Resume

CAREER SUMMARY

Life science entrepreneur with significant Silicon Valley startup experience. Successfully launched over a dozen products. Expertise in R&D, product development, project management, professional services, software architecture, quantitative analysis, and problem-solving. Adaptable leader who is effective in team environments or working alone. Creative thinker capable of understanding the details and seeing the “big picture.” Excellent communication skills–experienced public speaker and published author.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Schmeidel Randall LLC, Houston, TX
Principal, October 2008-Present

Schmeidel Randall LLC provides business assistance to scientists forming companies to commercialize life science technologies. Currently assisting scientists at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center with business planning and fund raising for a new biopharmaceutical company.

AlphaDev LLC, Houston, TX
Entrepreneur-In-Residence, December 2008-Present
Summer Intern, May 2007-August 2007

AlphaDev is a life-science pre-venture development company bridging the funding gap between university-funded early stage research and traditional venture capital. As an EIR, lead the development of a medical device company, handling manufacturing, regulatory, and IP issues. Evaluated dozens of promising medical imaging and informatics technologies for commercialization. Assessed market potential, performed due diligence, proposed transactions, and wrote business plans. During the summer of 2007, prepared a National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant application to raise non-dilutive funding for a medical device company.

Tellme Networks, Mountain View, CA
Engineering Architect, June 2000-December 2001

Led engineering effort in the first professional service group with responsibility for building customer applications and supporting the sales organization in acquiring new customers. Oversaw the design and launch of nine applications, including consumer-facing products like E*Trade’s voice trading system (Tellme’s largest application at the time), the official voice portal of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Email-by-Phone, Driving Directions, and Traffic; and infrastructure products like billing, ad serving, content gathering, and customer reporting. Collaborated with customers’ engineers to integrate systems. Mentored junior engineers. Standardized coding guidelines for writing VXML. In 2007, Tellme was acquired by Microsoft for $800 million.

Ready2Build.com, San Jose, CA
Senior Staff Engineer, Founding Member of Technical Staff, September 1999-June 2000

Started Ready2Build.com with two other engineers and two sales people from Borland. Architected the business logic and database, evaluated web-hosting software and services, specified hardware requirements, and administered the company’s network of 20 desktop and server computers. Ready2Build.com raised $1.5 million in angel investment and employed 12 people.

Borland Corporation, Scotts Valley, CA
Senior R&D Engineer, December 1996-September 1999

Participated in two successful releases of JBuilder, an award-winning Java programming environment. Led front-end Java compiler development. Invented new features to help CORBA programmers develop distributed applications. Coordinated new feature development with teams from marketing, quality-assurance, documentation, and international-ization.

AirTouch Cellular, Walnut Creek, CA
Associate Software Systems Engineer, December 1994-December 1996

Led a team of four engineers in the development of the data acquisition subsystem for the company’s Performance Management System (PMSys). Then, managed the successful deployment of PMsys at commercial launches of AirTouch’s first digital CDMA networks in Los Angeles and San Diego, and of its shared network with Shinsegi Telecom in Seoul, Korea. Served as the the liaison between AirTouch’s Network Management Systems Group and Motorola’s Cellular Infrastructure Group. AirTouch Cellular is now part of Verizon Wireless.

EDUCATION

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics (4.0/4.0 GPA), July 2003-November 2008

The enzymes that unknot and untangle DNA are important targets for anti-cancer agents and antibiotics. My research shed light on how these enzymes recognize knotted DNA by measuring the effects of knots, twists, and juxtapositions of DNA on ion concentrations and DNA structure.

Awards

Prof. John J. Trentin Scholarship Award, For highest GPA in the first year of graduate school, 2004
Predoctoral Fellowship, W.M. Keck Center for Computational Biology, 2004-2007

Rice University, Houston, TX
M.B.A. (3.87/4.0 GPA, 730/800 GMAT), July 2006-May 2008

University of California, Berkeley, CA
B.A., Applied Mathematics (Numerical Analysis emphasis), August 1990-December 1994

Awards

Academic Fellowship, Texaco Philanthropic Foundation, 1990-1994

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE

GCRCIC Life Science Screening Committee, Texas Emerging Technology Fund, 2008-2009
Mehta Family Foundation Advisory Board Member, Dept. of Hematopathology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2008-2009
Co-Founder, BioCamp Houston, 2009

INVENTIONS

A Stein,  J Denney, G Randall, C Day, K Coleman (2009) “Delivery of audio driving directions via a telephone interface.” Microsoft Corporation. U.S. Patent 7,522,711.

RESEARCH GRANTS

GL Randall, EL Zechiedrich, BM Pettitt (2004) “Multi-Scale Simulations of Type II Topoisomerases.” National Library of Medicine (administered by the W.M. Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training). $125,495.

PUBLICATIONS

GL Randall, BM Pettitt, DWL Sumners, L Zechiedrich (2009) “Bullied No More: When DNA Shoves Proteins Around.” (submitted)

GL Randall, L Zechiedrich, BM Pettitt (2009) “In the absence of writhe, DNA relieves torsional stress with localized, sequence-dependent structural failure to preserve B-form.” Nucleic Acids Research, 37(16):5568-77.

JM Fogg, DJ Catanese, GL Randall, MC Swick, L Zechiedrich (2009) “Differences between positively and negatively supercoiled DNA that topoisomerases may distinguish.” In IMA Volume 150: Mathematics of DNA Structure, Function, and Interactions. CJ Benham, S Harvey, WK Olson, DWL Sumners, D Swigon, editors. Springer. New York.

LS Becnel, RL Atmar, GL Randall, RJ Hamill, D Steffen, and L Zechiedrich (2008) “Increased Escherichia coli fluoroquinolone resistance in a large county hospital as a function of time, culture site and patient age, sex, and location.” BMC Infect Dis, 8:4.

GL Randall, BM Pettitt, GR Buck, EL Zechiedrich (2006) “Electrostatics of DNA-DNA juxtapositions: Consequences for type II topoisomerase function.” J. Phys. Cond. Matter, 18:S173-185 (cover article).

INVITED TALKS

“Bullied No More: DNA Bullies Biology.” American Mathematical Society Fall Western Section Meeting. University of British Columbia. October 4, 2008

“Local properties of DNA topology that might aid recognition by the unknotting enzyme, type II topoisomerase.” Genome Instability Group Seminar. Texas Medical Center. April 4, 2008

“Local properties of DNA topology that might aid recognition by the unknotting enzyme, type II topoisomerase.” Topological and Cellular Biology Group Seminar. Department of Mathematics, University of Texas, Austin. March 18, 2008

“Counterion localization caused by DNA supercoiling: Effects on type II topoisomerase recognition.” National Library of Medicine Informatics Training Conference. Stanford University. June 27, 2007 (plenary speaker)