Ibrahim Alqemlas

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Key Classes:

• Critical Thinking and Communication
• Leadership Perspectives
• Biomedical Marketing
• Medical Technology Financialisation and Commercialisation
• Bioprocessing Engineering

Key Classes:

• Technology Entrepeurnership in Practise
• Environmental Biotechnology
• Molecular Nutrition
• Genetic Improvement of Crop Plants
• Applied Bioethics

• 6-month secondment as Competitor Intelligence Director for a large player in the global HIV market
• Led the development of a deep dive and workshop into the EU5 general myasthenia gravis landscape for the commercial launch of a novel therapy

• Led the development of innovative software that is driving efficiencies within the company (e.g. one tool reduces the time spent monitoring a therapeutic area and set of competitors by approx. 20%)
• Led the internal roll-out of the innovative management platforms and CI tools with multiple company-wide lunch and learns, drop-in sessions, as well as 1:1's

• Led the development and maintenance of several deep dives for an established botulinum toxin in new indications
• Conducted an extensive evaluation of emerging technologies and care strategies for multiple sclerosis

• Facilitated in the development of an innovative management platform utilised internally by consultants and externally with clients
• Advised the commercial strategy and competitor landscape for a novel COVID-19 vaccine during its global launch

• Participated in an internal primary research pilot program to generate a more sustainable source network
• Helped in the on-boarding and mentorship of new members across my five projects

• Innovation Analyst as part of Northwestern Universities Innovation and New Ventures (INVO) Practicum program
• I conducted assessments of new University technologies based on intellectual property, marketability, and its ability to be commercialised
• Developed Northwestern University's therapeutic database (all internally developed biologics, small molecules, and medical devices) for external investors and partners

• Teaching assistant for the graduate level class, Technology Commercialisation, in which students take a small molecule or biologic that is currently in Phase I or II and develop a commercialisation strategy to get it to market

• Facilitated in the licensing of novel technologies from University technology transfer offices
• Developed an extensive product profile through in-depth analysis of direct and indirect competitors, the market landscape and risks from future technologies

• Worked with a contract research organisation for preclinical trials of a colorectal cancer diagnostic device
• Helped develop an investor pitch deck for series A fundraising

• Designed an extensive marketing strategy for an organs-on-a-chip device
• Developed an investor deck addressing effective strategies, business plans, and valuation models for an early-stage medical device in the 3D cell culture market

• Over the course of my Masters degree I conducted three research projects involving the analysis of recall events for blood, tissue and drug product
• Developed computational models in ArcGIS, as well as, performed statistical analysis using JMP and Tableau to determine the data significance

• Conducted experiments to determine the role of anthers and pollen in Fusarium head blight caused by Fusarium Graminearum and Fusarium Culmorum in barley
• Communicated research data effectively in both written reports and oral presentations to a group of professors and other students