Position:
Owner at IPR Consulting, Inc.
Work:
IPR Consulting, Inc.
since Apr 2001
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Owner
Central City Concern
May 2007 - Jun 2011
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Chief Financial Officer
ProfiGen, a division of UST Inc.
1995 - 2001
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Executive Vice President
Cornell University
1992 - 1995
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Professor
US Department of Agriculture at Texas A&M University
1983 - 1992
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Research Geneticist & Adjunct Assoc. Professor
Education:
University of Minnesota 1980 - 1983
PhD, Genetics
Oregon State University 1976 - 1980
BS, MS, Crop Science
Vanderbilt University
BA, French literature
Vanderbilt University
MBA, Executive Management
Skills:
Start-ups, Strategic Planning, Program Management, Non-profits, Strategy, Leadership, Business Planning, Budgets, Entrepreneurship, Fundraising, Venture Capital, Analysis, Management, Accounting, Business Development
Interests:
Entrepreneurial life sciences ventures, finance, international business, genetics, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, swimming, music, wine
Honor & Awards:
Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine; Fellow and past President, Society of In Vitro Biology; Member, Biotechnology Task Force, appointed by Tennessee Governor Sundquist; Editorial Advisory Council, CAB International (UK), Information Division; Cavalieri, Sodalizio Amici della Tavola (Italy); Knight, Oregon Wine Brotherhood; co-Editor, In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology; Editorial Board, Methods in Cell Science