SUMMARY:

• A top - performing, highly motivated professional with a deep understanding of the biopharmaceutical industry.
• Detail-oriented, committed, and with a consistent track record of delivering high quality solutions to clients.
• Experience in software development, business analysis, project management, full-stack development, and databases.
• Developed applications in major programming languages such as Java, C#, Python, and used bioinformatics tools such as E-Workbook and genomic analysis applications.
• Participated in trade studies and strategic analysis projects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Development Languages and Environments: Java, C#, Python, R, OpenMP, MPI, Matlab, Apache Commons

Web and Enterprise: AngularJS, Node, Javascript, Express, J2EE, ColdFusion, JBoss, Tomcat, Weblogic, IIS

Automated Build / Test tools: Ant, Maven, Hudson

Operating Systems: Unix, Windows

Databases: SQL, mySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, JPA, MongoDB

Design Methodologies / Tools: UML, Business Analysis, Object Oriented Design, Design Patterns

Design / Architecture Experience: Standalone, Client-Server, N-Tier, Parallelization, Database design

Scripting languages: Bash, perl, VBA

Specialist development packages/tools: E-Workbook (Biobook), ActivityBase, GATK, IGV, clcBio, BWA, Picard, Samtools, Bioperl, Biopython, BLAST, snpEff, vcfTools, Velvet, Agilent OpenLab

Markup Languages: HTML/XHTML, XML, YAML

SELECTION OF PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Consultant

Skills: AngularJS, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, C#, COM Interop

Responsibilities:

• As a member of the Agile team, was responsible for developing key components of the services such as inventory management
• Had ownership of Excel COM tools that aided in the operation of laboratory robots such as those used in liquid handling.
• Developed components of the web workflow application including a sequence validation tool.

Confidential

Skills: Project Management, Business Analysis, NGS data analysis with Open Source tools, Perl, Python, bash scripting, Sun Grid Engine

Responsibilities:

• Worked with multiple stakeholders in understanding scientific requirements and evaluating informatics approaches for solving them.
• For example, studied different approaches in maximizing accurate variant identification while reducing false calls.
• The aim was to create pipelines that were fully configurable to allow the in corporation of different algorithms and toolsets.
• Made key contributions in the development of these pipelines, while setting up standard version-control environments, with testing, release and packaging procedures.
• Created user manuals, performed training, undertook troubleshooting, gathered changing requirements, and made updates to the pipeline.
• Performed tool evaluation, such as MuTect, in identifying somatic mutations in tumor-normal matched samples.

Confidential

Skills: Python, Biopython, Linux, Fast-X, mySQL

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed a highly configurable, modular, and efficient pipeline to identify high-quality sequences associated with specific motifs.

Confidential

Skills: Perl, Bioperl, shell scripting, IGV, GATK, clcBio, BWA, samtools, Picard tools, snpEff, BLAST, vcfTools, Git

Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with informatician, performed a study of available open-source tools, and their applicability to this project.
• Designed and developed a modular, customizable pipeline that called high-quality, annotated variants.

Confidential

Skills: GWT (Google Web Toolkit), Java, Spring, JPA, Weblogic, Eclipse, Maven, Oracle

Responsibilities:

• Users would annotate and maintain information for selected genes.
• Determined how best to provide scientific value to users, and designed and developed application.

Confidential

Skills: Java, Perl, shell scripting, Batman, mySQL

Responsibilities:

• Enabled analysis of methylation patterns in colorectal cancer data by updating and automating this tool.

Confidential

Skills: Biobook, Java, R, Oracle, Business Analysis

Responsibilities:

• Worked effectively with scientists in various therapeutic areas in developing templates for each specialized need.
• The templates performed calculations to measure e.g. Confidential induction, cell viability, clearance concentrations and more.
• Implemented statistical calculations such an Anova analysis.
• Conducted training sessions.
• Produced a tool which allowed scientists to easily record, store, and search on experimental data.
• This enabled a transformation in the way scientists conducted research.

Confidential

Skills: Business Analysis

Responsibilities:

• Worked in a team to map detailed use cases of scientific workflows.
• These would be analyzed to create custom workflows in the eLN.

Confidential

Skills: Business Analysis

Responsibilities:

• Was a member of a team that conducted a requirements study.
• Undertook a trade study of available COTS systems, gathered metrics on suitability, and made recommendations to the client.

Confidential

Skills: C#, Visual Studio, MSAccess

Responsibilities:

• Worked in a team in porting the tool from a prototype to a polished solution delivered to the client. Participated in design, and undertook significant code restructuring.

Confidential

Consultant

Skills: Java, Excel VBA

Responsibilities:

• Significantly reduced manual work by writing Excel templates which automated the generation of engineering drawings and graphs.
• Wrote a timecard program enabling easy recording of employee work hours.

Confidential

Consultant

Skills: Project management, Business analysis, Java, J2EE, Oracle

Responsibilities:

• Performed project management duties in liaising with clients and monitoring activities of the offshore development team. Gathered business requirements and created software specifications.