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Glen E. Griffiths has been a driver of technology based healthcare innovation in the pharmaceutical, behavior change, and information technology industries for more than 25 years. As a senior manager at Procter & Gamble Healthcare, Glen directed brand analytics and database management for ten years. As Vice-President Strategic Promotion at Johnson & Johnson for ten years, Glen launched 15 Rx/OTC brands, and creating a $300 million manufacturing process innovation. He then led the company into the digital age with interactive web and place-based media. He subsequently served as Group Company Chairman at the Publicis Health Care Group, where he developed advanced physician and patient communication programs. Most recently, Glen has been leveraging his experience and many contacts in pharmaceutical companies on behalf of young healthcare firms. Glen received his BS degree from DePaul University.
Robert L. Hirsch, Ph.D has served in multiple biotech and pharmaceutical executive and senior consulting roles for public and private companies over the past 25 years. As Vice President of Medical Affairs for MedImmune, Inc. for 7 years, Bob managed the planning and implementation of postmarketing medical support for a stable of products whose ultimate success was instrumental in the purchase of the company for $15 billion by AstraZeneca in 2007. Prior to his MedImmune tenure, Bob spent 12 years with Johnson & Johnson in roles including Senior Director of Clinical Development for J&J's Immunobiology Research Institute. He subsequently served as CEO at Calibrant Biosystems, Inc. and Vice President of Medical Affairs at Auxilium Pharmaceuticals . Bob has performed Due Diligence activities on behalf of venture capital firms and biotech companies. He received his AB from Brandeis University and his doctorate in Immunobiology from Georgetown University.
David L. Potter has lead or been a key player in emerging ventures for both Fortune 200 and start-up companies for more than 20 years. He managed complex market introductions for subsidiaries of large firms including General Mills, The Unum Corporation, John Hancock Health, and Textron. He founded Momentum Venture Associates in 2003, focusing exclusively on health care innovation. Dave is a co-founder of Previser Inc. (sold to a private equity firm), and has formed and developed spinout healthcare innovation companies from the University of Washington, the Temple University Medical School, the University of Rhode Island, and three ventures from the University of Vermont School of Medicine. He holds an AB degree from Bowdoin College and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.
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