Josh Henkin

If my day job doing pandemic vaccine and therapeutic development consulting at BARDA is my Clark Kent identity, then my alter ego as Superman is my “side gig” as a Career Coach and Founder of STEM Career Services. I love to share stories of my real world experience in the workplace as a hiring manager with individual coaching clients and audiences across the country to help them bridge that often difficult gap from academia to nonacademic positions. I also work with mid and late career STEM professionals who are seeking new career challenges and need a little guidance in the process. If you are having trouble finding a job or knowing what you want to do with your career, then definitely contact me. I’d love to help you. You can read more about my career coaching work on my website (stemcareerservices.com), see articles about my work in the Featured section, and hear from past clients who I've worked with in my Recommendations section. My entrepreneurship and leadership training started when I was 22 years old and was fortunate enough to own a bar for the next 7 years. During this time I played rugby at the national and international levels and earned my advanced degrees. My business operations experience, PhD training, and time managing clinical trials with Medtronic provided the broad set of skills that I use daily as a medical countermeasures development consultant. Instead of managing bartenders, I lead teams of scientists, engineers, and support staff ranging from 3 to 35. I currently work remotely and continue to test my management skills and grow as a leader by managing employees from a far. In my direct client support work, I use my 15 years of industry and consulting experience in FDA regulated drugs and medical devices to help my clients at the Department of Defense and Health and Human Services, including the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) drive innovation in biotechnology and pharmaceutical products. I'm incredibly p