Mike Benway
Biologist With Deep Technology and Computer Science Experience
- Location
- Greater Boston Area
- Industry
- Biotechnology
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Mike Benway's Overview
- Current
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- Senior Application Scientist, International Research Business Unit at Caliper Life Sciences A PerkinElmer Company
- Past
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- Scientist at Endogen
- Scientist at Dade-Behring/PB Diagnostics
- Graduate Assistant/Administrator/Consultant at UMASS Boston
- Drummer/Founder, Birdbrain at TVT Records
- Education
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- University of Massachusetts Boston
- University of Massachusetts Boston
- University of Massachusetts Boston
- Recommendations
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4 people have recommended Mike
- Connections
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141 connections
- Websites
Mike Benway's Summary
Life Scientist with customer facing, bench level expertise automating molecular and cellular biology, liquid handling, large scale laboratory robotic integration, microfluidics, clinical immunoassay development, technical pre/post-sale support, data management and analysis.
Specialties
Interdisciplinary, creative, hard-problem-solver. Degrees in cellular/molecular biology and computer science, experience in automating -and optimizing for productization- molecular sample prep for Next Gen Sequencing, clinical diagnostic immunoassay development. Analytical and communication skills. Technical customer relationship management track record.
Mike Benway's Experience
Senior Application Scientist, International Research Business Unit
Caliper Life Sciences A PerkinElmer Company
Public Company; 501-1000 employees; CALP; Biotechnology industry
January 2000 – Present (12 years 5 months) World Wide
Currently: Engineering, developing, programming and validating automated Next Gen Sequencing sample prep workflows -at the bench- in a variety of labs internationally, with emphasis on developing references amongst early adopters.
Recently: Development, wet validation, technical coordination & transfer of dozens of molecular biology kits to a commercial, user friendly, automated liquid handling platform.
Variously:
*Inject software engineering discipline into automated application development for contributing teams of bench scientists
*Scope, design, present, and quote solutions that knit together automation with client science.
*Pre/post-sale support for microfluidics.
*Design/management/development, "Robot Scientist" at U. Wales.
*Trade presentations.
*Created Liquid Handler QC (LHQC) for GMP, back/front automation using Apache, Linux, HTML, PHP, MySQL, Excel.
*SQA/IQOQ - formal validation doc development & service delivery.
*Liquid Handling Expert:develop troubleshoot train publish.
*Earned BA in CS while increasing responsibility.
Customer-facing, bench-level work: Erasmus MC (Rotterdam), U Oslo, CNAG Barcelona, TGAC Norwich UK, J&J (Beerse, BE), UMC Oncology (Utrecht, NL), Edge Bio (MD), UM Medical Center (FL) Millennium, Vertex, Aurora, BMS, BIPI, Pfizer Applied Biosystems, RPR (Paris), Yang Ming University (China), Taiwan FBI, 3M, Novartis (Waltham, Basel), J&J, S*BIO (Singapore), Amphora, MDS (Montreal), Affymetrix, Rosalin Institute (Scotland), U.Wales, Wyeth, Medimmune, Sanofi-Aventis (NJ, Paris, Strassbourg, Franfurt). Takeda SD, UCB (Slough, UK), Max Delbruk Inst, Genzyme, Astra Zeneca (Waltham, Manchester UK), Serono/Merck Serono (Rockland, Geneva), Biogen Idec (San Diego, Cambridge)...
Scientist
Dade-Behring/PB Diagnostics
1990 – 2000 (10 years)
Clinical immunodiagnostic (sandwich ELISA) and fluorogenic Kinase assay development and adaptation for automated platform, 510K sumbission, transfer to manufacturing, support. Fertility: hCG, FSH, LH Cardiac: CKMB, Troponin I, Total-CK, CKMB/Total-CK relative index.
Graduate Assistant/Administrator/Consultant
UMASS Boston
Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry
1985 – 2000 (15 years)
Graduate Biotechnology Study:
2 years hands-on photosynthesis research.
Science education reform advocacy and outreach development/teaching:
Created, implemented and documented innovative Math/Science curriculum for gifted, inner-city students.
Wrote core components of Javits grant proposals.
Recruited, trained, managed instructors.
Curriculum development coach in Boston Public Schools, Dorchester High.
Drummer/Founder, Birdbrain
TVT Records
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Music industry
1992 – 1997 (5 years)
Organized and executed coherent strategy leading to national distribution and recording contract.
Listen to "Youth of America" from the Scream soundtrack album or in the movie.
Mike Benway's Skills & Expertise
Mike Benway's Education
University of Massachusetts Boston
BA, Computer Science
2000 – 2004
University of Massachusetts Boston
MS-(ABD), Biotechnology and Biomedical Science
1986 – 1988
All but dissertation. Two years teaching, practical and theoretical course work, biochemistry research
Activities and Societies: Elected Officer, Graduate Student Assembly
University of Massachusetts Boston
BS, Cellular/Molecular Biology
1982 – 1986
Activities and Societies: Honors in Biology, with research in photosynthetic biochemistry
Mike Benway's Additional Information
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- Interests:
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Private Pilot
- Groups and Associations:
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LRIG, AAAS, IEEE, AOPA
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- Honors and Awards:
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Time Magazine Top Ten Scientific Discoveries of 2009. System with Caliper and U Wales. (see link)
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