About SALDS - Spotty Alicorn Lifesciences Digital Strategies

Spotty Alicorn LifeSciences Digital Strategies (SALDS) is an independent consultancy created by Dr Nathalie Batoux providing business analysis and digital data strategies services.

SALDS works with R&D teams, IT teams and ALL your Actors/Stakeholders to develop sustainable and forward looking workflow processes and digital data strategies. With experience working in the lab, with IT, and with management, we act as the translator and the glue between your internal teams. SALDS investigates your workflows and data landscape, understand the current data flows and identify potential improvements for better data quality and value. We work with your team to find and implement suitable solutions to increase efficiency and business values.

Nathalie Batoux

The Data Shepherdess

Researcher, R&D digital data problem solver and business strategist.

My passion has always been and remains helping the scientists in the lab (my ultimate customers) and their organisation to do their work as efficiently as possible to advance research, focusing on the workflows and data side to take advantage of the recent AI and ML innovations.

With 25+ years of experience in the lab, in software development and business, I am offering my services as an independent consultant to R&D departments and companies to help advancing their research faster and more efficiently by analysing workflows, problem solving, advising on data management and solution and providing data management services from CDO , data governance and data stewardship.
Having worked in various environment I have developed communication skills and adaptability to the various stakeholders that enable me to act as the “glue”, the “translator” between the lab scientists, their managers, IT and data scientists, and executive management with support for making business cases.
I am French, living in the south of England; I am bilingual with dash of basic Spanish. Having worked with teams around the world and in various, I used to adapt to the cultural differences.
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Education and professional experience

I started my career following my PhD in organic Chemistry at the Universite de Limoges (France), as a postdoctoral researcher in organic and medicinal chemistry, working in the field of nucleoside analogues. These years in the lab have taught me about the scientific mindsets and challenges encountered by scientists, in particular around their data and its management.
I then joined IDBS, a scientific software company where I have learnt about the software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) participating to all the phases of it myself via the various roles I have held: from Tester, to test lead to business analyst, product owner and then product manager. I have held each of these roles for several years, gaining experience and professional qualifications in each roles.

Skills and capabilities

An accomplished problem solver and business analyst & product owner, I have developed skills such as problem finding and solving, prioritisation and communication, adapting to the audience.

My time in the lab and my work with many R&D teams have given me the ability to speak and understand to scientists along with a general knowledge of the data workflows and challenges encountered by scientists and their teams.

With my experience ranging from bench scientist where attention to details is paramount to software development and product management, I can adapt and act as intermediate between the lab floor, IT and the executives, offering strategic thinking and business acumen.

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