Team-oriented clinical trail manager with proven leadership and motivational skills successful in helping group members achieve business goals. Respectful and clear communicator focused on enhancing teamwork and collaboratively addressing challenges with logical approaches. Skilled in building relationships and enhancing employee satisfaction to drive work performance.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Group Leader
PPD, Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific
04.2023 - Current
Spearhead Phase I-IV clinical vaccine trials, ensuring seamless execution and adherence to strict timelines
Author Clinical Monitoring Plans (CMP) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), continually refining study protocols and methodologies
Support the timely completion of regulated and non-regulated studies, contributing to the lab's reputation for reliability
Proactively identify and resolve potential clinical study issues by fostering collaboration across teams and addressing concerns preemptively
Promote cross-team collaboration for effective study planning and execution, ensuring prompt delivery and adept handling of atypical events
Direct laboratory staff, optimizing resource allocation and steering projects towards successful outcomes within defined timelines
Enhance daily operations, guaranteeing high-quality results and adherence to project schedules
Address QA and regulatory audit findings, maintaining uncompromising compliance standards
Enhance daily operations, ensuring high-quality outcomes and adherence to project schedules
Maintain exceptional client satisfaction levels through diligent responsiveness and customer service excellence
Utilize financial and quality management tools to monitor project progress and quality, ensuring efficient achievement of objectives
Facilitate the introduction of new assay programs and qualified/validation of instrumentation, bolstering laboratory capabilities
Implement and monitor Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs), elevating quality standards and addressing root causes of issues
Nurture the career growth of direct reports through mentorship, fostering internal mobility and professional development opportunities.
Associate Group Leader
PPD, Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific
11.2019 - 03.2023
Provided line-level management coordination of resources and work schedules for laboratory activities
Oversaw daily operations and assisted in preparation and implementation of company policies and quality systems
Ensured that projects are completed in a timely manner so that company revenues are met, and clients are satisfied with the quality and turnaround time of work being performed
Ensured that laboratory staff continued to be developed to keep pace with department goals and growth.
Senior Scientist
02.2019 - 11.2019
Cultured, differentiated, and harvested HL-60 cells in a high-throughput GLP-compliant BSL-2 laboratory to be used in cell based assays
Determined quality of differentiation and viability of cells using flow cytometry
Scheduling Coordinator: scheduled department analysts to perform clinical lab procedures, multiple R&D projects, and overtime work
Training coordinator: trained new analysts from onboarding through qualification on established SOPs, oversaw a group of trainers, and coordinated qualification runs performed by the assay team
Environmental Monitoring Backup Coordinator: contamination response/ prevention and identification of contaminants
Bench sheet design and creation using FormDocs and FormDocs Designer
Assisted in review and compilation of data of data for several FDA approved clinical projects
Creation and revision of SOPs pertaining to cell culture and cell-based assays.
Scientist
06.2018 - 01.2019
Cultured, differentiated, and harvested HL-60 cells in a high-throughput GLP-compliant BSL-2 laboratory to be used in cell based assays
Determined quality of differentiation and viability of cells using flow cytometry
Environmental Monitoring Backup Coordinator: contamination response/ prevention and identification of contaminants.
Associate Scientist
10.2016 - 05.2018
Culture, differentiate, and harvest HL-60 cells in a high-throughput GLP-compliant BSL-2 laboratory to be used in cell based assays.
Education
Masters of Science - Biochemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
05.2015
Bachelor of Science - Forensic Science
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
12.2012
Skills
Verbal and written communication
Management of Junior Staff
MS Office (Including Project)
SOP Authoring
LIMS
Phase II-IV Vaccine Trial Management
Quality Monitoring Systems (QMS ie Veeva Vault, Trackwise)
Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
GLP and GCP Compliance
Publications
Dysregulation of microRNAs in Blood as Biomarkers for Diagnosing Prostate Cancer, R. Daniel, Q. Wu, G. Clark, Z. E Zehner, 08/05/2015
MiR-9 Acts as an OncomiR in Prostate Cancer through Multiple Pathways That Drive Tumour Progression and Metastasis, S. J. Seashols-Williams, W. Budd, G. C. Clark, R. Daniel, Q. Wu, E. Dragoescu, Z. E. Zehner, 07/22/2016
Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist at PPD, part of Thermo Fisher ScientificSenior Regulatory Affairs Specialist at PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific