Emma Devos

Currently studying an international MBA (Master in Business Administration) at the triple-accredited School of Management EM Lyon in France. I am studying a specialization in International Strategy and in the Life Sciences industry. I will be looking for my next opportunity starting August 2017 (preferably in France or Germany).

Responsible and lead for all phases of customer projects from elaboration of technical proposal with direct customer interactions, including costing and process clarification, to complete project execution, with the coordination of project team (designers and suppliers), planning, cost control, qualification to training and delivery of engineered solutions. (site work in Japan, Australia, France, Belgium, Germany.) Jul. 2013 to Dec. 2014: Portsmouth, UK. Dec. 2014 to May 2016: Frankfurt, Germany.

Preparation of technical quotations and costing for engineered Single Use systems (manual and automated), execution of detail process design and sizing, selection of equipment and instrumentation, writing of functional specification for software. Supplier interactions and monitoring (mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and software). Direct customer interactions, Qualification activities (FAT and SAT)-

- Development, operation and optimisation of upstream processes (bioreactors) for the production of recombinant proteins. - Mammalian cell line revival, maintenance and study. - Analysis and presentation of experimental results.

International strategy and specialization in Life Sciences

Thesis: Study of the effect of cell environment on transient recombinant protein production in CHO cells, using Design of Experiments method. Techniques include cell culture, transfection, DNA purification and flow cytometry.

With an exchange study semester at the University of Sherbrooke (Canada), Chemical and Biotechnology Engineering Department.