Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Hey, Thanks for stopping by! 👋 As a biomedical engineer by training, my passion lies at the intersection of science, technology, and health. Having the opportunity to work on transformative solutions that can serve people's lives is what fuels my professional motivation and curiosity. Since I started working in the healthcare industry, I have been exposed to multiple stages of the medical product value chain, from early R&D, marketing, access, up to product use in the operational room. My journey with Roche allowed me to expand this skillset and dive into cross-functional and cross-business segment projects in digital health, requiring joint efforts from lifecycle teams, third-party partners, and health systems to explore new models of care for cardiometabolic diseases and their commercialization. Outside my work, I am a strong advocate for medical technology and the progress it drives within society. I have the chance to engage and learn from the brightest minds in healthcare through the Impulse podcast that I host and produce since 2022. I also intervene as a speaker at numerous international conferences on these subjects in Europe (e.g., Health.Tech, MedTech World, etc.), write articles for Healthcare Transformers, and have the chance to host additional podcast series, such as Cardio Insights for Roche and the Oxa Podcast for Nanoleq. I’m always keen to discuss all things healthtech, healthcare innovation, and content production in that space, so feel free to reach out! 🚀
- Translate Roche Group's digital business strategy into key objectives for digital health startup engagement - Advise regions and affiliates across the Roche Group to enable local digital health innovation initiatives together with external companies and startups - Ensure legal, regulatory, and compliance frameworks for local third-party engagement are followed - Leverage Roche Group's startup engagement programs in key geographies in close alignment with global and local stakeholders - Measure and communicate the value of engagements with external companies and startups in digital health to the Roche Group - Drive external thought leadership activities to position Roche as a leader in digital health and a key ecosystem partner
- Lead a Global strategic collaboration between Roche, partner hospitals, and a European startup providing hybrid care models for chronic diseases, to pilot a new care program for heart failure management. The program requires a multi-disciplinary effort to develop a new care protocol including remote monitoring capabilities, and driving change management at partner hospitals: drive contracting activities with partners / design the collaboration model and workstreams / lead the cross-divisional operational team from Roche including Healthcare Consulting, Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, Patient Insights and Data Infrastructure lifecycle teams / host joint steering committee meetings with senior management / maintain alignment in a matrix organization / ensure delivery on time and budget - Design and champion an evaluation program with partner health systems across the US and Europe, enabling real-world evaluation of digital health products from Roche and third parties ahead of clinical evaluation stages: embed the program in evidence-generation frameworks across the Roche Group / co-design evaluation protocols with the respective product teams including methods, budget, and timelines / manage the experiments pipeline and ensure delivery with the program excellence team - Coach internal product teams with strategic and operational guidance on third-party engagements - Drive thought leadership activities across internal and external initiatives
- Lead a Startup Creasphere pilot (granted Best Pilot Showcase Award in 2023) together with colleagues from the Point Of Care R&D organization, in collaboration with a leading US smart garment company, aiming to develop a new wearable for heart failure monitoring: scouting of partners / deal-flow / collaboration operating model definition / identification of requirements for the MVP / technical evaluation of the MVP / collaboration handover to the R&D organization past the pilot phase - Lead a cross-functional squad including Market Access, Healthcare Consulting, Data Services, and Innovation Management experts to develop cost-evaluation and outcome-measurement methods supporting the Roche Healthcare Consulting organization to respond to value-based heart failure care tenders - Represent Roche as a thought leader in the field of cardiometabolic disease management and digital health during international congresses (e.g. ESC, HIMSS Europe, etc.) - Consult the Roche Pharma and Roche Diagnostics organization in the creation of an internal platform enabling product development teams to collect patients’ feedback compliantly and efficiently
Impulse is the podcast where we dive into the most exciting breakthroughs in healthcare of our time. In each episode, we sit down with some of the brightest minds who are using technology to rethink the way we care! Highlights: - Recognized by Healthcare Transformers among the top 10 healthcare podcasts - Selected by Digital.Health among 12 healthcare podcasts of reference - Sponsored by renowned healthcare institutions, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Vanderbilt University Medical Center - More than 10000 listeners spread across more than 80 countries
The Oxa Podcast features leading breathwork experts, doctors, scientists, therapists, and coaches, who spent years understanding the impact that breathing has on our brain and physiology, developing innovative protocols to unleash its true power. In each episode, we explore how breathing can address specific pain points related to stress, sleep, cognition, physical performance, and beyond. You will learn new science-based tools to help you realize the power of your breath, and optimize your well-being. As the Host and Producer of the show, my role entailed the following: - Develop the podcast concept, including its positioning, target audience, format, audio and visual identity, in alignment with the Marketing and Commercialization teams - Manage the publication calendar, securing the guests, recording the interviews, and delivering the final footage with the support of external freelancers - Manage external communications about the show with the support of the Marketing team
- Trained on technical skills and cardiology know-how relating to the current, new therapies and technologies of the EP division (EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System, Mapping and Ablation Catheters) and the required certifications - Support the medical teams during cardiac mapping and ablation procedures for the treatment of complex heart rhythm disorders in the operating room - Comply with clinical practices and rules in force in medical centers, as well as with all of Abbott's quality and compliance procedures - Investigate and analyze the cause of incidents relating to the system in compliance with material safety rules - Report customer complaints and prioritize the management of field actions
- Develop, validate and implement a release test method according to USP <711> for a drug-coated balloon catheter together with a contract manufacturer located in France - Establish SOPs describing the test method including all templates required for the evaluation of the raw data - Run a risk analysis according to FMEA for the release test method - Order, install, qualify and implement the release test equipment in the Quality Control laboratory - Establish a test plan according to FDA and USP requirements including cost calculation for batch release testing and annual testing of raw materials - Develop and validate planning of a method to determine the amount of residual solvents in the finished product according to USP <467> - Develop and validate planning of a method to determine the amount of endotoxin in the finished product according to USP <85> - Design verification test planning together with a contract manufacturer in the US
- Development of an in-vitro release test method according to the requirements of the FDA and U.S. Pharmacopeia for a drug-coated balloon catheter based on UV-Vis spectrophotometry and HPLC - Literature review: current state of the art regarding drug-release tests, details about the compounds as mentioned in the pharmacopeias, product development documentation, US regulatory specifications - Assay method selection: evaluation of the method precision, accuracy and cost - Manual method development: establishment of the test protocol, optimization of test parameters, dissolution medium screening, discriminatory power testing - Method automation: transfer of the the manual test protocol to an automated platform enabling method scale-up, adjustment of test parameters to meet the specifications defined upstream
- Sales app creation for intravenous (IV) administration sets and needle-free connectors: Implementation and establishment of content based on the current template / Work in close collaboration with the Digital Sales Tools team and responsible product managers - Coordination and initiation of the benchmarking of IV sets with in-line filters to support the local marketing and sales team in Russia: Definition and planning of experimental assays as well as usability evaluation / Work in close collaboration with the internal Russian team, the R&D department and dedicated laboratories / Documentation of results, analysis and reporting - Benchmarking of standard IV-Sets as well as burette-, transfusion- and Cyto-Sets: Development of a promotional concept including visualization and layout for communicating efficiently benchmark outcomes / Work in close collaboration with responsible product managers and internal experts / Documentation of results, analysis and reporting - Value case development for a needle-free connector: Literature research for each defined risk associated with the product features / Cost-benefit modelling to simulate the financial impact resulting from the implementation of the product in healthcare centers based on available scientific evidence - Branding strategy for new generation standard IV sets: Involvement in the definition of the naming strategy for the new product line / Work in close collaboration with the responsible product manager and decision-makers