Michael Pack
Pursuing MBA from University of California, Davis, BSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from University of California, Santa Cruz, Consultant at Cropsolution from Jan-Apr. 2009, Assistant Research Scientist II & I at Exelixis.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Languages, Leadership, Management |
| Groups: | Big Bang! Business Plan Competition, UC Davis Partnerships for Innovation |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of California System - Davis, University of California System - Santa Cruz |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Puffy’s Natural Remedies |
| Position: | Owner |
| Time period: | January 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Oversee all financial aspects of the business: created the business plan and financial model with projections, maintain records for year end and quarterly taxes
Conduct business development, relationship development with suppliers, distribution and localization of products |
| Employer: | Cropsolution |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | January 2009 - April 2009 |
| Description: | Integral part of a 4 person MBA team to value pre-IND drugs for potential partnering with Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies
Developed risk-adjusted present value financial models and performed competitive analysis of the IND drug package Consulted with key decision-makers at the client’s company then conducted presentation to the board of directors detailing findings and recommendations. |
| Employer: | Exelixis |
| Position: | Assistant Research Scientist II |
| Time period: | February 2005 - January 2009 |
| Description: | Coordinated repairs to laboratory instruments
Researched and implemented focused multi-step compound synthesis using a variety of procedures resulting in 4-50 compounds synthesized and purified each week |
| Employer: | Exelixis |
| Position: | Assistant Research Scientist I |
| Time period: | March 2003 - February 2005 |
| Description: | Part of a team that added 2.5 million unique compounds over three years to the internal library for HT-screening.
Created shared libraries for companies such as Merck, Schering-Plough, Scios, Elan Pharmaceuticals, and Cytokinetics; Scheduled library synthesis, completed post synthetic analysis of libraries by LCMS Collected, organized, and reviewed large amount of data using combinatorial chemistry software such as Synthesis Workbook and Labvantage; Trained new Research Scientists |
| Employer: | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Position: | Undergraduate Researcher |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2002 |
| Description: | Authored 40 page thesis entitled “Rapid Detection and Structural Elucidation of Peptaibols from Trichoderma longibrachiautum”
Created unique procedures, based on extensive research, to structurally elucidate oligopeptides with less than 1 mg of product using MS/MS Process included large scale liquid/liquid extraction, interpretation of assay results, and isolation of active structures with LCMS and HPLC and size-exclusion chromatography. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Davis |
| Time period: | 2010 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | University of California System - Santa Cruz |
| Time period: | 2002 |
| Degree: | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, BSc |
