Building, Compensating & Motivating a Leadership Team

qed@qb3 - UCSF Thursday, February 4, 2010 12:00 to 1:00 pm Byers Hall Room 212

 One of the most critical factors for a company's success is building an excellent team, but finding, recruiting, compensating, and ultimately motivating the best people is extremely challenging.  Chris McKinley and Michael Ballenger bring decades of HR and executive recruitment experience to this subject and will share their insights and advice in this seminar.

Christine McKinley has 30 years experience working in entrepreneurial, high growth biotech and medical companies. Prior to founding Round One Resources, she was Sr.VP of Human Resources at Cell Genesys, responsible for strategic and operational HR initiatives, involving extensive staffing of a manufacturing facility, expansion of process development, manufacturing and clinical operations, merger, acquisition and restructuring activities. She began as one of the earlier employees of Genentech. 

Michael Ballenger specializes in Board of Director, CEO searches as well as officer-level assignments in research, product development and all business functions. He has 23 years of experience in executive search in all segments of the life science/healthcare product industry and has focused his last 10 years on work with start-up and development stage companies. He was previously the Managing Partner of Highland Partner's San Francisco office where he built the company's first Life Science/Healthcare Products Practice and was also Sr. Director of Human Resources for Genentech.

Lunch provided, but space is limited so please reserve a seat at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=197756

Grantwriting 101 including SBIR and STTRs

qed@qb3 - UCB Friday, February 5, 2010 12:00 to 1:00 pm Stanley Hall Room 621

SBIR/STTR grants can provide the critical funding necessary to launch your company.  But success requires mastering the tricks of the SBIR/STTR program, some of which have frustrated excellent groups.  From where to register to uploading your proposal, we'll cover the ins and outs of preparing grants for the NIH.  This seminar is aimed at new and experienced grantwriters, from academia and industry. Even veteran grantwriters will benefit from a review of the new formats required as of January 2010. 

Shauna Farr-Jones has a 10-year record of writing successful government grant and contract proposals on diverse life science topics, providing strategic input on both research and business plans. She has helped companies secure over $125 million in grant and contract funding from government and philanthropic agencies. Previously, she was at BioCentury Publications, where she analyzed the biotechnology industry. She was a postdoc in PharmChem at UCSF after a Ph.D. in Biochem from Tufts.  

Amy F. Boggs is an independent consultant with more than 8 years experience in grant-writing. She also handles the preparation of technical reports, INDs and NDAs, technology assessment, strategic research planning, and competitive landscaping. Prior, Dr. Boggs worked at Microcide and at IntraBiotics, where she managed an interdisciplinary technology in-licensing team. Dr. Boggs is an inventor on three issued patents and has worked on IND-enabling projects. She completed a Ph.D. in PharmChem at UCSF under Dr. Agard.

Lunch provided, but space is limited so please reserve a seat at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=197134