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	Personal Statement
	An innovative, energetic and passionate life scientist, with experience as a researcher in the laboratory, experience in sales development, account management, and product management - skilled at generating revenue and maximixing sales opportunities - with multilingual fluency in Spanish, Catalan and English, business acumen, and the drive to succeed.

Higher Education 2010 - 2011 MSc in Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement 2007 - 2010 BSc (Hons) Molecular Biology and Genetics Languages Fluent in Spanish, Catalan and English

Key Skills - Interpersonal Communication - Presentations and Public Speaking - Relationship Management - Negoatiation and Persusasion - Problem Solving - Customer Service - Customer neeeds assessment - Principles of Sales and Marketing - Project Management - Organizational skills - Time Management

Specialist Training 2017 Commercial Orientation, Sales Academy and Solution Selling. California, USA. 2017 Live Prospecting Telesales Training course. Sales Training delivered by Pareto Law. Cambridge, UK. 2017 Situational Leadership. Cambridge, UK. 2012 BBSRC Media Training course. London, UK. 2011 Experimental Design and Analysis. University of Reading, UK. 2005 ABI Prism 3100 / Avant Genetic Analyzer. Barcelona, Spain.

Commercial Experience Apr 2019 - current Cultek SL - Barcelona, Spain. Territory Account Manager (Catalonia) Marketing and distribution of laboratory supplies and equipment. Sales department. Jan 2020 - Mar 2021 Cultek SL - Barcelona, Spain. NGS Product Manager (Spain) Marketing and distribution of laboratory supplies and equipment. Marketing department. Apr 2017 - Dec 2017 Illumina Ltd. - Cambridge, UK. Lead Development Specialist (Spain) Sequencing and microarray solutions for genetic research. EMEA regional marketing department. Nov 2016 - Mar 2017 Labclinics, SA - Barcelona, Spain. Key Account Manager (Catalonia) Marketing and distribution of laboratory supplies and equipment. Sales department.

Online Courses 2024 Launch your Online Business. The State University of New York. Coursera - full course, no certificate. 2024 The entrepreneur's guide for beginners. The University of Barcelona. Cousera - full course, no certificate. 2024 An Introduction to Consummer Neuroscience and Marketing. Copenhagen Business School. Coursera - full course, no certificate.

Research Experience Oct 2007 - Apr 2013 John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK. Research Scientist (Departamental rotation) Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Crop Genetics, and Department of Disease and Stress Biology. Mar 2011 - Sep 2011 University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. MSc Research Scientist. School of Biological Sciences. May 2005 - Jun 2006 Consortium CSIC - IRTA, Barcelona, Spain. Laboratory Technician. Molecular markers department.

Technical Skills - Plant and Animal DNA/ARN extraction - Protein purification - Nucleic Acid quantification using UV/VIS spectrophotometer - Construct design and expression strategies - Primer design and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - Cloning Strategy design, bioinformatics and data analysis - Cloning using Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis - Acrylamide Silver Staining - Genotyping with radiolabelled oligonucleotides (33P) - Molecular Genotyping using Li-Cor - Molecular Sequencing and Genotyping using ABI 3700 - Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Illumina technology - Targeting Induced Local Lesions In Genomes (TILLING) - Triple Antibody Sandwich-Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (TAS-ELISA) - Histological and tissue embedding techniques - Tissue staining techniques and microscopy - Gene expression analysis using in situ hybridization techniques - RNA interference (RNAi) for gene silencing - Gene expression analysis using Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR - Horticultural methods such as plant crossing for plant breeding - Gas chromatography (GC) - High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) - Mass Spectrometry (MS) techniques IT skills - Good command of Microsoft Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. - Hands on experience coding with HTML, CSS and JavaScript languages, and using the HTML editor KompoZer. - Good command of diverse CRM softwares: Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Salesforce.                                                                                             PVG last updated 26/05/24

Quality Control Experience May 2003 - May 2005 IRTApplus, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain. Laboratory Technician and Purchasing Manager Genetic Analyses and Certification Services Company. May 2002 - Nov 2002 Sunny Delight Beverages Co. / Procter and Gamble SL, Barcelona, Spain. Quality Control Technician Teaching Experience Jan 2013 - Jun 2013 Jan 2008 - Jun 2008 University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Biology Demonstrator / Associate Tutor School of Biological Sciences. Jul 2004 - Jul 2004 CSIF, Barcelona, Spain. Biology Demonstrator / Associate Tutor MSc Plant Biology course Interests and Hobbies - Going to the gym, wild swimming, free diving, crossfit, traveling and meeting friends and family. Additional Information - Clean driving license