Audrey Erbes, PhD, is a global life-science business development and marketing consultant, industry educator, blogger at AudreysNetwork.com, professional organization leader, and public speaker. Audrey originated several bioscience business development and marketing courses at the UCB and UCSC Extensions, specifically, for working industry professionals. She has 25 years of corporate managerial experience in the biopharmaceutical industry including Executive Vice President and Cofounder of Kowa Research Institute, a licensing and investment subsidiary of Kowa Company Ltd., Japan. Previously, she held both U.S. and global management responsibilities at Syntex Corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, CA in market research, product management, strategic marketing, and business development, with a special emphasis on Europe and Asia/Pacific/Canada, serving as Regional Marketing Director out of the Hong Kong office. She holds an MA and PhD in political science from the University of Florida and BA in government from Valparaiso University.
Harry Wachob, Ph.D., is the Founder and President of the Bio2Device Group. He is an experienced engineering leader in materials science, biomedical device engineering and R&D. He has directed and mentored multidisciplinary teams in solving complex technical issues in order to improve the safety, reliability, and performance of medical devices. He is currently the Managing Materials Scientist at Xoft, Inc. Previously, he was Director of Engineering for Aerogen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in novel aerosol drug delivery. Prior to that, Harry was Managing Engineer at Exponent/Failure Analysis Associates where he guided research and
development, and product failure investigations covering a broad range of medical and industrial applications. He received his engineering degrees in Materials Science & Engineering from Cornell University.
