Lebaron Agostini

About Lebaron Agostini

Lebaron C. Agostini Ph.D-trained oncology commercial professional with deep expertise in precision medicine, product strategy, and strategic partnerships. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and integrate clinical, market, and technological insights to drive sales growth. Skilled at translating complex scientific and clinical insights into actionable commercial strategies that enhance product positioning, accelerate growth, and optimize precision oncology clinical workflows.I have extensive experience building precision medicine programs in oncology across IDNs and AMCs in strategic account management roles and commercial strategy projects. My professional experience also includes oncology product and lifecycle planning, commercial launch strategy, and project management.Previously Dr. Agostini was the Senior Manager of Precision Oncology Programs at Caris Life Sciences. His role involved building relationships and providing strategic guidance to cancer centers to optimize their precision oncology programs by leveraging Caris Life Sciences molecular profiling technologies. He also served as an oncology SME within his core team and manages projects in a matrix environment to improve the efficiency of precision oncology workflows.Before joining Caris Life Sciences, Dr. Agostini was a Life Science Analyst for Axiom Healthcare Strategies, a boutique biopharma life sciences strategy consulting firm. His consulting experience includes market research, product strategy, clinical development strategy, and commercial launch strategy for oncology therapeutics.Dr. Agostini received his Ph.D. in Genetics, Genomics, and Cancer Biology from Thomas Jefferson University. His research experiences are focused on DNA damage repair mechanisms, synthetic lethality, replication stress, and developing synergistic drug combinations in gastrointestinal tumor models (e.g, colon, pancreatic, gastric, etc.) He has publications in several AACR journals, including Cancer Research and Molecular Cancer Research.Core Competencies In Research: Conducting scientific exchanges to enhance the understanding of the scientific and medical value research projects to external collaborators. As well as, recognize, record, and share current literature that deepened our understanding and proactively contributed towards identifying unmet needs in solid tumor therapeutic strategies.

Experience

1. Director, Strategic Accounts-precision Oncology

   Exact Sciences

   Apr 2024 — Present · US

   Developed and executed account strategies that integrated clinical (quality improvement, demand growth) and operational (EHR integration) objectives leading to substantial YoY testing growth across targeted health system accountsNegotiated and closed a genomic testing deal as part of a broader strategic collaboration with Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), entrenching broad genomic testing capabilities (i.e, precision oncology, rare disease, and hereditary cancer testing) with OHSU precision medicine initiativesSynthesized Voice of Customer (VoC) and Key Opinion Leader (KOL) insights to drive strategic planning and health system marketing strategy in collaboration with marketing, medical affairs, and product strategyLed cross-functional teams in all phases of the precision oncology account strategy planning process, including project proposals, negotiation, contracting, external customer engagement at the D and C suite level to drive portfolio adoption, including the commercial launch of a solid tumor Molecular Residual Disease (MRD) product

Education

• Thomas Jefferson University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Genetics & Cancer Biology

  2016

• Florida Atlantic University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Cellular and Molecular Biology

  2012 — 2015

Skills

• Rna Isolation
• Leadership
• Research
• Statistics
• Molecular Genetics
• Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)
• Microscopy
• Cell Biology
• Elisa
• Molecular Biology
• Fluorescence Microscopy
• Innate Immunity
• Biochemistry
• Flow Cytometry
• Data Analysis
• Content Management
• Pcr
• Project Management
• Western Blotting
• Cancer
• Protein-Protein Interactions
• Genetics
• Life Sciences
• Web Content Writing
• Molecular Cloning
• Science
• Enzyme Assays
• Immunohistochemistry
• Gene Expression
• Cell Culture
• Dna Extraction
• Social Media Marketing
• Strategic Planning
• Microsoft Excel