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Summer Intern @ ABB Corporate Research From May 2002 to August 2002 (4 months) Oslo Area, NorwaySummer Intern @ ABB Corporate Research From May 2001 to August 2001 (4 months) Oslo Area, NorwaySr. Director, Product Design & Development, IOL R&D @ Alcon Fort Worth, TexasDirector, Research & Development @ Alcon Head, Materials and Process Development, Surgical IOL...

Summer Intern @ ABB Corporate Research From May 2002 to August 2002 (4 months) Oslo Area, NorwaySummer Intern @ ABB Corporate Research From May 2001 to August 2001 (4 months) Oslo Area, NorwaySr. Director, Product Design & Development, IOL R&D @ Alcon Fort Worth, TexasDirector, Research & Development @ Alcon Head, Materials and Process Development, Surgical IOL R&D From September 2015 to October 2017 (2 years 2 months) Dallas/Fort Worth AreaManager, Research & Product Development @ Allergan Leadership and Management responsibilities of the Tissue-Biomaterials Group for research and product development activities within the Juvéderm® dermal filler franchise.- Built and lead an R&D team that successfully elevated 3 class III combination product concepts to late-stage development over a period of 2.5 years. - Performed due diligence and led technical evaluation of incoming Business Development, Licensing and new growth opportunities.- Presented matrix team goals and accomplishments to Sr. Leadership for strategic planning, decision-making, budget and alignment purposes. Responsible for managing an annual R&D team budget (>$1.5M).Led cross-functional product engineering teams for regulatory filing (IDE / PMA) of Class III medical devices. Represented the company as the non-clinical lead at the FDA’s General and Plastic Surgery Advisory Panel for Juvéderm® VOLUMA (a class III implantable combination device); successfully achieved PMA approval & US launch.Supported development of new project charters and global development plans through strategic implementation of different regional marketing and regulatory requirements.Recognized as the subject-matter expert in dermal filler devices. Actively invited as a technical KOL & presenter at scientific and marketing advisory boards for the Juvéderm® franchise. From June 2010 to August 2013 (3 years 3 months) Santa Barbara, California AreaCollaborator/ Engineering Consultant @ Medical Device & Pharmaceutical Companies Successfully managed partnerships and consulted large-size and start-up companies on a variety of medical device and pharmaceutical products. Key activities included identifying new product opportunities, development of drug delivery devices for investigational drug formulations, formulation stability, release-kinetics and toxicology assessment.- Unilever, Trumbull, CT- GlaxoSmithKline, Parsippany, NJ- CytoDome Inc., Atlanta, GA- Mediquest Therapeutics Inc., Bothell, WA From November 2005 to May 2007 (1 year 7 months) Associate Director, Research & Development @ Alcon Surgical Bioengineering, Intraocular Lens (IOL) R&D From August 2013 to September 2015 (2 years 2 months) Dallas/Fort Worth AreaAssistant Specialist / Graduate Research Assistant @ University of California, Santa Barbara Co-Inventor, Dx Biosciences : Successfully translated academic research in a venture-backed medical device start-up that develops non-invasive diagnostic technologies. Developed & presented business plan; Developed broad IP estate; Raised Venture funding.Medical Device Development : Developed and demonstrated in vivo validation of an ultrasonic skin sampling device for rapid and patient-friendly diagnostics of cutaneous diseases, dermal cytotoxicity assessment, bioavailability/PK evaluation and forensic detection of drugs-of-abuse in skin.Drug Delivery / Oncology : Demonstrated increased potency and specificity of a bioflavinoid fortargeted skin and prostate cancer chemotherapy through ultrasound-assisted intracellular drug delivery.Drug Delivery / Vaccination : Demonstrated a sonophoresis-based method for topical delivery of vaccines and characterized immunological responses in vivo.Research Supervisor/ Teaching Assistant of undergraduate students From January 2003 to June 2010 (7 years 6 months)