Vice President at SRI International
San Francisco Bay Area
Vice President at SRI International
San Francisco Bay Area
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
March 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)
Biosciences Division
Basic Research like a University
Drug Discovery like a Biotech Company
Preclinical Development Services like a CRO
Menlo Park, CA
(Privately Held; MGI; Biotechnology industry)
January 1997 — August 2004 (7 years 8 months)
Pioneering Mitochondrial Medicine
Drug Discovery and Development
MitoKor Merged with Micrologix in 2004
New Company Renamed Migenix (TSX:MGI)
San Diego, CA, and Vancouver, BC
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NVS; Biotechnology industry)
October 1991 — January 1997 (5 years 4 months)
CHIR Acquired by Novartis in 2006
Emeryville, CA
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PFE; Pharmaceuticals industry)
March 1982 — October 1991 (9 years 8 months)
WLA Acquired by Pfizer in 2000
Ann Arbor, MI
A.B., Chemistry
Ph.D., Chemistry
Publications and Patents: 140 Advisory Boards and Committees: served on academic, editorial, government, industry, and venture capital groups Interests: pharmaceutical research and development, drug discovery, biotechnology business and science strategy and general management, medicinal, bio-organic, and combinatorial chemistry, mitochondrial biology, estrogens and hormone replacement therapy, neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s
Past and Present Boards of Directors:
Nonprofit - BIO, Critical Path Institute, Keystone Symposia
Public - Migenix (TSX:MGI), Onyx (NASDAQ:ONXX), Rigel (NASDAQ:RIGL)
Private - Alnis, Anterion, Axiom, CMPS, Mimotopes, Oncologic
Past and Present Adjunct Professorships:
James Madison University
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
University of Michigan