Kamal Salasa, Managing Director

Kamal Salasa

Managing Director

Tokeid Biotech

Location
South Africa
Education
Master's degree, Human Rights, Integration and Intellectual Property Law
Experience
16 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 0 Months

Managing Director at Tokeid Biotech
  • South Africa
  • My current job since March 2016

Founder and Managing Director of Africa's first Halal assurance laboratory. Responsible for all aspects of the business, including but not limited to, sales and marketing, tech development, compliance, hr, operations and business development.

Senior Production Technologist at Ribotech
  • South Africa
  • March 2011 to April 2016

Adapting, optimizing and commercializing production methods for a biopharmaceutical product from externally acquired Intellectual Property. Draw up Standard Operating Procedures. Inventory and record control and maintenance. Qualified Level 3 First-Aider and appointed as Occupational Health and Safety Officer. Executing validation programmes, integrating new products into the process. General maintenance and upkeep of equipment, and monitoring of the Building Management System. Supervision and training of interns.

Medical Representative at Boehringer-Ingelheim South Africa
  • South Africa
  • July 2010 to March 2011

Promoted various prescription medicines to General Practitioners, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Physicians, Paediatricians, Pharmacists and hospital staff. Kept a log of complaints with regards to products, kept expense information and worked closely within a team of three. Developed and executed sales-boosting action plans for areas that are slow in sales.

Microbiologist at Microchem Lab Services
  • South Africa
  • June 2009 to June 2010

Analyse food products according to international standards (ISO 17025), to include shelf-life and routine microbiological analyses, pathogen analysis, assist with client queries, maintain documents, quality assurance, adherence to international food sampling protocols, adherence to good laboratory practice guidelines, dilution and plating of samples as per request of client, result and count interpretation and scientific presentation thereof, stocktake.

Telesales Agent at DirectFin Solutions
  • South Africa
  • November 2007 to October 2008

Called prospective clients off database to promote and sell funeral cover, dealt with client enquiries.

Education

Master's degree, Human Rights, Integration and Intellectual Property Law
  • at University of the Western Cape
  • November 2013
Bachelor's degree, Financial Management
  • at University of the western Cape
  • November 2011

Financial Management, Economics, Management Accounting, Principles of Management, Information Systems, Currency Risk Management

Bachelor's degree, Biotechnology
  • at University of the Western Cape
  • November 2009

Specialties & Skills

Writing
Protein Purification
Biopharmaceuticals
Entrepreneurial Skills
Microbiology

Languages

English
Expert
Afrikaans
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

First Aid Level 3 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2011
Valid Until:
November 2014
Certificate in Bioentrepreneurship (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2012
Valid Until:
October 2012