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- Robin Toft’s WE CAN: The Executive Woman’s Guide to Career Advancement Recognized Within List of 100 Best CEO Books of All Time by BookAuthority07/09/2019 - 8:00 AM
- Toft Group Executive Search Successfully Places Grace Colón, Ph.D. on Board of Directors for CareDx, Inc. in Brisbane, CA07/02/2019 - 3:43 PM
- Toft Group Executive Search Successfully Places Jane Wasman on Board of Directors for Rigel Pharmaceuticals in South San Francisco, CA04/04/2019 - 11:06 AM
Toft Group Executive Search Successfully Places Magda Marquet, Ph.D. on Board of Directors for Pfenex Inc. in San Diego, CA
/in Press Releases /by ToftgroupToft Group Executive Search, a global life sciences and healthcare executive recruiting firm, has successfully placed Magda Marquet, Ph.D. on the Board of Directors for Pfenex Inc. in San Diego, CA. Dr. Marquet was also appointed to serve as a member of the corporate governance and nominating committee.
Dr. Marquet co-founded Althea Technologies and led the company as co-CEO for ten years. Currently, Dr. Marquet is the co-Founder and co-CEO of ALMA Life Sciences, an early stage investment firm focusing on the creation and growth of innovative healthcare companies. Dr. Marquet is also the co-founder of AltheaDx, a commercial stage precision medicine company with the world’s leading pharmacogenomics test for anxiety and depression.
Dr. Marquet serves as a board member of Arcturus Therapeutics. She is an advisor to Mesa Verde Venture Partners and City National Bank. Dr. Marquet serves on several non-profit boards, including BIOCOM, CONNECT, EDC and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego. She holds a Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from INSA/University of Toulouse, France.
About Pfenex, Inc.
Pfenex, Inc. is a clinical-stage development and licensing biotechnology company focused on leveraging the Pfēnex Expression Technology® to develop and improve protein therapies for unmet patient needs. Using the patented Pfēnex Expression Technology platform, they have created an advanced pipeline of therapeutic equivalents, vaccines, biologics and biosimilars.
About Toft Group Executive Search
Toft Group is a global executive search firm fully devoted to life sciences and healthcare, with a focus on innovation-driven companies working at the intersection of biotech and high tech. The team’s extensive relationship network and diversity focus enables Toft Group to present more highly qualified and diverse candidates than clients would otherwise meet. Toft Group excels at quickly filling the hardest to hire leadership roles where talent is limited. The company has offices in the three major U.S. biotech hubs: San Francisco, San Diego, and Boston.
Toft Group Executive Search Places Andrea Chow, PhD as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Two Pore Guys, Inc. in Santa Cruz, CA
/in Press Releases /by ToftgroupToft Group Executive Search, a global life sciences and healthcare executive recruiting firm, has placed Andrea Chow, PhD as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Two Pore Guys, Inc. in Santa Cruz, CA.
Dr. Chow has over 25 years of broad R&D experience in the life science and aerospace industries, developing leading edge technologies in microfluidics, microfabrication, biomolecular transport, detection instrumentation and advanced material processing. She formerly served as the VP of Measurements and Engineering at BioElectron. Previously, Dr. Chow was with Promega as their Sr. Director of Integrated Engineering. Prior to Promega, she was the Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer of Caerus Molecular Diagnostics. She co-founded this startup focused on low-cost and high accuracy DNA sequencing technologies. She has also served as an Engineering Consultant to various life science and medical device companies in relation to product and business development.
Dr. Chow was named among “100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era” by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Dr Chow has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University.
About Two Pore Guys, Inc.
Two Pore Guys, Inc. develops single molecule biosensors for diagnostic uses. The company focuses on developing digital, hand-held, and single molecule biosensors that detect viruses, bacteria, antibodies, and other pathogens; and track disease progression.
About Toft Group Executive Search
Toft Group is a global executive search firm fully devoted to life sciences and healthcare, with a focus on innovation-driven companies working at the intersection of biotech and high tech. The team’s extensive relationship network and diversity focus enables Toft Group to present more highly qualified and diverse candidates than clients would otherwise meet. Toft Group excels at quickly filling the hardest to hire leadership roles where talent is limited. The company has offices in the three major U.S. biotech hubs: San Francisco, San Diego, and Boston.
Toft Group Executive Search Places Hashem Alshurafa, PhD as Vice President, Clinical Collaboration Management with Exact Sciences Corporation in Madison, WI
/in Press Releases /by ToftgroupToft Group Executive Search, a global life sciences and healthcare executive recruiting firm, has placed Mr. Hashem Alshurafa as Vice President of Clinical Collaboration Management with Exact Sciences Corporation in Madison, WI.
Dr. Alshurafa was most recently Director of Oncology, Strategic Academic Research Collaborations at BMS. Previously, Dr. Alshurafa was with Boehringer Ingelheim as the Medical Affairs Head, Immunology and Biosimilars. Dr. Alshurafa has also worked with Pfizer, leading immune-oncology pipeline where he managed advisory boards, KOL relations and worked cross-functionally with sales and marketing teams in support of product training, strategy and competitive intelligence. Earlier in his industry career, he led field medical affairs for BMS in Oncology/Hematology and served in the Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Research Group at McMaster Hospital.
Dr. Alshurafa holds a PhD in Hematology from McMaster University and an MS in Immunology from the University of Alberta.
About Exact Sciences Corp.
Exact Sciences Corp. is a molecular diagnostics company focused on the early detection and prevention of some of the deadliest forms of cancer. The company has exclusive intellectual property protecting its non-invasive, molecular screening technology for the detection of colorectal cancer.
About Toft Group Executive Search
Toft Group is a global executive search firm fully devoted to life sciences and healthcare, with a focus on innovation-driven companies working at the intersection of biotech and high tech. The team’s extensive relationship network and diversity focus enables Toft Group to present more highly qualified and diverse candidates than clients would otherwise meet. Toft Group excels at quickly filling the hardest to hire leadership roles where talent is limited. The company has offices in the three major U.S. biotech hubs: San Francisco, San Diego, and Boston.