Tanya Gamble

Meet the woman responsible for the success of our phe-nominal mass high-end platforms! She dives deep into the challenges and desires of SCIEX customers, then collaborates internally to deliver the next generation solutions they need.

Overview

Tanya Gamble is a Product Manager for the Nominal Mass High-End Platforms here at SCIEX. She is responsible for working with customers, market managers, and the research and development teams to define, develop, and release exciting new products to address the needs of our customers. Outside of the office, she enjoys spending time with her two children and cheering them on in their competitive sports, watching a family movie, trying new restaurants in the area, and curling up with a good book.

How would you describe what you do at SCIEX to your family and friends?

"Every day is a new adventure. Product managers are often referred to as the CEO of their products. We work with customers, market managers, sales, and the research and development teams to define, develop and release exciting new products to address the needs of our customers.

Once a product is released in the market, product managers are responsible for ensuring that it is successful. The associated externally-facing activities include working with sales and speaking with customers to understand how our solutions are addressing their needs. Internally, it includes working with applications teams to understand new applications where the product helps the researcher be successful, and working with our service and support teams when issues arise.

It is also the product manager's responsibility to drive a decision to discontinue a product when the time has come. Thankfully there are always great new products coming down the pipeline to fill the portfolio and address our customer's needs!

Outside of the daily work related to managing my products, I dedicate a portion of my time to improving and formalizing standard work for product management."

What are some of the biggest game changers you see in the advancement of your job?

"When I first started in product management, it was a very small team. Over the past couple of years, there has been significant investment in the team, which allows us to be much more effective in collaborating with external and internal teams to support our current and future products and grow the business."

How do you see MS technology advancing in the future?

"Historically, mass spectrometry has been a technique that needed an expert to perform. The first MS that I worked with required manual adjustments using various knobs and needle valves to tune and detect a signal! Fast forward 3+ decades, and the new MS systems are becoming routine tools to answer multiple questions in the fewest number of steps. There is a continued drive to make mass spectrometry simply a detector so that the scientists can focus on getting to the answers they need quickly."

"At SCIEX, we are fortunate to be part of a large global family. I have the privilege to work with colleagues around the world. This exposes me to new opportunities and challenges daily."

What have been some of your favorite projects to work on at SCIEX?

"Over the past two years, I have spent many hours in discussions with customers globally to better understand their needs as an input to the development of next generation nominal mass products. . From the use of 3D-printed models to explain concepts, to engagement with key accounts in early customer evaluations, the learnings have been rich and have been used to drive some key product decisions.I have also had the privilege of being a part of the Generation Quant video series that released as a build up to ASMS 2019. It was so much fun!"

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