ABOUT BIOCATALYST
Scientific depth, commercial perspective, and hands-on execution.
Biocatalyst Consulting helps life science organizations connect complex science to clear strategy, credible communication, and practical business action.
Founded by scientist and marketing leader Matt Ferris, PhD, Biocatalyst brings senior-level thinking and execution to challenges that rarely fit neatly within a single discipline.
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT
Meet Matt Ferris, PhD
Matt Ferris, PhD, founded Biocatalyst Consulting after building a career across scientific research, product development, marketing, and business strategy. His experience spans startups, national laboratories, global life science companies, and venture capital.
Trained as a bioanalytical chemist, Matt has worked across molecular biology, gene editing, diagnostics, scientific instrumentation, reagents, and technical services. That breadth allows him to understand both the underlying science and the commercial questions surrounding it.
Today, he helps clients evaluate opportunities, understand customers, clarify technical value, and translate strategy into credible content, campaigns, products, and programs.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Experience across science, strategy, and commercialization
Matt’s career has included scientific research, product and portfolio leadership, global marketing, instrument development, company building, and investor support.
CRISPR-Cas9 product introductions directed
Incremental revenue generated within one year
RNAi, gene expression, and CRISPR product portfolio managed
Annual marketing budget managed at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Virus Counter
Led development and commercialization of the Virus Counter system, later acquired by Sartorius
Additional career highlights
Grants
Served as acting principal investigator for NIH/NIAID Phase I and Phase II SBIR grants
Patents
Holds patents related to scientific technologies and consumer products
How We Work
Founder-led. Network-powered.
Matt leads every engagement and brings in additional scientific, strategic, creative, engineering, and production expertise only when the work requires it.
Senior involvement
Clients work directly with the person responsible for understanding the challenge and shaping the approach.
The right specialists
Trusted collaborators are selected around the project rather than drawn from a fixed agency roster.
Flexible execution
Engagements range from focused strategic assignments to longer programs spanning multiple capabilities.