EDUCATION
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JD/MBA - Suffolk University. Boston, MA
2009-2014
- Part-time, dual degree evening program (expected completion of both degrees by 2014)
- Distinguished brief award in legal practice skills course
- Partial academic scholarship

M.S. - Boston University. Boston, MA
Biomedical Engineering
2004-2007
- Thesis: Gradient Microenvironments for Neural Stem Cell Based Regenerative Materials

B.S. - Northeastern University. Boston, MA
Double Major: Neuroscience; Economics
2000-2004
- 3.5 GPA
- Northeastern University Academic Excellence Scholarship
- President of the NeURoNs (Neuroscience Research Club)

EXPERIENCE
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Cambridge, MA
Sr. Financial Analyst; Strategic Planning and Analytics
June 2010-Current
Major responsibilities:
- Analysis of business development opportunities
- Project valuation using various financial metrics
- Short and long term corporate valuation and planning

Independent Business Development Consultant. Quincy, MA
Principal
April 2009-June 2010
- Consulted for multiple companies in the healthcare/scientific/biopharmaceutical space including TransForm Pharmaceuticals, JoVE, InSilicore and Human Care Systems.

Consulting activities included some or all of the following:
- Acting as sole business contact for external partners
- Managing the evaluation of potential collaboration / partnership activities
- Building strong relationships with internal and external key opinion leaders.
- Advising and directing project teams in the development of timelines and budgets for partnering activities.
- Participating on deal team in negotiations with potential partners.
- Providing financial analysis and valuation support, including sensitivity/portfolio analysis and other metrics to assess alliances/partnerships
- Analyzing market data to identify trends / opportunities and develop strategic direction from market information
- Coordinating new venture and business development opportunities including lead generation, project tracking and due diligence.
- Performing market research and competitive analysis analytics for evaluation of business development opportunities.
- Drafting and finalizing all presentations for business development activities.

EPIX Pharmaceuticals. Lexington, MA.
Business Development and Strategic Planning Associate
Sept 2007-April 2009
- Built complex financial models for valuation of internal company programs using, pro-forma product P&L modeling, probability adjusted net present value (rNPV / DCF), real options pricing, monte carlo simulations and IRR
- Generated temporally sensitive, primary and secondary market research reports for upper management
- Took lead role in drafting and finalizing all presentations for business development activities including out-licensing and other corporate strategic activities
- Met with and presented company product out-licensing presentations to executives at all levels
- Executed CDAs and supported all aspects of due diligence meetings with multiple potential in-licensing partners
- Built and maintained a competitive intelligence database for 11+ programs in clinical and preclinical development in parallel
- Acted as alliance manager for ongoing industry partnership with Amgen (EPIX out-licensed S1P1 program)
- Fostered and maintained relationships with key opinion leaders in each development program niche
- Performed targeted analyses (including SWOT) and research for business development opportunities

Boston University. Boston, MA.
Graduate Research Assistant
June 2006 - Aug 2007
Department of Biomedical Engineering: Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiomaterials
Biomedical Microdevices and Microenvironments Laboratory
- Covalently modified methacryloyl chloride co-monomer with neural adhesion peptides for uv-polymerization
- Created thermoplastic, microfluidic platform for stiffness and peptide gradient hydrogels for neural stem cell growth

Millennium Pharmaceuticals. Cambridge, MA. Research Associate in Drug Safety and Disposition: Biotransformation / DMPK
June 2004 - June 2006
- Isolated and elucidated the structure of drug metabolites in multiple stages of development/discovery including clinical trials using HPLC-MS with radiolabeled compounds

Tufts University School of Medicine. Boston, MA.
Laboratory of Dr. Daniel Jay, Department of Physiology
Research Assistant
April 2003 - Sept 2003
- Automated a proteome wide inactivation screen for anti-invasion proteins using fluorophore-assisted light inactivation (FALI) and a liquid handling robot

Northeastern University. Boston, MA.
Laboratory of Dr. Richard Melloni, Department of Psychology
Research Assistant
Sept 2001 - April 2003
- Investigated the pharmacological effects of cocaine on neural systems (mainly, 5-HT3) that modulate offensive aggression in Syrian hamsters

SKILLS/MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS
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Computers
Applications: MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, ChemDraw, Analyst, SPSS, SigmaPlot, Maple, SAS, MATLAB
Industry Databases: Thomson-Pharma, Recombinant Capital, Integrity, Biopharm Insight, Evaluate Pharma, Medtrack
Memberships
Licensing Executives Society (LES), Society for Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Chemical Society (ACS)