Leadership Team

Joseph Bower, PhD, MBA

Senior Vice President, Laboratory Operations

Experienced senior leader spanning the academic, pharmaceutical, and CRO industries. Specific expertise in biotherapeutics and vaccines for preclinical and clinical development programs and in identifying the appropriate immunochemistry assays for new development programs. Broad record of accomplishment leading global teams, delivering business strategies, developing business, and ensuring operational excellence.

Cullen Taylor, MD

Medical Director, Biospecimen Solutions

Visionary dedicated to enabling collaborations that help facilitate efficient translational research, discovery and development. Full-time pathologist and founder of the uniquely consultative biospecimens company Glas. Believes that forward-thinking pathologists and laboratorians should play a critical role in realizing the promise of translational medicine.

Rob Fannon

General Manager, Biospecimen Solutions

Respected vetran of the biospecimen and biomarker laboratory services industry. Honed his expertise through leadership roles in organizations including Roche, Cancer Genetics, and BioServe. Holds a Master of Public Health and a Masters of Business Administration from the Johns Hopkins University.

Jim Boushell

Vice President, Biospecimen Solutions

Pioneer in the field of biospecimen procurement and co-founder of ProMedDx. Leader in the delivery of services for organizations in the biotechnology industry, including clinical study support and biostorage. Experienced executive with a demonstrated career of building innovative patient-centric biotech clinical programs. Focused on addressing the growing need for highly annotated, regulatory-compliant human biospecimens by the life science research communities.

Jim Sperzel

Vice President, Biospecimen Solutions

Long-standing leader in the life sciences and in-vitro diagnostics industries. Co-founder of ProMedDx, a full suite of biospecimen solutions connecting biopharma teams to 1000s of clearly stratified and annotated cohorts. Expertise spanning operations, finance, human resources, government grant applications, and corporate strategy.

Deborah Phippard, PhD

Senior Vice President, Research Services

Pharma industry veteran and expert at biomarker-driven clinical trial design and execution. Leader of biomarker and drug development programs for pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies, as well as the National Institutes of Health. Spearheaded the discovery of pharmacodynamic biomarkers and novel targets for inflammatory disease therapy.

Karen Richards, RAC

Senior Vice President, In Vitro Diagnostics and Quality

Leader and innovator in the GMP/ISO/FDA/EU-regulated in vitro diagnostic (IVD) industry. Spearheads regulatory approvals worldwide for both novel and traditional IVD assays and products, as well as laboratory developed tests in the United States. Builds ground-up quality systems, meeting the requirements of US FDA, ISO 13485, CLIA, and CAP.

Jeff Daniels

Executive Director, Strategic Development

Experienced in scientific, business, and communications strategy development for drug discovery and diagnostics development, Jeff brings a strong track record of results in building effective teams and enhancing brand equity.

Jay Lezcano

Senior Vice President, Business Development

Clinical research veteran with a focus on strategic initiatives in the laboratory and biospecimen arena. Dedicated to helping pharmaceutical and life sciences clients innovate, develop, and commercialize next generation medical products.

Amanda Woodrooffe

Vice President, General Manager UK Labs

Experienced leader of scientific operations for drug discovery in both the pharmaceutical and CRO industries. Driven to provide actionable data enabling biopharmaceutical research and development. Collaborative partner ensuring licensing and scientific support for corporate development initiatives.

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Al Blunt, MD

Senior Vice President, Medical

Noted authority in the drug development industry. Sought-after strategist providing guidance for and oversight of the design, conduct, and analysis of oncology trials, and hands-on leadership for Precision’s team of oncology medical monitors. Expertise honed in clinical trials from phase 1-3 for a wide variety of anticancer drug classes and cancer types.

Rob Fannon

Jim Boushell

Jim Sperzel

Cullen Taylor, MD

Joseph Bower, PhD, MBA

Deborah Phippard, PhD

Karen Richards

Jeff Daniels

Jay Lezcano

Amanda Woodrooffe, PhD

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Joseph Bower, PhD, MBA

Cullen Taylor, MD

Rob Fannon

Jim Boushell

Jim Sperzel

Deborah Phippard, PhD

Karen Richards, RAC

Jeff Daniels

Jay Lezcano

Amanda Woodrooffe

Al Blunt, MD