The annual laboratory management seasonal school, sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific, consists of 20 hours of learning. The theme of the program is "The Laboratory of the Future." The program will highlight the capabilities and insights required to manage the laboratory of the future.
Andre is a seasoned skills development professional with over 27 years of experience in the learning and development sphere. He holds a degree in electrical engineering with an international diploma in teaching and training. He has completed the Management Advanced Program through Wits Business School and is a certified NQF assessor, moderator, and workplace coach. André's passion for helping people reach their potential is evident through his hands-on teaching methods. He is known to inspire, motivate, and develop people to help them achieve their business objectives and career aspirations. His engineering background, combined with human resources experience and business management acumen, provides him with a unique skill set to research, develop, and deliver skills development programs that truly impact the bottom line. He is passionate about laboratories and their role in the quality of life and making us live longer, healthier and stronger. With this in mind, he has developed the Power of Process skills development programs that help laboratories enhance patient care through business management and laboratory performance improvement in a rapidly changing environment. He has also authored a textbook called "The Guide to Management for Laboratory Leaders" that is available at Amazon.com
Marketing and business manager in the Molecular Life Science arena with a passion for knowledge transfer and skills development. Skillsets acquired in this field include stakeholder management; conceptualizing, implementation, and management of marketing strategies as Southern African Distributor for Invitrogen (now Thermo Fisher Scientific). Implementation of technical training as a marketing tool and in this capacity hosting numerous workshops across Africa. Conceptualize, design and implement a Foundation in Omics course (Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics) with a flexible, tailormade wet-lab component. Design of E-learning course, CPD and Royal College of Pathology (UK) accredited. Launched a hybrid, portable “Lab in a Bag” wet-lab genomics course to make training accessible to more remote, under-resourced tertiary institutes in SA and in the rest of Africa, which launched in Accra, Ghana 2019.
