NAOMI THOMSON
nomijill@yahoo.com
9814 Red Reef Court • Fort Myers • Florida  • (239) 267-1610
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Enthusiastic Product Manager with nine years of experience identifying and serving the needs of the DNA
sequencing market. Decisive team leader and product advocate with a passion for creating value for my
company and my market.
• Strategic Planning
• Market Identification
• Competitive Intelligence
• Sales
• Customer Relations
• Verbal and Written Presentations
• Technical Writing
• Project Management
• Molecular Core Facility Operations
• DNA Sequencing and Synthesis
• DNA Sequence analysis
• Database Design
CORE COMPETENCIES
EXPERIENCE
GENE CODES CORPORATION - Ann Arbor, Michigan                                               March 1999 to Present
Product Manager, Sequencher,
  • Responsible for the strategic design and evolution of Gene Codes’ leading DNA analysis software.
  • Lead a team effort that delivers annual software releases on schedule.
  • Coordinate with engineering teams in an iterative process to optimize and implement new product for the
    biotech, pharmaceutical, and academic sequencing markets.
  • Marketing activities include competitive analysis, market forecasting, and the development of electronic
    and print promotional materials.
  • Provide technical expertise to Gene Codes’ sales team and customers.
  • Development of training materials and programs to support the use and sale of our software.
  • Create and implement targeted training programs for leading pharmaceutical companies, universities,
    and the National Institutes of Health.  
KIMERAGEN, INCORPORATED. – Newtown, Pennsylvania         November 1996 to December 1998
Manager, Nucleic Acid Sequencing Facility
  • Developed key standard operating procedures towards preparation for filing an IND.
  • Created and directed a facility to provide research related and diagnostic sequencing. This included
    defining parameters for GLP compliance in automated sequencing.
Manufacturing Coordinator,
  • Responsible for coordinating manufacture, inventory and distribution of chimeric oligonucleotides.
    Designed relational database for assembling batch records. Provided liaison between outside
    collaborators and manufacturers
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY -Princeton, New Jersey        December 1988 to November 1996
Research Scientist II, July 1996 to November 1996
  • Managed sequencing facility that serviced the Oncology Department. Developed curriculum and
    instructed members of the Department in several sequence analysis software packages. Responsible for
    genotyping mouse cell lines used in Oncology’s cell-based assays and for identifying p53 mutations.
    Continued responsibility for maintaining several relational databases
Research Scientist I, October 1992 to July 1996
  • Demonstrated the advantage of automated DNA sequencing for Molecular Biology Department, thus
    justifying the establishment of a core DNA sequencing facility. Provided necessary training, equipment
    and personnel to create a DNA sequencing service that included data analysis, primer design, and
    database searching.  Provided support for numerous relational databases.  Hired and trained Associate
    to take over operation of oligonucleotide synthesis facility.
Associate Research Scientist II, January 1991 to October 1992
  • Managed, operated, and maintained oligonucleotide synthesis laboratory.  Developed expertise in
    relational databases to organize oligonucleotide inventory, then created and supported numerous
    databases throughout the Department.  This includes a database that is critical to the operation of our
    Transgenic Facility, and which has also been adopted throughout BMS and is in use in other
    pharmaceutical companies.
Associate Research Scientist, December 1988 to January 1991
  • Established DNA Synthesis Facility to meet the needs of new 60 member Molecular Biology Department.  
    Trained and supervised Associates to work independently.  Responsibilities include all aspects of
    laboratory operation.
THE WISTAR INSTITUTE - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania        
Research Specialist, April 1986 to December 1988

VITAL SIGNS, INC. - Totowa, New Jersey
Market Research Consultant, June 1985 to April 1986

ENERCO, INC. - Yardley, Pennsylvania
Coordinator-Marketing/Sales, June 1984 to June 1985
Masters of Business Administration (MBA) • LA SALLE UNIVERSITY - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Beta Gamma Sigma, Honors Society     
Alpha Iota Delta, Honors Society for Information Systems and Decision Sciences

Bachelor of Science in Biology (BS) • BRYN MAWR COLLEGE - Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
EDUCATION
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