Creative medicinal chemist, scientific and managerial leader. Led teams responsible for multiple clinical and development candidates in ‘Big Pharma’ and biotech. Broad therapeutic area experience includes CNS, Oncology, Cardiovascular, Inflammation and Gastrointestinal. Strengths in strategic planning, project leadership, rational drug design, lead generation, synthesis, multi-parameter optimization and intellectual property development. Inventor on 38 patents and applications; author of 42 scientific publications.