Kristie Vanpatten

About Kristie Vanpatten

Experienced project management professional (PMP) and people leader. Enjoys co-creating, collaborating and mentoring teams to deliver on joint goals. Diverse technical experience as a technical research scientist in academia and industry. Areas of specialized knowledge extend from aquaculture pathology to biomarker discovery and clinical diagnostics. Key contributor to several major collaborative projects with thought-leaders in academia, and the pharmaceutical industry. Excellent written and oral communication skills as evidenced by several publications, patents/applications and meeting presentations/abstracts. Demonstrated ability to initiate, plan, design, validate, execute, monitor and control projects of varying size and complexity. Reputation as a team player and for efficiently producing high quality work.Specialties: PMP certification, design control in a regulated environment, including work on pre-IDE/pre-sub packages to the FDA, CE-IVD, RUO, and PMA projects, IHC and ISH multiplexing, research and development for new diagnostic technologies, image analysis and quantitation, biomarker screening and development, biomarker validation.

Experience

1. Director Program Management

   Foundation Medicine

   Jan 2025 — Present

   Responsible for the operational execution of a new product portfolio. Develops and maintains the operational infrastructure required to enable consistent agile strategic planning, monitor execution and facilitate learning across multiple functions and stakeholders, including all project team functions. Fosters best practices in project management, team collaboration and facilitation.

Education

• University of Arizona

  MS, Pathobiology

  2001 — 2004

• Hawaii Pacific University

  BS, Marine Science

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Life Sciences
• Pmp
• Group Training
• Validation
• Diagnostics
• Science
• Biochemistry
• Microsoft Project
• Ms Project
• Biotechnology
• Protein Chemistry
• Agile Project Management
• Gmp
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Communication Skills
• Molecular Biology
• Design Control
• Immunohistochemistry
• Project Management
• Medical Devices
• Image Analysis
• Product Development
• Technology Transfer
• Biomarkers
• Hardware Diagnostics
• Commercialization
• R&D
• Lifesciences
• Immunology
• Assay Development
• Infectious Diseases
• Ivd
• Communication