Vice President and Managing Director in the Life Sciences Group
Gary
brings more than 17 years of experience in operations and investments, leveraging his medical expertise to enable businesses to enhance their products and grow their services, as well as to discover new partnering potential in developing entrepreneurial companies.
Gary
is responsible for identifying and partnering with entrepreneurial life sciences companies focused on molecular diagnostics, medical devices, regenerative medicine and specialty pharmaceuticals. He provides his operational expertise and knowledge to assist Safeguard’s existing partner companies to successfully develop, launch and optimize their products and services.
Gary
joined Safeguard from BioAdvance, a state initiative committed to funding early-stage life sciences companies, where he served as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer at Pluvita Corporation, a company developing biological and bioinformatic solutions for drug and diagnostic development. Gary also previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Genovo, Inc., a gene therapy start-up company. He was also employed as head of research & development by Avigen, Inc., an early-stage gene therapy company located in San Francisco.
Gary
began his career with Gilead Sciences, Inc. – at the time, a pre-IPO biotechnology company – as virology group leader. A board-certified internist from BarnesHospital in St. Louis, MO, with a hematology sub-specialty, Gary has authored more than 40 research articles, book chapters and reviews, and is credited as inventor on twelve issued United States patents. Presently, Gary serves on various academic and biomedical committees and boards along with the editorial board of Biotechnology Healthcare. Presently, Gary is a lecturer in the Health Care Systems Department at the WhartonSchool at the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches entrepreneurship in life sciences.
EXPERIENCE
- BioAdvance – Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer
- Pluvita Corporation – Chief Executive Officer
- Genovo, Inc. – Chief Operating Officer
- Avigen, Inc. – Vice President, R&D
- Gilead Sciences, Inc. – Virology Group Leader
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute – Research Fellow
BOARD MEMBER
Safeguard Partner Companies
EDUCATION
- BS, Stanford University
- MD, Washington University and Stanford University