managed budgets for research projects, optimizing expenditures to conserve funds without compromising outcomes.
• Administered financials and purchasing, complying with university procedures and processes.
• Spearheaded successful grant applications, securing funding at an above-average success rate.
• Nurtured a collaborative work environment that encouraged open communication among team members for better collaboration.
• Facilitated strong partnerships with external collaborators to enhance data sharing and joint publications.
• Ensured safety compliance, auditing and maintaining equipment and facilities.
• Trained as an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) pilot (Teledyne Slocum glider).

Handled, photographed, x-rayed, and categorized preserved fish specimens, and maintained and cared for live fish specimens, for an evolutionary ecology laboratory in the Department of Biology.

Tutored high school students in math, science, and English; adults in English as a Second Language; and SAT test prep.

Conducted research in a molecular ecology lab doing bench and field work in the Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Main tasks were DNA extraction from tissue, PCR, and gel electrophoresis.

Conducted research activities including wet lab bench work and field work in the Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences.

Composed, researched, edited, designed, and distributed a monthly newsletter on biotechnology news.