XPAbout Xavier
I help biotech startups, pharma companies, and research labs streamline their R&D workflows through lab automation and digitalization.
With 20+ years of hands-on experience in robotics integration, high-throughput screening platforms, and lab digitalization, I support labs in:
🔹 Designing and optimizing automated workflows
🔹 Selecting the right lab automation tools
🔹 Integrating liquid handling platforms
🔹 Training scientists and lab technicians on automation
🎯 Why work with me?
🔹Deep understanding of both science & engineering
🔹Expert in lab automation platforms (Tecan, Hamilton, Beckman, Thermo, Highres, etc.)
🔹Flexible & results-oriented
🌍 Available for:
🔹Remote support
🔹On-site projects in Switzerland and Europe
English
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual
German
Conversational
Spanish
Basic
Japanese
Basic
Korean
Basic
Can work on-site
Lausanne (up to 50km), Zurich (up to 50km), Vevey (up to 50km), Neuchâtel (up to 50km), Basel (up to 50km)
Experience
- Thermo Fisher ScientificSenior Laboratory Automation Applications SpecialistDIGITAL AND ITAugust 2022 - Today (3 years and 10 months)• Designed and optimized Thermo Fisher robotic systems (customerrequirements, Momentum throughput simulations, 3D drawings).• Performed product demos and offered applications technical supportin collaboration with Sales and Engineering teams.
- Nomic BioSenior Automation SpecialistBIOTECHOctober 2021 - April 2022 (6 months)Montreal, QC, Canada• Automation of benchtop manual protocols used in Nomic's nELISA.• Lab setup and automation commissioning, validation and LIMS integration. The nELISA is a truly scalable next-generation ELISA that leverages advances in DNA nanotechnology, spectral multiplexing, and automation.
- Neurimmune Holding AGLaboratory Automation EngineerBIOTECHMarch 2019 - October 2021 (2 years and 7 months)Switzerland• Managed a multi-million-dollar project, including the design, installation (FAT/ SAT) and start-up of a multi-assay High-Throughput-Screening platform.• Facilitated the move to Neurimmune's new facility: lab design, planning, and supervision of the platform's delivery, move and recommissioning.• Automated biochemical assays and sample management protocols.• Streamlined data workflows: migration, curating, transformation, visualization.• Supported our team with lab automation, lab IT, lab operations, data management, and end-user training.• From March to June 2020, supported internal research efforts on an antibody therapy for the treatment of COVID-19.• Initiated lab plastic recycling operations and awareness. Between Jan 2020 and July 2021 , over a ton was recycled.
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Education
- Diplôme d'Ingénieur, Chemical EngineeringEcole Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale2001Diplôme d'Ingénieur, Chemical Engineering
- Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (Master of Advanced Studies), Industrial Chemical EngineeringUniversité Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)2002Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (Master of Advanced Studies), Industrial Chemical Engineering