Programmer Analyst at Orbis Investment Advisory
United Kingdom
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- Programmer Analyst at Orbis Investment Advisory
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- Business Development Manager at Equinox Pharma Ltd
- BBSRC/RSE Enterprise Fellow at Imperial College London
- Bioinformatics Research Assistant at Serono S.A.
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- Education
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- The University of Dundee
- Imperial College London
- University of York
- University of Cambridge
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Riccardo Bennett-Lovsey’s Summary
Wide ranging experience in many areas of biotechnology, computing, and business.
Hands-on experience in: new venture creation; operations; commercial management; business development; marketing; business plan writing. Plus skilled in: software development lifecycle; bioinformatics; biotechnology; infrastructure.
Managerial experience in: product and business development; corporate strategy; marketing and planning; customer liaison.
Particularly interested in exciting early-stage biotech, pharma or software companies.
Riccardo Bennett-Lovsey’s Specialties:
Experience in new venture creation, entrepreneurship, company development, business plan writing.
Expert in bioinformatics.
Skilled in various Unix and GNU/Linux platforms, and all flavours of Windows. Plus experience in System V and BSD-style *nix system/network design and administration, including Apache and MySQL.
Programming/scripting skills: .NET; SQL Server; Perl; Python; Java; C/C++; Bash; Design Patterns; XHTML; CSS.
Riccardo Bennett-Lovsey’s Experience
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Programmer Analyst
Orbis Investment Advisory
(Privately Held; Investment Management industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Working the IT-Reporting division providing support and software development for the construction and provision of internal and external reports.
Riccardo Bennett-Lovsey’s Education
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The University of Dundee
MBA , Academic Enterprise , 2005 — 2006
Working as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (funded by the BBSRC) as part of an Enterprise Fellowship.
Working with Equinox Pharma Ltd (an Imperial spin out - www.equinoxpharma.com) to help develop the company in order to commercialize academic research - including my own PhD research. -
Imperial College London
PhD , Bioinformatics , 2002 — 2005
Winner - Imperial College New Business Ideas Challenge, 2002/3.
Winner - Biotechnology YES UK Regional Final, 2004/5.
Runner-up - Biotechnology YES UK National Final, 2004/5.
Runner-up - Imperial College New Business Challenge, 2002/3.
Finalist - Oxford University Venturefest Business Plan Competition, 2002/3.
Finalist - London BusinessLink Student Business Challenge, 2002/3.
Thesis titled `Development of an Enhanced Fold Recognition Ensemble System for Protein Structure Prediction', results published as a paper in `Proteins'.- Activities and Societies:
- Rock and Jazz Society, Science Fiction Society.
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University of York
MRes , Bioinformatics , 2001 — 2002
Graduated with distinction, top of the class.
- Activities and Societies:
- Langwith College Graduate Treasurer and GSA representative.
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University of Cambridge
BA (Hons) , Natural Sciences , 1998 — 2001
Graduated with a 2.1 in Natural Sciences, specializing in Biochemistry and Bioinformatics.
Final year project (2001) was working with Dr. Kenji Mizuguchi and Prof. Sir Tom Blundell; results published in `Bioinformatics' (2002), 18, 626-630.
Worked for a summer (2000) at IUPUI in Indiana, USA, with Prof. William Bosron; results published in `Chemico-Biological Interactions' (2003), 43, 195-200.- Activities and Societies:
- Trinity Hall `University Challenge' team captain (2000), archery, wine tasting, blues and jazz harmonica.
