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I’m a consultant product manager and engineer based in Birmingham. I help the tech and biotech communities to prioritise, iterate, and innovate.
I work at all stages of the product pipeline from strategy and ideation through to defining requirements, prototype implementation and ongoing product management to help your teams achieve great things together.
I’m a consultant product manager and engineer based in Birmingham. I help the tech and biotech communities to prioritise, iterate, and innovate.
I work at all stages of the product pipeline from strategy and ideation through to defining requirements, prototype implementation and ongoing product management to help your teams achieve great things together.
I’m a consultant product manager and engineer based in Birmingham. I help the tech and biotech communities to prioritise, iterate, and innovate.
I work at all stages of the product pipeline from strategy and ideation through to defining requirements, prototype implementation and ongoing product management to help your teams achieve great things together.
AI & ML projects enabled
years solving scientific problems
research scientists enabled
My Services
Dig Deep on User pain points to achieve a clear problem definition and prioritise your opportunities.
Outcome: Clear directions and next steps.
Dig Deep on User pain points to achieve a clear problem definition and prioritise your opportunities.
Outcome: Clear directions and next steps.
Dig Deep on User pain points to achieve a clear problem definition and prioritise your opportunities.
Outcome: Clear directions and next steps.
Translate concepts into deliverable roadmaps and measurable goals.
Outcome: A pragmatic plan to accelerate execution.
Translate concepts into deliverable roadmaps and measurable goals.
Outcome: A pragmatic plan to accelerate execution.
Translate concepts into deliverable roadmaps and measurable goals.
Outcome: A pragmatic plan to accelerate execution.
Test out your new ideas quickly with a new prototype tool. Show your investors and partners what's possible, fast.
Outcome: A working demo or dataset that can be used to validate your ideas.
Test out your new ideas quickly with a new prototype tool. Show your investors and partners what's possible, fast.
Outcome: A working demo or dataset that can be used to validate your ideas.
Test out your new ideas quickly with a new prototype tool. Show your investors and partners what's possible, fast.
Outcome: A working demo or dataset that can be used to validate your ideas.
For teams that need experienced product leadership without the full-time overhead. I keep progress steady.
Outcome: Consistent momentum and confident, guided execution.
For teams that need experienced product leadership without the full-time overhead. I keep progress steady.
Outcome: Consistent momentum and confident, guided execution.
For teams that need experienced product leadership without the full-time overhead. I keep progress steady.
Outcome: Consistent momentum and confident, guided execution.
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About
I'm Dr Russell Sutherland a Scientific Product Engineer.
I bring a decade and a half of scientific thinking, creative problem solving and Product sense to your brief. I enjoy taking on tough Product problems in technical and complex domains.
I’ve been fortunate to work with talented scientists, engineers, and founders who are deeply passionate about their ideas.
I now help new teams find the right path to turn that same ambition into clear, confident progress toward their vision.
Mitigating late stage clinical trial failures and wasted R&D spend by bringing understandable genetics evidence to early drug discovery target identification decision makers.
Mitigating late stage clinical trial failures and wasted R&D spend by bringing understandable genetics evidence to early drug discovery target identification decision makers.
Mitigating late stage clinical trial failures and wasted R&D spend by bringing understandable genetics evidence to early drug discovery target identification decision makers.
Led the Translational Genomics strategy to reduce the time to causal genetics evidence delivery by 99.9%. Transforming the Target-ID opportunities available to our scientists.
Led the Translational Genomics strategy to reduce the time to causal genetics evidence delivery by 99.9%. Transforming the Target-ID opportunities available to our scientists.
Led the Translational Genomics strategy to reduce the time to causal genetics evidence delivery by 99.9%. Transforming the Target-ID opportunities available to our scientists.
Led delivery of the BenevolentAI knowledge graph that provided data for the company's Machine Learning and research scientist activities. The knowledge graph enabled the discovery of baricitinib as a covid treatment early in the pandemic.
Led delivery of the BenevolentAI knowledge graph that provided data for the company's Machine Learning and research scientist activities. The knowledge graph enabled the discovery of baricitinib as a covid treatment early in the pandemic.
Led delivery of the BenevolentAI knowledge graph that provided data for the company's Machine Learning and research scientist activities. The knowledge graph enabled the discovery of baricitinib as a covid treatment early in the pandemic.
Contributed to building the BenevolentAI knowledge graph integrating over 70 sources of public and proprietary biomedical data sources. This resource aided 10+ innovations in cheminformatics, bioinformatics, and machine learning.
Contributed to building the BenevolentAI knowledge graph integrating over 70 sources of public and proprietary biomedical data sources. This resource aided 10+ innovations in cheminformatics, bioinformatics, and machine learning.
Contributed to building the BenevolentAI knowledge graph integrating over 70 sources of public and proprietary biomedical data sources. This resource aided 10+ innovations in cheminformatics, bioinformatics, and machine learning.
"Russ combines deep genetics and data expertise with strategic product thinking - a rare mix that makes him invaluable in drug discovery. He has a unique ability to turn complex biological data into actionable insights and impactful products.”
CDSO Kiin Bio, former SVP @ BenevolentAI
"Russ is one of the best product managers I’ve ever worked with. With his strong bioinformatics background combined with a deep understanding of the product, he is able to quickly grasp stakeholder needs and communicate effectively with engineers."
Former Senior Data Scientist at Silence Therapeutics
“Russell is an attentive person, as he easily understood the issues I was encountering, connected me with the right people, and ensured the errors were resolved on time ahead of my launch. He is an empathetic ally”
CEO & Founder of CLARITYPENNY
"Russ combines deep genetics and data expertise with strategic product thinking - a rare mix that makes him invaluable in drug discovery. He has a unique ability to turn complex biological data into actionable insights and impactful products.”
CDSO Kiin Bio, former SVP @ BenevolentAI
"Russ is one of the best product managers I’ve ever worked with. With his strong bioinformatics background combined with a deep understanding of the product, he is able to quickly grasp stakeholder needs and communicate effectively with engineers."
Former Senior Data Scientist at Silence Therapeutics
“Russell is an attentive person, as he easily understood the issues I was encountering, connected me with the right people, and ensured the errors were resolved on time ahead of my launch. He is an empathetic ally”
CEO & Founder of CLARITYPENNY
"Russ combines deep genetics and data expertise with strategic product thinking - a rare mix that makes him invaluable in drug discovery. He has a unique ability to turn complex biological data into actionable insights and impactful products.”
CDSO Kiin Bio, former SVP @ BenevolentAI
"Russ is one of the best product managers I’ve ever worked with. With his strong bioinformatics background combined with a deep understanding of the product, he is able to quickly grasp stakeholder needs and communicate effectively with engineers."
Former Senior Data Scientist at Silence Therapeutics
“Russell is an attentive person, as he easily understood the issues I was encountering, connected me with the right people, and ensured the errors were resolved on time ahead of my launch. He is an empathetic ally”
CEO & Founder of CLARITYPENNY
My Works
There’s something quite compelling about discovering that, as a product manager, I can now generate viable mock-ups, and even near-MVPs, using AI tooling. Tools like Lovable, Bolt, and V0 make it possible to move from an idea to a pretty prototype in minutes. Claude can now produce working application code directly. This raises important questions about the evolving roles of product managers, engineers, and designers, but let's leave until another time.
There’s something quite compelling about discovering that, as a product manager, I can now generate viable mock-ups, and even near-MVPs, using AI tooling. Tools like Lovable, Bolt, and V0 make it possible to move from an idea to a pretty prototype in minutes. Claude can now produce working application code directly. This raises important questions about the evolving roles of product managers, engineers, and designers, but let's leave until another time.
There’s something quite compelling about discovering that, as a product manager, I can now generate viable mock-ups, and even near-MVPs, using AI tooling. Tools like Lovable, Bolt, and V0 make it possible to move from an idea to a pretty prototype in minutes. Claude can now produce working application code directly. This raises important questions about the evolving roles of product managers, engineers, and designers, but let's leave until another time.
Teams that include a variety of cognitive styles, including neurodivergent thinkers, are uniquely equipped to expand what a team is capable of even imagining. This expansion of perspective is the core reason to prioritise neurodiversity.
Teams that include a variety of cognitive styles, including neurodivergent thinkers, are uniquely equipped to expand what a team is capable of even imagining. This expansion of perspective is the core reason to prioritise neurodiversity.
Teams that include a variety of cognitive styles, including neurodivergent thinkers, are uniquely equipped to expand what a team is capable of even imagining. This expansion of perspective is the core reason to prioritise neurodiversity.
The resource seems encyclopedic, but without a standout use case. It’s brilliant as a database, but overwhelming to use. Each gene page is essentially a 40-page plus scroll. The information you need is likely there, but how do you get to it and how do you interpret it?
The resource seems encyclopedic, but without a standout use case. It’s brilliant as a database, but overwhelming to use. Each gene page is essentially a 40-page plus scroll. The information you need is likely there, but how do you get to it and how do you interpret it?
The resource seems encyclopedic, but without a standout use case. It’s brilliant as a database, but overwhelming to use. Each gene page is essentially a 40-page plus scroll. The information you need is likely there, but how do you get to it and how do you interpret it?
Imagine, you sit down at your computer, open a chemistry drawing program for the first time, and stare at a wall of cryptic icons and menus. You're a smart person, you have a PhD, you've read thousands of research papers, but right now, you need the manual to draw a simple benzene ring. Everyone around you seems to understand what to do. Why do you seem to be the only one who can't use this thing?
Imagine, you sit down at your computer, open a chemistry drawing program for the first time, and stare at a wall of cryptic icons and menus. You're a smart person, you have a PhD, you've read thousands of research papers, but right now, you need the manual to draw a simple benzene ring. Everyone around you seems to understand what to do. Why do you seem to be the only one who can't use this thing?
Imagine, you sit down at your computer, open a chemistry drawing program for the first time, and stare at a wall of cryptic icons and menus. You're a smart person, you have a PhD, you've read thousands of research papers, but right now, you need the manual to draw a simple benzene ring. Everyone around you seems to understand what to do. Why do you seem to be the only one who can't use this thing?
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