Samantha Burley Jackson - New Project Manager Joins the Aport Team

Aport was delighted to welcome our new Project Manager, Samantha Burley-Jackson, to the team.

Samantha brings a wealth of experience to the role and has hit the ground running, working alongside our existing teams.

With a clinical background of 20 years experience(20 years this year), Samantha has specialised in IVF for most of her career. Several? (was his son too after he retired) of those years came under the guidance of renowned IVF Specialist, the late Professor Brian Lieberman, at his private practice.

Samantha's experience has seen her work from the Countess of Chester Hospital where she was heavily involved in the relocation to Daresbury Park. It's this blend of clinical experience and relocation ‘know how' that sets Samantha up perfectly as a Project Manager with Aport.

For the past 3 years,  only from the Countess to Daresbury Park, dealing with private health care environments, holding NHS contracts, as well as taking leadership for the training of juniors. This experience of managing multiple stakeholders and navigating the complexities of varying regulations will support Samantha's services to Aport clients. It's almost as if she has been offering her own blend of our ‘Single Source Solution!'

Whilst her passion for IVF hasn't gone away, leaning into Project Management over recent years prompted the shift from healthcare to Aport, as Samantha loved the responsibility and dynamic approaches required.

Ironically, the opportunity with Aport came up just 3 months into what was originally intended to be a 6 month career break, but that just shows how enthusiastic Samantha was to get to work with Aport and our clients.

Already, we're seeing how Samantha's experience and skills are the perfect complement to Andy Powers' skillset, with her clinical background bringing new insight to the table.

Having worked as a Clinical Embryologist, we feel that Samantha is the perfect match for Andy's technical knowledge and practical skillset. We're excited about this partnership and the development of varying skills that seem to marry up so well.

This is great news for Aport clients and partners.

We may be the industry leaders in laboratory relocation, but we're always eager to learn more and to develop our offer.

It's about constant innovation, incremental improvements and growth.

Speaking of growth, we're currently seeing lots of opportunities coming in and it's exciting that, with Samantha on board, we have increased our man power (or woman power) to do the job incredibly well and to continue to  exceed clients' expectations.

Samantha is keen to get more quotes out, facilitate more conversations and begin more projects. 

Working with some of the biggest names in the laboratory industries appeals to Samantha, but with her own approach and careful balance between safety and understanding of risk, they too will find plenty of benefits from working with Aport.

With Samantha on board, all parts of the relocation process will continue to be carried out thoroughly. Her keen eye for detail and ‘on the ground' experience will help us to make marginal gains and find further efficiencies for our clients.

It's great to have that extra insight from someone who has experienced the relocation journey from both sides, as a clinician and as a Project Manager.

The pitfalls that Samantha saw previously, with hospitals opting for ‘movers' as opposed to laboratory relocation experts like Aport, were down to things like a lack of knowledge and budget constraints. In her new role, Samantha hopes to offer a blend of industry insight, clinical knowledge and most importantly, effective project management for Aport's clients.

From a personal perspective, Samantha is hoping to find a bit of time to rekindle her love for hobbies like running, but with 2 dogs, 3 cats and 2 children, she's going to need to use all her experience at finding efficiencies and maybe even adding an extra day to the traditional 7 day week!

Everyone at Aport has welcomed Samantha to the team warmly, and we look forward to working together going forwards.

Here's to the exciting opportunities ahead!