Hosted by the OCPD and Biotech Connection Bay Area
This engaging presentation provides an introduction and overview of consulting for anyone who has wondered, "What *is* consulting?" Although intended for a wide range of science grad students and postdocs with little or no prior knowledge, the detail provided will be valuable even for those who have a baseline knowledge. Topics for discussion include variations in types of consulting, how consulting firms sell projects to clients, example projects, illustrative daily schedules, comparisons between firms, motivations to pursue consulting, and much more The content has been developed by a former BCG Consultant who provides a candid perspective with more than two years of on-the-job experience.
About the speaker:
Matt Cook, PhD
Matt is currently an Associate Director of Strategic Planning at Gilead Sciences. Previously, he was a Project Leader in the San Francisco office of the Boston Consulting Group. He joined BCG in 2015 and focused exclusively on healthcare projects encompassing pharma, biotech, and medtech topics in R&D, commercial and medical affairs. Before BCG Matt worked in two different postdocs at UCSF with a year-long stint in between at an education tech company, Udacity. Matt earned his PhD in Cell Biology from Duke University in 2010. He has five first-authored papers published in peer-reviewed journals and another six papers on which he is co-author.