Dave Jensen is the founder and Managing Director of CTI Executive Search, a unit of CareerTrax Inc, a leading search firm working in the life sciences. Previously, he had been a Managing Director at Kincannon & Reed, a 30-yr retained executive search firm where his company, CareerTrax, had been a contractor. In 1985, Jensen founded and was CEO at Search Masters International (SMI), a top executive search practice working with biotechnology companies, which was sold in 2001 to a $4.4B human resources service firm. Prior to 1985, Jensen had established a life sciences practice for Govig and Associates (Phoenix, AZ).Dave Jensen’s monthly column “Managing Your Career” has been visible in the biotech industry for more than 30 years; the column ran for twelve years in BioPharm and is now in each issue of Contract Pharma magazine. He has published over 300 articles on management and personal development topics for these journals and others, including special features on areas such as plant sciences, gene therapy, pharma formulation and fermentation of biologicals. Dave was a member of the AAAS NextWave External Advisory Board for a number of years, and authored the popular monthly column, “Tooling Up,” for the scientist and engineer (seen on the AAAS website at www.sciencecareers.org).Mr. Jensen has delivered seminars and workshops in industry meetings internationally, including keynote presentations, workshops, and webinars at career events held by the NIH, The American Seed Trade Association, the National Cancer Institute, Johns Hopkins University, UNC Chapel Hill, Princeton, Harvard, UCSF, Yale, and the California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB).Specialties: Dave's professional experience has included identification and recruitment of critical hire candidates for scientific, business, and engineering roles, including numerous C-Suite executive positions over more than 30 years.Reach Dave Jensen at (928) 274-2266 or via davejensen@careertrax.com