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2024

  • Velia selects Davenport Search Partners for the new Chief Scientific Officer search
  • Edgewise Therapeutics selects Davenport Search Partners for the new SVP/VP of Clinical Development search

2023

  • Davenport Executive Search is pleased to announce the successful placement of Dr. Jesse Cedarbaum from Biogen as the new Chief Medical Officer for Vanqua Bio
  • Davenport Executive Search is pleased to support KUSI’s Little Tommy’s Breaking and Entering Christmas 2023 to provide a local family a trip to Disneyland Park and Resort.
  • Davenport Executive Search is honored to sponsor Soldier’s Angels again this year adopting 5 military families throughout the U.S. to assure they have a a wonderful Christmas and very blessed holiday season.
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Vice President, Global Medical Affairs Specialty Therapeutics and Global Operations search
  • Velia selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Chief Scientific Officer search
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Vice President, Global Medical Affairs Neurosciences search
  • Tr1X selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Chief Medical Officer and Head of Clinical Development search
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Erik Poulsen as the new Head of Regulatory Affairs for Tr1X
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the Therapeutic Area Lead, US Medical Affairs- Psychiatry search
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Kathleen Davis from Stryker as the new Senior Director of Clinical Operations for Senseonics
  • Tr1X Bio selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Global Head of Regulatory Affairs search
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Craig Emter as the new Head of Cardiovascular Pharmacology for Edgewise Therapeutics
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Head of Clinical Site Management, Americas search
  • Abbott selects Davenport Executive Search for the new DVP, Strategic Regulatory Affairs, Corporate search
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Christine Rongey as the new Director of Medical, Clinical and Scientific Affairs for Abbott
  • Edgewise Therapeutics selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Head of Cardiovascular Pharmacology search
  • Vanqua Bio selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Head of Neuroimmunology search
  • Vanqua Bio selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Chief Medical Officer search
  • Abbott selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Commercial Director, Americas search
  • Senseonics selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Senior Director, Clinical Operations search
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Maya Gowri from Genmark Diagnostics, a Roche Co, as the new SVP of Operations for Accelerate Diagnostics

2022

  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Nathaniel McCaffrey, PhD from Broncus Medical, Inc. as the new Head of Biosensor Development for Abbott
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Khushbeer Malhotra, PhD from Qiagen as the new Head of Platform Design and New Technology for Abbott
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Richard Hope, MD, MBA from Ivantis as the new Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs for AbbVie
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Christine Rongey, MD from YPMG as the new Director, Medical, Clinical and Scientific Affairs for Abbott
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Heather Faircloth from Cepheid as the new Head of Program Management, Rapid Diagnostics for Abbott
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places John Bernard, MD from Amgen as the new Senior Medical Director, Hem/Oncology for AbbVie
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Hephzibah Adamu, MD from IQVIA as the new Associate Medical Director, Hem/Oncology for AbbVie
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Pegah Jafarinasabian, MD from Amgen as the new Senior Medical Director, Hem/Oncology for AbbVie
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Christiano Ferlini, MD from AstraZeneca as the new Global Development Leader, Hem/Oncology for AbbVie
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Zhongling Feng, MD, PhD from Takeda as the new Global Development Leader, Hem/Oncology for AbbVie
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Nathaniel McCaffrey from Broncus Medical, Inc. as the new Head of Biosensor and Detection Systems, Rapid Diagnostics for Abbott
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Kurtis Montegna from Philips as the new SVP, RA/QA for Accelerate Diagnostics
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Toshihiko Oki, MD, PhD from Takeda as the new Medical Director, Hem/Onc for AbbVie
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Sarah Rickert from Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories as the new Head of RA/QA, Warren Site for Immucor

2021

  • Accelerate Diagnostics selects Davenport Executive Search for the new SVP, RA/QA search
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Women’s Health TA Head, US Medical Affairs
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Infectious Disease TA Head, US Medical Affairs
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Bardia Akbari from Lightship as the new Global Vice President, Oncology Therapeutic Area, Development Operations for AbbVie
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Kelly Gash from Genentech as the new Head of Clinical Development Operations, Oncology Early Development for AbbVie
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Leon Lambry as the new Head of RA/QA, Waukesha Site for Immucor
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Katie Bessette from Guardant Health as the new Head of Regulatory Affairs for Abbott Hematology
  • Immucor selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Head of RA/QA, Waukesha Site
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Neuroscience TA Head, Global Medical Affairs
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Sr. Director, Migraine Lead, Global Medical Affairs
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Global Vice President, Oncology TA, Development Operations
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Head of Clinical Development Operations, Oncology Early Development
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places the new Head of Assay Development, Infectious Disease Developed Markets for Abbott
  • Accelerate Diagnostics selects Davenport Executive Search for the SVP, Research and Development search
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the Therapeutic Area Head, Hematology, Global Medical Affairs search
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Sebastian Sorsaburu from Amgen as the new Vice President, Global Medical Specialty Care for AbbVie
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the Therapeutic Area Head, Gastroenterology, US Medical Affairs search
  • Allergan/AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for two Senior Medical Directors, Eye Care searches

2020

  • Our team here at Davenport Executive Search would like to wish you and your family a very happy and safe holiday season and new year!
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Vincent Wong from Instrumentation Labs/Werfen as the new VP, Software Engineering for Immucor
  • Davenport Executive Search selected by AbbVie for the TA Lead, Gastroenterology Medical Affairs search
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Philip McLellan from Thermo Fisher Scientific as the new SVP of Operations for Quidel
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Daphne Kantis-Hulsey as the new Global DVP and General Manager, Abbott Diagnostics
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Donna Merrigan from Amgen as the new VP of Medical Affairs for Sierra Oncology
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the Vice President, Global Medical Affairs, Specialty Care Therapeutics
  • Immucor selects Davenport Executive Search for the Vice President of Software Engineering search
  • Quidel selects Davenport Executive Search for the SVP of Operations search
  • Davenport Executive Search selected by AbbVie for the Vice President, TA Lead, Medical Affairs, International Eye Care search
  • Davenport Executive Search selected by AbbVie for the Vice President, Medical Affairs, US Eye Care search
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Manish Gupta from Cala Health as the new Head of Clinical Affairs for Abbott Diagnostics
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Jose-Carlos Gutierrez, Venture Partner at Flagship Pioneering and CEO of Cogen Therapeutics, as the new Global Head of Discovery Research for AbbVie
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Nathan Carrington from Roche as the new DVP, Regulatory Affairs for Abbott Diagnostics
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Len Poikey as the new Site Head for Abbott
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Deborah Brown from Quest Diagnostics as the new Head of US Labs for Abbott

2019

  • Abbott selects Davenport Executive Search for the DVP, Regulatory Affairs search
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the GM Market Access Strategy, U.S. search
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the Global Head of Discovery Research search
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Devendra Deshmukh from Accenture as the new General Manager, AlinIQ Center of Excellence
  • Abbott selects Davenport Executive Search for the DVP, Global Marketing search
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Debra Mathews from Synthetic Biologics as the new Global Vice President, Medical Affairs for Sierra Oncology
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Hans Lee from Thermo as the new Head of Research and Development, Transplant Diagnostics for Immucor
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places the new Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Thomas J. Linnemeier Guidant Foundation, Indiana University/Purdue University
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Christina Hawley from Edwards Lifesciences as the new Director of Clinical Operations for Senseonics
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Phil McGurk from Pfizer as the new Head of East Coast Business Development, Acquisitions and Strategic Partnerships for AbbVie
  • Sierra Oncology selects Davenport Executive Search for the Global Vice President of Medical Affairs search
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the GM, U.S. Commercial, Solid Tumor search
  • Sierra Oncology selects Davenport Executive Search for the Global Vice President of Medical Affairs search
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the GM, U.S. Commercial, Solid Tumor search

  • Abbott selects Davenport Executive Search for the new GM, Commercial Operations search

  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Drake Parker as the new GM, Solid Tumors for AbbVie

  • Immucor selects Davenport Executive Search for the Head of Research and Development, Transplantation search
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Bruce Johnson from Novartis Oncology as the new Vice President, Global Commercial Development, Oncology for AbbVie

2018

  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Clare Santulli from Roche as the new Director of Regulatory Affairs, Intravascular Imaging and Diagnostics for Abbott Vascular
  • INSYS Therapeutics selects Davenport Executive Search for the Chief Medical Officer search
  • Davenport Executive Search selected by Abbott to recruit the new Director, Professional Services, Latin America and Canada
  • Davenport Executive Search successfully places Jennifer Janos from Cadence, LLC as the new Vice President of Finance for 360 Physical Therapy
  • Avelas Biosciences selects Davenport Executive Search for the CBO and Head of Business Development search
  • AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the Head of Business Development and Acquisitions search