Jonathan Abdala
Assistant Director of Operations Athos Therapeutics
Jonathan Abdala is a laboratory operations professional who has managed a range of laboratories in academic and industry settings. Jonathan previously has scaled CLIA Covid-19 testing elaborates during the pandemic. He now leads both the laboratory and the business operations of a clinical stage biotech company at Athos. Jonathan is involved with the LabOps Unite Non-Profit in Los Angeles & Orange County. Jonathan enjoys museums, various sports, and collecting tequila.
Seminars
Learn from senior lab operations professionals how to forecast operational budgets with embedded flexibility, futureproofing against external changes and remaining conservative with spend.
This workshop will help you learn to better visualize and accurately allocate budget for the future of your operations, to mitigate risk and preserve capital.
- Collaborating with scientists to forecast future scientific growth to ensure appropriate budget allocations
- Breaking down and visualizing cost of preventive maintenance (PMs), equipment servicing, and consumables procurement to contribute to budget forecasting
- Undertaking life cycle assessments for assets to understand e capex budget requirements and map out accordingly
- Understanding how to best account for unprecedented tariffs on COGs and source within target spend when budgeting to minimize risk
- Working with stakeholders to assess current lab requirements and align on operational improvements to execute into action
- Navigating limited resources across workforce and equipment when awaiting fundraising to maintain running of the lab
- Differentiating lab essentials versus negotiables when creating your proposal for C-suite decision makers to facilitate approval
