Experience
More than fifteen years across international diagnostics.
A career built at Abbott Laboratories in Canada, DiaSorin across Latin America and more than a decade at Roche Diagnostics in Colombia and the wider LATAM region — with earlier scientific research at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Colsanitas.
Professional progression
- Molecular biology / molecular diagnostics
- Immunology & clinical chemistry
- Core laboratory & automation
- Product and portfolio leadership
- Training & knowledge transfer
- Laboratory strategy
Career timeline
Jul 2023 – Mar 2026 · Canada
Abbott Laboratories
Senior Laboratory Solution Specialist
Laboratory strategy and diagnostic portfolio development with Canadian clinical laboratories and national diagnostic networks.
Responsibilities
- Lead consultative assessments of clinical laboratory operations and deliver workflow optimization strategies.
- Support complex clinical laboratory operations and national diagnostic networks, informing testing pathway design.
- Quantify the financial impact of laboratory challenges and translate it into business cases for diagnostic adoption.
- Align field insight with national product positioning and commercial readiness inside regulated quality systems.
Diagnostic domains
- In vitro diagnostics
- Laboratory strategy
- Workflow optimization
- Business case development
Oct 2020 – Jul 2023 · Latin America
DiaSorin
Export LATAM Marketing Product Manager
Product and portfolio leadership for immunology and molecular diagnostic portfolios across Latin American markets.
Responsibilities
- Lead regional brand and portfolio strategies for immunology and molecular diagnostics.
- Develop value propositions for high-complexity immunodiagnostics and molecular assays.
- Manage launch experience, distributor readiness, training and commercial execution.
Selected outcomes
- Coordinated product and analyzer launches across multiple Latin American markets.
Diagnostic domains
- Product & portfolio leadership
- Molecular diagnostics
- Immunodiagnostics
- Regional launch and market readiness
Oct 2018 – Oct 2020 · Colombia
Roche Diagnostics
Centralized Solutions Product Manager
Core laboratory and automation portfolio leadership, including centralized platform launches and companion-diagnostic collaborations.
Responsibilities
- Lead the full product lifecycle for centralized laboratory solutions — planning, launch execution and post-launch optimization.
- Deliver regional launches of centralized laboratory platforms, from readiness planning through commercial execution.
- Co-create national diagnostic brand strategies for companion diagnostics (CDx) with pharmaceutical partners including Ferring and Roche Pharma.
- Develop financial and commercial models supporting forecasting and mid-term business planning.
Selected outcomes
- Contributed to measurable portfolio profitability improvements through lifecycle and consumables strategy.
Diagnostic domains
- Core laboratory & automation
- Companion diagnostics
- Product lifecycle management
- Portfolio strategy
Mar 2007 – Oct 2018 · Colombia and LATAM
Roche Diagnostics
Senior Training & Support Regional Specialist LATAM — Immunology & Clinical Chemistry
Training and knowledge transfer across immunochemistry, immunology and clinical chemistry platforms for regional stakeholders and diagnostic partners.
Responsibilities
- Deliver technical, scientific and commercial training on immunochemistry and immunology platforms.
- Support product management activities in regulated diagnostic environments.
- Drive structured cross-functional initiatives with commercial, service and laboratory teams.
- Collaborate with global teams on training and knowledge-transfer programs, including activities involving Germany and Switzerland.
Selected outcomes
- Delivered scientific and commercial training to hundreds of stakeholders, distributors and diagnostic partners across Latin America.
Diagnostic domains
- Training & knowledge transfer
- Immunology
- Clinical chemistry
- Cross-functional collaboration
2007 – 2011 · Colombia
Roche Diagnostics
Molecular Biology & Applied Science Field Application Specialist
Scientific application support for high-complexity molecular biology and sequencing platforms in clinical and research laboratories.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate standardization, clinical sample analysis and protocol implementation for molecular biology and sequencing platforms.
- Provide scientific expertise during molecular product implementations and educational events.
- Partner with sales and marketing to identify new molecular diagnostics opportunities.
Diagnostic domains
- Molecular diagnostics
- Sequencing workflows
- Diagnostic implementation
- Clinical protocol implementation
Late 1990s – mid-2000s · Bogotá, Colombia
Early Scientific Research & Clinical Molecular Diagnostics
Scientific investigator — molecular biology
Molecular biology research on pediatric enteric infections, clinical molecular diagnostics work and an invited scientific collaboration on Rotavirus C sequencing.
Responsibilities
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana — scientific investigator in molecular biology, contributing to the characterization of enteric viruses in pediatric populations.
- Colsanitas S.A. — scientific investigator and molecular biology area coordinator, with clinical molecular diagnostics work.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — invited scientific investigator in molecular biology and sequencing, contributing to the Rotavirus C sequence later recorded in NCBI (CAD70160.1).
Diagnostic domains
- Molecular biology
- Rotavirus and adenovirus
- PCR and sequencing
- Clinical molecular diagnostics