Kathy is an experienced professional consultant, offering strategic guidance to early-stage companies in their development of short and long-term business plans and operational activities.
Leading the IP strategy at FA Bio, Kathy will seek to maximize the commercialisation opportunities for its existing product pipeline and its growing portfolio of superior products. As well as instilling a culture of intellectual property across the team, she also provides valuable input to the company’s strategic development, with a particular focus on the US.
With more than 20 years experience in Business Development, Kathy is an expert in the creation of new business opportunities through the expansion of technology and protection of intellectual property. Intellectual property freedom-to-operate ensures the delivery of customer needs whilst also facilitating the pursuit of strategic collaborations to expand product development.
Prior to joining FA Bio, Kathy led Product Development at Agrinos, bolstering its intellectual property portfolio. Kathy also led Syngenta’s North America Quality team to ensure its quality aligned with their integrated Chemistry-Seeds strategy and served as North America Quality Head on Syngenta’s Global Quality team.
Following her Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Plant Biology, Kathy was a scientist and business development lead at Monsanto, then went on to co-found Simplot Plant Sciences, managing business development and regulatory. As an independent consultant, she has sought to integrate novel business and intellectual property opportunities for new start-up clients. Kathy has a Doctorate in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, a Masters in Cell Biology, and an MBA.
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