Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce

1. Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Randall Ribaudo, PhD CEO, Human Workflows, LLC Co-founder, SciPhD.com

2. Employment of Young Biomedical PhD’s Source: USA Today March 29, 2013

3. This should be easy Technical Business Social

4. What are the Critical Skills?

5. Critical Skills Source: Management Research Group

6. Interviews with hiring managers Companies Skills • MedImmune • GE HealthCare • Accelrys Inc. • Biofortis • Curis • C-Perl • Fluidigm • Science is King • Creativity • Communications • Teamwork • Independence • Project management • Resilience • External focus • Adaptability • Passion • Collaboration • Past success • Learner vs. expert • multi-dimensional

7. Job Example: Senior Scientist, Antibody Engineering Job Description The candidate will lead a group focused on the establishment and development of innovative recombinant antibody engineering technologies. He/she will develop novel technologies in the areas of antibody discovery to support HGS therapeutic protein and antibody programs in autoimmune, oncology and infectious disease areas. In addition, the candidate will manage internal collaborations with other HGS research and development groups on relevant projects as well as external collaborations/contracts with current or future HGS partners. Desired Skills & Experience A PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology or a related field is required in addition to a strong publication record in peer-reviewed journals, demonstrating significant postdoctoral and independent research. The candidate must also have at least five years of demonstrated successful leadership of an academic or industrial research lab group (research associate and Ph.D. scientist) with managerial skills and be able to independently plan, design and execute experiments as well as follow literature, interpret results and direct new approaches. He/she should be passionate about new engineering technologies and have hands-on experiences with all modern molecular biology techniques. The candidate should have broad knowledge of antibody structure and function and have extensive expertise in antibody/protein engineering. The candidate should also have good knowledge of the relevant literature and be able to develop creative solutions to scientific problems. Experience in the application and development of protein and antibody phage/yeast or attentive display methods and high throughput screening/selection are preferred. Strong interdisciplinary problem solving, communication, presentation and writing skills are essential.

8. Job Example: Senior Scientist, Antibody Engineering Job Description The candidate will lead a group focused on the establishment and development of innovative recombinant antibody engineering technologies. He/she will develop novel technologies in the areas of antibody discovery to support HGS therapeutic protein and antibody programs in autoimmune, oncology and infectious disease areas. In addition, the candidate will manage internal collaborations with other HGS research and development groups on relevant projects as well as external collaborations/contracts with current or future HGS partners. Desired Skills & Experience A PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology or a related field is required in addition to a strong publication record in peer-reviewed journals, demonstrating significant postdoctoral and independent research. The candidate must also have at least five years of demonstrated successful leadership of an academic or industrial research lab group (research associate and Ph.D. scientist) with managerial skills and be able to independently plan, design and execute experiments as well as follow literature, interpret results and direct new approaches. He/she should be passionate about new engineering technologies and have hands-on experiences with all modern molecular biology techniques. The candidate should have broad knowledge of antibody structure and function and have extensive expertise in antibody/protein engineering. The candidate should also have good knowledge of the relevant literature and be able to develop creative solutions to scientific problems. Experience in the application and development of protein and antibody phage/yeast or attentive display methods and high throughput screening/selection are preferred. Strong interdisciplinary problem solving, communication, presentation and writing skills are essential.

9. Job Example: Senior Scientist, Antibody Engineering Job Description The candidate will lead a group focused on the establishment and development of innovative recombinant antibody engineering technologies. He/she will develop novel technologies in the areas of antibody discovery to support HGS therapeutic protein and antibody programs in autoimmune, oncology and infectious disease areas. In addition, the candidate will manage internal collaborations with other HGS research and development groups on relevant projects as well as external collaborations/contracts with current or future HGS partners. Desired Skills & Experience A PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology or a related field is required in addition to a strong publication record in peer-reviewed journals, demonstrating significant postdoctoral and independent research. The candidate must also have at least five years of demonstrated successful leadership of an academic or industrial research lab group (research associate and Ph.D. scientist) with managerial skills and be able to independently plan, design and execute experiments as well as follow literature, interpret results and direct new approaches. He/she should be passionate about new engineering technologies and have hands-on experiences with all modern molecular biology techniques. The candidate should have broad knowledge of antibody structure and function and have extensive expertise in antibody/protein engineering. The candidate should also have good knowledge of the relevant literature and be able to develop creative solutions to scientific problems. Experience in the application and development of protein and antibody phage/yeast or attentive display methods and high throughput screening/selection are preferred. Strong interdisciplinary problem solving, communication, presentation and writing skills are essential.

10. What is your Brand? “Me Inc.” • Scientific/technical identity • Business Identity • Social Identity

11. My Scientific Identity • Formal training • Publications • References • Ability to discuss relevant scientific areas

12. Business Identity • Strategic thinking • Productivity • Implementation (project management) • Financial Drivers • Return on Investment • Performance Metrics

13. My Social Identity • Developing People • Collaboration • Empathy • Rapport • Communications • Technical literacy • Style flexibility • Emotional intelligence • Social intelligence

14. Social Identity Matters! Why do so many fail within the first 18 months of taking a job? When our research tracked 20,000 new hires, 46% of them failed within 18 months. But even more surprising than the failure rate, was that when new hires failed, 89% of the time it was for attitudinal reasons and only 11% of the time for a lack of skill. The attitudinal deficits that doomed these failed hires included a lack of coachability, low levels of emotional intelligence, motivation and temperament.

15. 24 Core Business Competencies • Creating the Vision • Strategic • Technical/Scientific • Innovative • Risk Management • Champion/Energy • Developing People • Collaboration • Enabling • Empathy • Rapport • Execution • Structuring • Control • Tactical • Delegation • Achieving Results • Production • Focus • Competition • Communications/Learning • Technical Literacy • Style Flexibility • Emotional Intelligence • Social Intelligence • Financial Acumen • Return on Investment • Internal Rate of Return • Determining performance metrics • Managing the Balance Sheet

16. Traditional Programs ignore the core competencies, with the exception of… • Professional Science Masters • Postdoc Professional Masters (KGI) • CSO Leadership Program (NYAS) • NIH BEST Award

17. What is SciPhD doing to address this professional development void? • Self-assessment- the 24 core competencies • Introduction to Industry Careers Workshops • Certificate Programs • New York Academy of Sciences • New York University (BEST) • NIH OTT, FLC, Montgomery College (Rockville, MD) • Customized programs

18. Self Assessmentthe 24 competencies

19. Self-AssessmentDetailed Report By Job Type By Company Type

20. Self-AssessmentDetailed Report By Company Life Cycle By Degree of Independence

21. PhD Thesis Life Cycle

22. Major Business Competency Categories

23. SciPhD WorkshopsExperiential Learning Based on using the Scientific Method as a model to develop Leadership Team Building Project Management Negotiation We focus on helping students recognize and develop their business and social identities What in their experience relates to business and social identities The Scientific Method has very close parallels to Business cycle SciPhD relates essential business concepts and competencies to the scientific method.

24. CSO Leadership Programs

25. Success Metrics • Workshops: more than 50 workshops across the US • >2700 attendees • 7 CSO Certificate Programs • ~160 graduates • 60 in training currently

26. Class of 2011 • 66 students • 27 have gotten full-time positions • Researcher • Ass. Professor • Chief Science Officer • Life Science Applications Specialist • VP of Sponsored Funds HR and Consortium Programs Administration • Senior Scientist • Research Associate • Project Scientist • VP Operations • 7 have received new postdoctoral positions • 21 still in their current position

27. Class of 2012 • 56 students • 12 have gotten full-time positions • External Research and Development Liaison • Research Fellow • Intern, OTT • Clinical Research Associate • Program Director • VP, Research and Development • Senior Consultant • Senior Scientist • Associate, World Financial Group • Bioinformatics Scientist • Project Support Specialist • 2 have received new postdoctoral positions • 36 still in their current position

28. Maryland CSO Program(Jan 2011 – Dec 2012) • 52 students • 27 have gotten full-time positions • Research Associate • Assistant Professor • QA Associate • Sr. Research Scientist • Process Engineer • Deputy Director • Territory Sales Manager • Scientific Program Coordinator • Senior Consultant (Booz Allen) • Regulatory Scientist • Health Programs Specialist • Pharmacology/Toxicology Reviewer • Project Analyst • Clinical Project Manager • 4 have received new postdoctoral positions • 14 still in their current position

29. What’s next? • How do we reach more people? • What can we do to improve our programs so that students get maximum benefit? • How early can/should students start getting exposed to “the business of science”?

30. SciPhD’s Current Plans • Expand Certificate Programs • Partnerships • online • Expand workshops • Customized programs • Train the Trainer • Workforce development

31. Thank You … keep on rowing!!! Questions & Feedback info@sciphd.com