Work with Chris
About
I came to consulting the long way: a biology PhD at NYU, two biotech startups that raised millions, then an MBA at NYU Stern, a Summer Associate role at McKinsey, and now a full-time offer to return next year. I learned case and fit interviews from scratch, recently, so I know where career changers get stuck. Who I work with: PhDs, postdocs and industry scientists moving into consulting or strategy MBA candidates recruiting for consulting Experienced professionals and founders switching careers How I coach: Answer first: in fit stories and cases, lead with the point, then the support. Hypothesis driven: run cases from a hypothesis you test and revise, not a memorized framework. Your real story: nothing invented, nothing from any firm's internal materials. Written notes after every session, so you know what to practice next. Not sure where to start? Book a free 15-minute intro call.
Chris’s Career Coaching Qualifications
Experience level: Analyst
Qualifications: I trained as a biologist (PhD, NYU), then co-founded two biotech startups that raised millions. Pitching investors and partners taught me how research looks from the business side: the problem it solves, the evidence behind it and what it's worth. I then made the jump myself, through an MBA at NYU Stern and a Summer Associate role at McKinsey. I help PhDs, postdocs and industry scientists make the same move into strategy, business development, product, venture or consulting: choosing the right target role, translating research into business results on a resume, and telling your story answer first in interviews.
Chris can help with:
Career Planning
Cover Letters
Interview Prep
Job Search Strategies
Leadership
Networking Strategy
Resume Review
Why do I coach?
When I left the lab, I had a PhD, startup experience and no idea how consulting recruiting worked. My resume needed extensive reworking, and case interviews felt foreign yet strangely familiar: the same hypothesis testing I'd been doing in science, just in a new language. It took me far too long to see that my experience already counted; it just needed translating. That's why I coach. Most career changers don't need a new story. They need help telling the one they already have, answer first, and enough practice that it holds up under pressure. I went through recruiting recently enough to remember exactly where it gets hard, and I'd rather you didn't have to figure it out alone.
Work Experience
Summer Associate
McKinsey & Company
May 2026 - July 2026
Summer associate in life sciences, working on AI-enabled digital transformation in pharma marketing. Went through consulting recruiting and received a return offer - will join full time in 2027.
Principal Consultant
GenMed Consulting
August 2024 - August 2025
Advised early-stage biotech companies on fundraising and market positioning, translating science into business cases for investors.
co-founder and CEO
Eucalyptus Bio - Long Range Corrective Editing
February 2019 - August 2024
Hiring Manager
Co-founded and led a gene-editing biotech company: raised $2.5M+ in funding funding, built the team to ~10, and ran R&D and business development resulting in granted patents, publications and pharma backed awards.
Founder
GenMed Consulting
January 2017 - January 2019
Founded a gene-editing startup after my PhD, developing a new protein-engineered gene-editing tool.
Education
New York University
MBA, Business Administration
2025 - 2027
New York University
PhD, Biology
2012 - 2017
University of California, Santa Barbara
BS, Biology
2007 - 2011
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