Randall Ribaudo, Ph.D. President, CEO Human Workflows, LLC and Co-founder, SciPhD.com
Keynote Address: “Landing Your First Job: Understanding the Skills that Organizations Value and How to Market Yourself Successfully”
SciPhD co-founder Dr. Randall Ribaudo has over twenty years of experience in the Scientific Research and biotechnology field and has successfully made the transition from academia to industry to entrepreneur. These experiences form the foundation of the SciPhD training programs that are now offered at institutions across the US. After receiving a Ph.D. in Immunology at the University of Connecticut, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the NIH before becoming a Principal Investigator at the National Cancer Institute, leading a team of postdocs, technicians, and students, resulting in patents and numerous publications. In 1997, Dr. Ribaudo left academia to pursue opportunities in the biotech industry that culminated at Celera Genomics during the Human Genome revolution. At Celera, Dr. Ribaudo was a liaison to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic communities, served as a product manager for proteomics, and led a task force to define strategic direction. Dr. Ribaudo’s experience as an academic and industry scientist, coupled with his experience consulting with industry scientists provides unique insight to the critical skills necessary to promote success in academic and industry settings and forms the basis for the SciPhD training programs.