Greg Macpherson Email & Phone Number

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

I have worked extensively with health and medical research groups conducting University Industry linked projects. From drug development to clinical trails I understand the processes and requirements for successful and ethical research. I further support winning funding for projects, either from industry or through grants. Working with pharmaceutical, medical device and evidence based health care organisations in conjunction with University and hospital research groups, my skills and experience are highly sought after. I wrote and presented courses on clinical research for HDR students to assist those conducting human studies. I also advise early career scientists and mentor students in drug development and clinical research.

Adelaide, Australia

Innovation systems in business are a passion of mine, particularly when they interact with universities. Whether its product development, process improvement or staff productivity, I use my experience and the capability of university researchers to help organisations innovate. With extensive knowledge and connections in the health and medical sector, I provide advice and project support to a range of industry and government partners. Some recent projects include an improved production technology in biotech, clinical verification of a health IT system, helping early stage companies’ with clinical development and negotiating large pharma clinical trials.I am a member of the AusBiotech SA committee, the SA Innovation Initiative and a mentor on the CSIRO ON Accelerate program. I use my experience and networks to mentor research groups with commercial potential and early stage start ups. Current projects include product and market development in health, medical and pharmaceutical industries.

Adelaide, Australia

Greg has managed, contributed to, or instigated 590 projects over 8 years at ARI. The total value to the University of these projects is $36 million. Projects range from research establishment to new business start up. Whether clinical trials, collaborations, consultancies or technology licenses, Greg's success relies on his ability to develop entrepreneurial researchers and manage customer relationships. He is highly respected by industry partners and researchers alike.Greg has served on numerous committees - for the Australasian Research Management Society he was SA convenor in 2013. In addition he headed the marketing committee for the 2013 ARMS conference. He achieved attendance of 450 delegates and $109,000 in sponsorship and exhibition through his sales and marketing experience.With an interest in pharmacology, Greg set up collaborations with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, UniSA and the University of Aberdeen for the development of a new cardiac drug. He filed 2 patents and licensed this drug to Heart Metabolics. With his venture capital experience, Greg was involved in the company attracting investment capital.A current project is the Computer Health Assessment by Telephone technology. This involves Greg in developing promotional material, attracting and negotiating with investors, planning a spin out business and licensing, plus negotiating with a hospital information system provider for joint development and marketing. This project supports the Transforming Health initiative.Greg and colleagues in the Adelaide Business School and the Science to Business Marketing Research Centre at the Muenster University of Applied Sciences won a German Academic Exchange Service grant for a 2 year study on success factors in University Industry Linkages. This led to two high ranking publications, conference papers and articles. As a result of both practical and theoretical experience, Greg is sought after for advice on industry liaison.

While manager of Contract Research & Consulting, Greg assessed and improved the time management skills of staff. He also focussed on understanding the capability and desire of researchers for industry engagement, in order to match the University's capacity with industry needs. Greg managed the University technology platform support and sat on the board of Waite Analytical Services. This multifaceted approach led to better efficiency and a series of record breaking sales years.

Mawson Lakes

A key project at UniSA was managing the spin out business - A-Rage. The augmented reality active game engine enabled video games to be played in the open, with players moving around seeing the game objects through a heads up display. After developing a technology demonstrator, Greg and creative director, Joe Velikovsky travelled overseas to sell the concept to the big game companies and to show it at conferences. Other uses for A-Rage were as a virtual pain relief for kids with burns. The immersion in a virtual worlds distracted from the pain.While at UniSA, Greg served on the council of Mitcham Schools for four years. He worked with the local MP and canvassed the Education Minister to win funding for a new building - named after Bill Kibby.

Woodville

Formerly the SA Centre for Manufacturing, CIBM was a business development agency. Here Greg and colleagues set up Program Nova which provided detailed hands on assistance to high growth businesses with capability to build wealth in SA. Like venture capital but with management instead of government money - we called it venture knowledge. In two years and over 11 projects, Greg increased sales in client companies by $6.5 million, increased staff by 26 and achieved $4.3 million in federal grants. One client was the CRC for Viticulture where Greg assisted with their supplementary fund of $12 million. This relied on his negotiation and signing up of 12 industry partners. he also managed the commercialisation of a grape assessment technology involving industry and CRC partners.

Adelaide, Australia

Originally Playford Centre, this government business development organisation provided non equity investments into ICT early stage companies. Greg worked up 10 investment proposals and all 10 achieved investment of $260,000 on average. He created an ideas hub for investees to meet and help solve problems and disseminate good business practice.Greg was a mentor on the SA Youth Entrepreneur Scheme and worked with young people with potential for innovative businesses in ICT.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

A spin out from Cambridge University, Cambridge Lasers was bought by a trans-Atlantic VC and Greg was appointed Marketing Director tasked with turning the company around. He set up new systems for manufacturing and marketing, appointed European distributors and won a Dept of Trade & Industry grant to develop a new laser he co-invented with production manager, Berenice Mann. With the DTI and the grant alumni, they set up an Innovation Club where business, research institutes and government came together to run programs aimed at solving common industry problems, seeding new research ideas, and learning about business innovation. The outcomes were new collaborations between businesses and research.Greg joined the British Council's Industrial Attachment Program to host a Russian laser scientist to work at Cambridge Lasers and help set up technology alliances with Eastern Europe.

Master'S Degree, Ancient Medicine

Activities and Societies: Treasurer, Classics & Ancient History Society

Company Directors Certificate, Business

Grad.Dip.Mktg, Business Admin

B.Sc., Pharmacology, Biochemistry