Senior Associate,
Life Sciences Group
As a Senior Associate and Kauffman Fellow in Safeguard's Life Sciences Group, Jim is responsible for screening deals, conducting due diligence for various acquisition opportunities and supporting Safeguard's partner companies.
Jim has eight years of operational, financial and entrepreneurial experience in the life sciences. During business school, Jim served as Summer Associate for Quaker BioVentures and Commons Capital, and also completed an internship at Liquidia Technologies in business development. Prior, he was in the Corporate Ventures/Business Development group of Becton Dickinson, a F500 medical technology firm. From 1998-2001, Jim held progressive positions in Sales, Marketing and Business Development at Chemdex, a pioneering startup that raised $450M in financing. Jim started his career in R&D at Biosite and helped developed the firm’s blockbuster BNP panel diagnosing congestive heart failure ($600+M sales to date).
Jim received a BS in biochemistry from Virginia Tech and served as class president for four years. Jim also holds an MBA from the Wharton School, where he led the University of Pennsylvania’s $70K Business Plan Competition and received a fellowship in healthcare entrepreneurship.
EXPERIENCE
- Quaker BioVentures
- Commons Capital LP
- Liquidia Technologies
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Ventro, Inc. (formerly Chemdex Corp.)
- Biosite, Inc.
EDUCATION
- BS, Biochemistry, Virginia Tech
- MBA, The Wharton School