Pierre Monnet

LSAT Consulting™ provides consulting services to life-science business organizations. Our expertise bridges science and technology for the
benefit of business objectives leading innovation, technology and
strategic planning to improve bottom-line performance.

Both Information Technology and Laboratory Automation technological
components may be covered to provide a complete approach to our
pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients internationally.

Our services include:
• Process analysis and recommendation;
• Due diligence;
• Systems architecture design, integration and implementation;
• Project management;
• International IT infrastructure setup
• Laboratory Automation System Design
• Security & Intellectual Property Protection
• Technology Transfer – Collaboration with Vendors
• Team development and training;

http://www.LSATConsulting.com/

Sector: Health Care and pharmaceutical

LRIG-SE
Laboratory Robotics Interest Group - South East Chapter

Co-Founder and Executive Chair of the South-East Chapter of the non-profit Laboratory Robotics Interest Group. Former Treasurer since its creation. LRIG strives to provide exceptional service in the form of enhanced communication and public awareness of advancements and scientific endeavors relating to the fields of laboratory robotics, automation and other associated technical industries. Organization of Conferences and Technology Exhibitions, support of the automation community and sponsoring of educational programs.

http://www.lab-robotics.org

Sector: Not for profit associations

Co-founder and Director, IT & Automation Technology of SCYNEXIS, Inc. a Drug Discovery company. Accomplishments include:
- The design and implementation of the patented Med-Chem Factory®
including both unique laboratory automation solutions for High-Throughput
Purification and QA-QC of new chemical entity libraries for life science research.
- The design and the implementation of the corporate database and the set
of applications providing automated tracking and knowledge management for
these new chemical entity libraries, including the associated business
data.

http://www.scynexis.com

Sector: Health Care and pharmaceutical

Creation and management of the laboratory automation group for the agrochemical division of Aventis (former Rhône-Poulenc) for the USA.

Accomplishments include the successful creation and implementation of a
global strategic approach for automation in Research & Development at
Aventis Crop Science in the US; The design of innovative containers and
the implementation of new processes applied to a new generation of
automation technology. Key projects include the redesign of the chemistry
discovery processes, leading to the automation of critical steps in the
rapid production of NCE; The automation of ion channel cell based assays; The automation of water sample analysis for the monitoring of
environmental studies with EPA approval of the first protocol to reach 5
ppt (part per trillion) detection level.

In 2000, the merger led to the creation of Scynexis Chemistry & Automation, Inc, a spin-off from Aventis, through a Management Buy Out.

Sector: Veterinary and animal healthcare

Paris Research Center, Vitry-sur-Seine, France

Managed all projects related to discovery chemistry; Managed the design and implementation of the software architecture of the Ultra High
Throughput Screening systems for the research facility. Expert in
instrument control, laboratory instrument communication protocols, and
laboratory automation systems design including software and hardware. Main accomplishments include : The design and implementation of a real-time
dynamic scheduling supervision system controlling custom High Throughput
Screening platforms composed of four robotic arms on tracks, multiple
automated liquid handlers, readers, sealers, carrousels, incubation and
refrigeration units. Other projects include : The design and
implementation of a custom automated antibiotic drug testing platform
validated by the FDA; The successful design and implementation of a state
of the art solid phase chemistry production laboratory.

Sector: Pharmaceutical

Paris Research Center, Vitry-sur-Seine, France

Main accomplishments include : The direct control of Caliper (formerly Zymark robots (published in LRA 1993); Tecan liquid handler direct control; The design of specific hardware components such as custom racks and containers; The design and integration of specialized positive
identification systems into instruments and systems; The design and
implementation of a real-time dynamic scheduling supervision systems.
The development of one of the first FDA validated data mining application
for animal laboratory global management and monitoring system in France;
The development of the original control algorithm for the powder
distribution system using a dispensing cap currently available through
different vendors;

Sector: Pharmaceutical

Instructor,
Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Computer Assisted Drawing.

Served as Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Computer Assisted Drawing instructor in two Government Training Organizations in France.

Sector: Teaching - Research

Research Fellow in charge of the Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Classes for the Graduate students at the College of Pharmacy (PhD
students).

Served as computer sciences research fellow for the Pharmacokinetic Research Laboratory (INSERM-CNRS joint laboratory) where I created an
automated device to assist in the anti-cancer treatment administration by
modeling the drug metabolism for each patient thus optimizing the
treatment while reducing the hospitalization time.

Sector: Teaching - Research