Clifford Stocks

Current

• Chief Business Officer at Calistoga Pharmaceuticals

Past

• Managing Director at MarketGain Partners
• Vice President, Business Development at ICOS Corporation
• Management Consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton

• Senior Research Technologist at University of Chicago Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology (MGCB)

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Education

• The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
• University of Utah

Connections

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Industry

Biotechnology

Websites

• My Company

Clifford Stocks’s Summary

Mr. Stocks has over 20 years of experience in the biotech industry, most of it in leading executive roles. Cliff formerly spent 15 years on the executive team of ICOS Corporation as an Executive Officer and Vice President of Business Development where he led alliance formation and deal making, and oversaw drug discovery and acquisition initiatives. He was instrumental in the success of the blockbuster drug, Cialis®, and was the key architect of the Lilly ICOS joint venture partnership leading to their $2.3 billion merger in 2007. Prior to ICOS Corporation, Mr. Stocks was a management consultant at Booz, Allen & Hamilton in the Chicago Health Services Practice.

Clifford Stocks’s Specialties:

Collaboration formation and teambuilding, deal-making and negotiations, technology evaluation and valuation, and new company and capital formation

Clifford Stocks’s Experience

• Chief Business Officer

  Calistoga Pharmaceuticals

  (Privately Held; Biotechnology industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

  www.calistogapharma.com

• Managing Director

  MarketGain Partners

  (Biotechnology industry)

  September 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 7 months)

• Vice President, Business Development

  ICOS Corporation

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ICOS; Biotechnology industry)

  February 1992 — February 2007 (15 years 1 month)

• Management Consultant

  Booz Allen & Hamilton

  (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  October 1989 — July 1991 (1 year 10 months)

• Senior Research Technologist

  University of Chicago Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology (MGCB)

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Research industry)

  March 1987 — June 1989 (2 years 4 months)

Clifford Stocks’s Education

• The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

  MBA , 1986 — 1989

• University of Utah

  B.S. , Biology , 1976 — 1980

  Activities and Societies:

  Collegiate Wrestler - 4 year scholarship

Additional Information

Clifford Stocks’s Websites:

• My Company

Clifford Stocks’s Interests:

Cliff is married with five children, and in addition to a daily asana, he enjoys a variety of outdoor activities (cycling, skiing, photography, etc.), and is an accomplished kayaker and motorcycle enthusiast.

Clifford Stocks’s Groups:

Mr. Stocks has served as a member of the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association (WBBA) Board of Directors, and the Corporate Advisory Board for the University of Washington, Department of Pharmacy's Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Research Policy Program (PORPP). Mr. Stocks now serves on the Board of Directors of Pacific Northwest Biotechnology, a biotech startup focused on cancer therapeutics, and he is a founder and acting Chief Executive Officer of HealthGain Partners, a medical device wholesale operation. Additionally, this is his sixth year coaching 2nd year students in the University of Washington MBA Mentor Program.

Clifford Stocks’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch