Andrew Ralph Davenport

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Education:

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

Type of Degree: Bachelor’s of Science

-Majors: Biology and Mathematics Minors: Chemistry and Classical Humanities

Graduate:

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

-Certificate in Chemical Engineering

Boston University

Boston, MA

-MBA Entrepreneurship & Health Sector Management

Employment History:

Redemption Fish Company

Salem, Massachusetts

(10/14-Present)

Founder/Managing Member

-Develop corporate structure and guidance for new aquaculture company

-Establish job functions and perform duties of:

-Director of Engineering

-Director of Finance

-Head Scientist

-Built company capable of production and sales of ~100,000 pounds of fish/yr

-Designed all production systems, workflows, and SOPs for corporate governance and aquaculture

Skills practiced:

Training of direct hires

Project Management

Engineering design

Scientific systems and production

Implementation of corporate strategy

Consulting Projects

Various

(10/14-Present)

-While engaged with the MBA and my own entrepreneurial project I worked with several companies

to lend my expertise in their growth

Company: SomethingGUD Interim Director of Operations

-Managed operations for delivery of >$1million of farm-to-table grocery deliveries

Company: Infohounds, LLC Sales Manager

-Developed Sales Strategy and performed market testing for new SaS platform in mortgage industry

Company: QueueDoc Territory Manager- Boston

-Managed test market operations for new SaS platform in the health sector

Company: Onnit Scientific Writer

-Develop guidelines and reporting strategies for clinical trials in supplement industry

Skills practiced:

Direct report management

Logistics

SOP writing and implementation

Training new hires/temporary staff

Project Management

Sales and Marketing

Market opportunity identification

Abcam

Cambridge, Massachusetts

(12/13-10/14)

Supplier Manager

-Managed relationships with OEM suppliers of antibodies and custom drug development services

-Directed business development projects, including marketing efforts and new product lines

-Directly responsible for contracts in excess of 1,000,000 GBP a year in sales

-Responsible for identifying stability of product sources quality to align with company values.

Skills Practiced:

Contracts

Project Management

Negotiation

Business Development

Novartis CDx

Cambridge, Massachusetts

(05/13-12/13)

6 Month Contract

Pilot Production Scientist

-Set up Pilot production operations, including facilities and processes

-Support development of Companion Diagnostic products, including the production of Quality documents and identifying stable raw materials

-Support research scientists with reagents and expertise around cGMP manufacturing, including documentation and continuity

Skills Practiced:

5s and manufacturing design

Quality documentation

Supplier review and harmonization

CTA development and regulations

Project Management

Budgeting and forecasts

Biogen

Morrisville, North Carolina

(09/10-05/13)

Manufacturing Associate I (09/10-02/11)

-Perform and document daily manufacturing operations in a cGMP environment

-Operation of various process equipments, including the DeltaV operating system

-Maintain currency in training requirements

-Execution of validation protocols

-Creating/ revising cGMP documents and ensuring process efficiency

Skills Practiced:

Chromatography columns

(MabSuRe, DEAE, Q Sepharose)

Viral Filtration

Ultrafiltration/ Diafiltration

Large Scale Cell Culture

Buffer Preparation

Media preparation

Tank cleaning

Validation

Warehouse and inventory

Process sampling

Laboratory testing

Manufacturing Associate II (02/11-05/13)

-Training of new hires

-Verifying member of production team

-Maintaining vigilance, made a number of catches for regulatory and documentation discrepancies

-Manage the RTFT process, increased production efficiency and reduced errors 84%

-Investigation of OOS

PM&C Associates

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

(09/10- 05/13)

Research Associate (09/10-12/11)

-Assist Managing Partner with current projects related to pharmaceutical development and compliance

-Research drug delivery mechanisms and optimize client designs

-Perform research on new and innovative ways to improve manufacturing techniques

-Keep informed of new regulatory issues and procedures in the pharmaceutical industry

-Become familiar with analytical techniques and regulatory requirements for said techniques

Regulatory Specialist (12/11-05/13)

-Assist in the production and filing of regulatory documents

-Act as primary contact with client and contract sites

-Maintain database of client action items

-Ensure regulatory concerns are met

-Design programs for stability and analytics for clients

Skills practiced:

Drug Delivery and Design

Certificate of Analysis assays

(SDS PAGE, RP-HPLC, Peptide Maps, etc.)

Manufacturing process and regulations

Project management

Regulatory agency submissions

Client site audits

Regulatory guidance for drug production

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

(05/09-08/09)

Cancer Biology Fellow

-Investigate the origins and clinical significance of cancers and novel treatments

-Design and implement new treatments in model cell lines

-Specialized in studying leukemia lines, AML, ALL, CLL, CML, and using natural compounds for treatment

-Designed and performed experiments related to pharmacokinetics of drug substances

Publications:

A Davenport et al. Celastrol and an EGCG pro-drug exhibit potent chemosensitizing activity in human leukemia cells. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE, 2009.

Frezza M, Hindo S, Chen D, Davenport A, Schmitt S, Tomco D, Dou QP. Novel metals and metal complexes as platforms for cancer therapy. Curr Pharm Des, 2010Jun.

Skills Practiced:

Mammalian cell culture

Western Blot analysis

PCR

Cellular Function Assays

Publication review

Presentations

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