Life Science Sales Manager specialising in electrophysiology and neurophysiology instrumentation, with over 20 years’ experience supporting neuroscience, life science and clinical neurophysiology teams. Based in Welwyn Garden City.

Currently working as Life Science Sales Manager at Digitimer Ltd, Gareth helps research and clinical teams specify, configure and implement specialist electrophysiology instrumentation. His work covers electrical stimulation, isolated and non-isolated amplification, low-noise recording, mains noise reduction, and timing/trigger generation for experimental control.

Combining extensive experience in a life science instrumentation and medical device manufacturing environment with a strong postdoctoral electrophysiology research background, Gareth supports customers from initial application discussions through to product configuration, purchasing, troubleshooting and ongoing technical support.

Career Highlights Include:

• Over 20 years’ experience in life science instrumentation and medical device manufacturing.
• More than 25 years at Digitimer Ltd, progressing from Product Support Specialist to Life Science Sales Manager.
• Supports neuroscience, life science and clinical neurophysiology teams with specialist instrumentation for research and clinical applications.
• Provides technical guidance across electrical stimulation, electrophysiological recording, isolated amplification, low-noise recording and timing/triggering systems.
• Creates and maintains technical marketing material, website content, application notes, product datasheets and operator’s manuals.

Previous Experience

• Life Science Sales Manager — Digitimer Ltd (Dec 2015 – Present)
  Oversees direct sales and distributor management for Digitimer’s life science product range. Provides pre-sales and post-sales technical support across research and clinical applications, advises customers on suitable instrumentation, identifies product and business development opportunities, and manages technical marketing materials, exhibitions and conference sponsorship logistics.
• Product Support Specialist — Digitimer Ltd (Jul 2000 – Nov 2015)
  Supported UK and international sales activity for the life science product area. Resolved technical issues, helped end users with configuration and troubleshooting, developed application-specific materials, maintained website content and authored product operator’s manuals.
• Research Associate — University of Leicester (1995 – 2000)
  Worked within the Ion Channel Group at the Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, carrying out patch-clamp studies into the effects of site-directed mutagenesis on the biophysical characteristics of the inwardly rectifying potassium channel Kir 2.1.
• Research Assistant — University of Bristol (1994 – 1995)
  Further developed an in vitro electrophysiological screening assay for kainate receptor agonists using grease-gap extracellular recording from isolated dorsal roots of neonatal rat tissue.

Skills & Expertise

Electrophysiology instrumentation, neurophysiology instrumentation, electrical stimulation, isolated amplification, non-isolated amplification, EEG, EMG, evoked potentials, low-noise recording, mains noise reduction, timing and trigger generation, technical sales, distributor management, product support, troubleshooting, scientific documentation, application notes, datasheets, operator’s manuals, website content, conference and exhibition support.

Education & Certifications

• PhD, Neuropharmacology — University of Bristol
• BSc (Hons), Pharmacology — University of Bristol

Backstory

Gareth’s career began in academic neuropharmacology and electrophysiology research, where he developed specialist experience in techniques including high performance liquid chromatography, extracellular electrophysiology, whole-cell recording and single-channel recording. After postdoctoral research roles at the University of Bristol and University of Leicester, he moved into the life science instrumentation and medical device sector, applying his scientific background to help researchers and clinical teams select, configure and use specialist electrophysiology equipment effectively.