Leadership
SUMMARY
Business Solutions | Challenging Environments | Cross-Functional Collaboration | Entrepreneurial | Interpersonal Skills | Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) | Mentorship | Networking | Project Management | Stakeholder Communication | Team Leadership | Workplace Optimization
Used entrepreneurial mindset and strategic vision to:
- Mentor cross-functional teams.
- Work with diverse stakeholders.
- Build relationships with an extensive global network of key opinion leaders.
Research Management
Exceptional research management skills borne from managing the lifecycle of >60 clinical, digital health, medical device, and pharmaceutical trials, including: proposal management, manual of operations and procedures (MOO/MOP), case report forms (CRF), safety and training, staff hiring and onboarding), budget, technical reviews, software validation, regulatory standards (eg: GCP | FDA/501k), and annual reports.
Leadership & Mentorship
Experienced leading and mentoring large cross-functional teams, including 180 professionals that range from high-school students to staff and mid-career faculty, leading to the development of comprehensive mentorship tools, team management tools, workplace optimization strategies, and publication of a research management framework.
Interpersonal Skills & Networking
Exceptional interpersonal skills and extensive professional networking, as evidenced by meaningful working relationships with academic and industry thought leaders on every continent and service for leading professional societies, including: the AHA Physical Activity Committee; U.K Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) Behavior Change Group; Deputy Chair of Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand (SESNZ); and Foreign Faculty (AU/NZ) for the Harvard Multinational Institute of Research Training.
Sciducio
– Practical framework for guiding academic research development & leadership.
– Sciducio: Latin noun for science (scientia) and verbs for lead (ducat) and develop (adduco).
When you are hired as an academic, irrespective of discipline, it is expected that you are specialized in said discipline. And rightfully so, considering that your PhD studies and potentially a postdoctoral fellowship started you on your journey towards towards become an expert in your field. However, academia often expects you to wear many proverbial hats that extend beyond your discipline-specific knowledge, and for which it is likely you received little to no prior training. For example, you may be expected to be a leader, mentor, administrator, budget analyst, laboratory manger, and communications specialist, to name but a few. These expectations can be overwhelming, not least because you’ll likely be asking yourself: Where do I start?
Development
Sciducio
- phonetical pronunciation: sai-du-she-oh
- Coined using Latin terms:
- scientia (noun for science)
- ducat (verb for lead)
- adduco (verb for develop)
Audience
- New academics est. their career – without a manual!
- Est. academics seeking organization/mgmt tools.
- Academics moving to a new institution.
- Training tool for [post]doctoral mentees.
When you are hired as an academic, irrespective of discipline, it is expected that you are specialized in said discipline. And rightfully so, considering that your PhD studies and potentially a postdoctoral fellowship started you on your journey towards towards become an expert in your field. However, academia often expects you to wear many proverbial hats that extend beyond your discipline-specific knowledge, and for which it is likely you received little to no prior training. For example, you may be expected to be a leader, mentor, administrator, budget analyst, laboratory manger, and communications specialist, to name but a few. These expectations can be overwhelming, not least because you’ll likely be asking yourself: Where do I start?
Sciducio was developed to provide academics with a practical framework for guiding the development and leadership of an academic research environment.As depicted below, the framework (Sciducio) consists of a number of blocks, which are the scaffolding to the framework. A block is a latent construct and is descriptive rather than prescriptive. Tools (which we use synonymously with strategies) are required to develop and apply the blocks.
Our goal with Sciducio was/is to create a singular, digestible framework that assists in guiding the development and leadership of an academic research environment. To assist with this goal, we reviewed several existing resources (e.g., frameworks, theories, tools) that have been successfully utilized within industry. The need for exploring and assimilating multiple resources was based on two assumptions: (i) there is no one-size-fits-all approach for both developing and leading a new business (or academic research environment); and (ii) most academics do not have business degrees and have neither the time or inclination to comprehend and utilize multiple, disparate resources that can assist with purpose, project, and people management.
In developing Sciducio, we began by exploring business models that could be adapted and serve as a foundation. A business model specifically describes how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value. 1 These verbs lend themselves well to the academic research environment. We identified two widely used models: (i) Business Model Canvas, 2 and (ii) Lean Canvas. 3 The Business Model Canvas, a widely used tool for conceiving the business model of a startup, is comprised of five domains made up of nine building blocks: infrastructure (key activities, key resources, and partner network), offering (value propositions), customers (customer segments, channels, and customer relationships), finances (cost structure), and revenue streams. This model is intended to be printed on a large canvas, to which groups of individuals can contribute. The Lean Canvas evolved from the Business Model Canvas and is similarly comprised of nine building blocks (problem, customer segments, unique value proposition, solution, channels, revenue streams, cost structure, key metrics, and unfair advantage). However, the block titles and purposes sit in a logical order, beginning with the problem (value proposition). Ultimately, both models have been conceived to translate thoughts into assertive, actionable language, and to do so with minimal time demand.