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Cranbury, New Jersey, Us

At Experic, our goal is to make your pharmaceutical development program as smooth and successful as possible, every step of the way. We deliver advanced manufacturing, packaging and labeling technologies to accommodate a variety of dosing and packaging formats.Our approach is enhanced by our partnership with Harro Höfliger and use of its state-of-the-art filling equipment and technology to transition your project from clinical all the way to commercial. This partnership guarantees that you have exceptional equipment options available for completing your project cost-effectively.Furthermore, the experts on our team have decades of experience and a depth of specialized knowledge to manage projects of any size. Our hands-on approach promises that your job is performed the right way, on time, the first time.It’s time to work with the partner that puts your project — and you — first.

Valencia, California, Us

Our passion is to collaborate with entrepreneurial firms and help our clients build premier, enduring brands. At Lief, you are not just our customer, but our partner. Lief offers a complete turn-key solution for all of your contract manufacturing needs to better streamline your operation, with the highest quality certifications, a knowledgeable product development team, and fast turn-around times.

Cerritos, Ca, Us

• Responsible for >700 employees across three FDA compliant, private equity owned, nutritional supplement manufacturing sites in Southern California producing 10B+ capsules per year.• Deliver >$170M in annual sales into 25+ countries.• Grew revenue from $38mm annually to over $170mm during my tenure through a combination of organic growth and acquisition. • Lead the successful exit/sale of the business to a new private equity partner resulting in a very lucrative return for our former investor partners • Acquired our single largest competitor in 2017 to become the largest dietary supplement softgel manufacturer in North America.• Built a green-field, pharmaceutical softgel plant to access the CFR211 Pharma Softgel market segment and create a new growth engine for Captek

Forsyth, Missouri, Us

• Independent member of the Board of Directors of a private equity owned dietary supplement company specializing in dietary enzyme formulations.• Board was dissolved after the successful exit to a strategic buyer

Chicago, Il, Us

Consulting and performing due diligence on potential investment opportunities within the softgel contract manufacturing industry.

• Advised and managed projects related to pharmaceutical investments and manufacturing, including:o Determined viability of manufacturing highly potent compounds at a Chinese pharmaceutical plant.o Developed strategic plan for a European diabetes device company to enter a highly competitive US marketo Oversaw the due diligence for a pharma royalty secured $25M investment vehicle.o Conducted the due diligence for the private equity purchase of Captek Softgel.

Somerset, Nj, Us

• Owned global P&L for $440mm annual revenues, 1,855 scientific and operations staff, and four manufacturing sites located in New Jersey, Florida, France, and Germany.• Saved 8% of operational costs with improved efficiency through Six Sigma process methodologies.• Doubled the new business pipeline over the previous year.

Cardinal PTS bought by Blackstone April 2007, renamed Catalent Pharma Solutions. • Responsible for four business units, generating $234M annual sales, with 950 employees across three sites in Kentucky, New Jersey and the United Kingdom.• Delivered 11% sales and 19% operating income growth from areas such as Zydis fast dissolve technology and the controlled release portfolio.• Achieved a net gain on the sale of the topical technologies business.

Dublin, Oh, Us

• Managed full P&L for oral solids contract business, Adams Respiratory Technology, Mucinex brand, and topical technologies.• Achieved $120M in revenues a 15% growth with 620 employees across two locations.• Negotiated the $29M sale of the Fort Worth manufacturing site.

Dublin, Oh, Us

• P/L responsibility for $15M business unit, licensed Cardinal Health intellectual property, and managed manufacturing, sales, market and business development.• Reduced fixed costs by $2M+.• Saved $1.2M by optimizing synergies with a newly acquired company.

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Us

U.S. Director of Sales, Consumer Health Care (1999-2002)National responsibility for $320mm in sales of Diabetes Health Care products, ACE brand elastic health care and BD™ Fever Thermometers to retail pharmacy including CVS, Walgreens, Wal-Mart and national drug wholesalers. Managed 60 member sales force and Sales Operations Division.• Restructured sales force reducing expenses 20%, increasing customer focus and outsourcing the merchandizing function• Designed and built a broker network which increased channel sales over 60% in 3 years• Created and implemented new sales compensation plan across all field based positions to better align compensation with corporate direction and goals

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics

Marketing/Marketing Management, General