Joon Nam

Experience

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  KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency)

  Jul 2000 - Feb 2001

  Marketing Liaison

  Curious about international business operations, I joined a Korean government agency that supports overseas market expansion. Established a foundation in marketing, while being able to free them to be comfortable in a foreign stage through translation and other support services. •Conducted outreach for smaller Korean venture tech companies to connect with US distributors and to showcase their prototypes at international trade conferences, including Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2001) in Las Vegas•Arranged meetings with potential clients at trade shows; represented the companies and their products at events Show less

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  UCLA

  Jan 2001 - Jun 2003

  Research Associate II

  Pursuing my background in science, I grew my research knowledge and skills, and meanwhile helped develop ways to treat and cure pancreatic cancer.•Co-authored several publications on new methods to combat pancreatic diseases. Couple highlights: ◦Mechanism to alcohol induced pancreatitis in order to further research on a cure ◦Mechanism to fight pancreatic cancer with antioxidant agent that’s extracted from wine•Improved technique for various lab experiments in the VA Hospital/UCLA. Show less

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  Amgen

  Jun 2003 - now

  Supplier Performance Management:· Lead GxP regulated bioanalytical/PK supplier evaluations and onboarding· Managed CRO partnership, contracts, budget, and projects· Created comprehensive supplier oversight tool and dashboards overviewing supplier performance, metrics, finance, and relationship health· Supplier facing point of contact for Research Therapeutic Area and LC-MS Bioanalytical Sciences· Developing & executing efficient supplier and expense management strategies while finding opportunities to align, improve and re-design processes and tools. Show less Strategy Implementation and Project Management (Global Research Operations): •Responsible for integrating global and organization-wide R&D tracker tools •Adapted and implemented Product and Portfolio Management tools for Amgen Global Research to advance R&D’s capability to plan, adapt, and decide how to best support Amgen’s priorities •Led Research Contract Book effort to consolidate data on cross-functional deliverable for integrated view to provide clarity about early pipeline resource demands and enable focus on high value-high priority work •Managed data assimilation (Planisware) and visualization (Tableau) for one stop outlook of product progress that enabled improved planning and decision-making •Facilitated cross-functional financial systems innovation project to consolidate R&D Operations’ budgeting process to streamline and reduce redundancies.Business Operations (Translational Sciences): •Built and managed Research Service Supplier Database as a single source information hub for contract resource organization (CRO) managers •Responsible for department’s quarterly resource capacity analysis and forecasting; prepared reports for senior leadership •Performed CRO study tracking, analysis, and reports to update senior leadership and a dashboard system •Served as scientific subject matter expert for outsourcing effort to China and IndiaBioanalytical Scientist (Translational Safety & Bioanalytical Sciences (PKDM)): •Conducted bioanalysis for discovery, GLP/GCP studies and bioanalytical method development and validation for small and large molecule drugs utilizing LC-MS/MS, UHPLC-HRMS •Spearheaded evaluating and implementing cutting-edge technologies to transform the group’s work processes that support maintain top of the class Bioanalytical Sciences Group, e.g. peptide enrichment automation using tip based immunocapture platform, nano scale pipetting methods, and high throughput automation etc. •Drafted SOPs and trained staffs Show less

  • R&D Operations Manager

    Jun 2021 - now

  • Senior Associate Scientist

    Jun 2003 - Jun 2021