Company Development and Organization
Helped secure nearly $1M in non-dilutive, matching funds (Protein Industries Canada)
Helped secure personnel and project funding (NRC-IRAP, MITACS)
Helped identify other broad funding sources
Research Direction and Technical Liaison
Helped define species focus
Outlined the scope for 7 one-year projects focused on key aspects of the fully structured fillet
Helped vet and select partner laboratories
Liaised with candidate research partners from universities, government laboratories and private laboratories (Canadian and US)
Experimental Work
Contributed to design of preliminary research trials focused on physical characterization of hydrocolloids and lipidomics analysis of various oils
Contributed to experimental ideation and manufacturing prototyping during team calls
Documentation
Developed tracking system for research materials and candidate ingredients
Helped with preliminary database and company wiki creation
Helped create design specification for first product type
Helped develop meeting agenda/meeting tracker to manage workflows in distributed teams
Procurement
Helped procure research materials and ingredients and maintained database
Helped identify novel plant-based protein ingredient types