2. Why I Should Be Hired
• At this stage, I can offer an employer more now than at any other time in my career
• I follow direction, and strive to fulfill an employer’s needs
• Track record of innovation and optimization
• Transdermal biosensor
• Anti-infective biomaterials
• Membranes for an artificial pancreas
• Track record of persistence and staying with a project
• Eight years working in a start-up on a transdermal continuous glucose monitor
• Five years working on an artificial pancreas project
• Four years pursuing a PhD
• Seven years pursuing a BSc (including three years of night school while working)
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3. Why I Should Be Hired
• I can bridge many gaps
• Academic Industrial
• Medical Device Pharmaceutical
• Engineering Scientific
• Hands-on Theoretical
• Research Manufacturing
• International BostonArea
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4. Why I Should Be Hired
• Try to see the heart of an issue, and maintain perspective
• I believe in fundamentals:
• I want to understand how a system works in order to make intelligent recommendations or adjustments
• I want to build from the ground up
• No short cuts
• Motivated to make a difference
• Not afraid to speak up and offer an honest opinion
• Worked my way up from technician to Director of R&D
• Not afraid to assume responsibility – the proverbial buck stops here: I do not scapegoat
• Although loyal, I don’t get involved in absolute partnerships or political groups that can obscure
the truth
• Flexible – possessing the ability to change when the data shows you’re going down the wrong
path.
• As a scientist, I am a truth-seeker; as a product developer, I am a truth-teller
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5. Why I Should Be Hired
• Tolerant of crisis
• Eight years in a start-up
• Worked under multiple regime and management changes – including four different CEOs
• Worked through multiple layoff cycles
• Strive for continual improvement
• By reading relevant literature – lately, “Development of FDA-Regulated Medical Products”
by E.Whitmore; “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”, byT. Kuhn; “Scarcity”, by
Mullainathan and Shafir; “Customer-Centered Products”, by Hooks and Farry
• I welcome constructive criticism
• Practice the scientific method
• I’ve been particularly curious lately about epistemology
• Resourceful
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6. Why I Should Be Hired
• I have transferable PhD skills (fromWhite Consulting LLC)
• I don’t know all the answers, but I know how to find them
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• I know how to analyze and interpret data
• Failure doesn’t perturb me
• I can work independently, and as part of a team
• I can handle negativity
• Resilient
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