Our Experts
aktaPD’s® experts personify our action-oriented work ethics. These seasoned, vetted professionals, listed by name and category, are ready to leap into action for your next short-term or long-haul project. Their goal? To bring their vast knowledge, experience, and innovation to your team and leverage your resources and extend your capabilities so you can meet your goal.
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James Wachholz, BS, MBA
REGULATORY AFFAIRS & DRUG DEVELOPMENT PERSONAL PROFILE
- 26 years of experience in new drug development in pharma and biotechnology; 19 years as senior Regulatory Affairs management.
Jamie Blackburn
eLEARNING / KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PERSONAL PROFILE
- 25 years in F100 and Life Sciences Information Technology
Jeana Burt
CLINICAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT / TRIAL ASSISTANT PERSONAL PROFILE
- 11 years in clinical operations support.
Jeffrey Gelb, MD
RARE DISEASE AND INNOVATIVE SPECIALTY MEDICINES, STRATEGIC GLOBAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT PERSONAL PROFILE
- Strategic, results-oriented physician with 25 years of global drug development and medical affairs experience in biotech, pharma, and CRO settings across development phases and molecule types.
Jessica Lee
WRITER / COPY EDITOR / PROPOSALS PERSONAL PROFILE
- 15 years in the writing and copy editing field; and 20+ years in personal and team training and proposalwriting
John McKinney, BS MA
CLINICAL OPERATIONS PERSONAL PROFILE
- Clinical Operations Manager with a strong background in psychology, specializing in neuroscience-focused operations in clinical trials.
Judi Sills, PharmD
PHARMACOVIGILANCE/SAFETY COMPLIANCE PERSONAL PROFILE
- 30 years of experience in pharmacovigilance, specializing in establishment and optimization of inspection-ready global pre- and post-marketing PV function. Expertise in large and small pharma companies, including PV operations, cross-functional integration, compliance, safety data exchange agreements, outsourcing (vendor selection and management), signal detection and management, benefit-risk assessment/management, and safety governance.
Larry Yarmaloff, CCRA, RQAP-GCP
PROJECT MANAGEMENT / CLINICAL OPERATIONS & DEVELOPMENT PERSONAL PROFILE
- 24 years in clinical development of investigational therapeutic and diagnostic products.
Lee Schacter, PhD, MD
REGULATORY AFFAIRS PERSONAL PROFILE
- Seasoned, versatile physician executive and academic, board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology, with 35+ years of medical, clinical, and pharma research and development experience.
Lou Vaickus, MD, FACP
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & FOUNDER PERSONAL PROFILE
- 35+ years in medicine and the pharmaceutical industry
- 20+ years of executive pharma leadership
Lynn B. Sutton
CLINICAL OPERATIONS PERSONAL PROFILE
- 40+ years in medical and pharmaceutical arena.
- Founder and Principal, Professional Clinical Consultants, LLC Consults pharma and biotech industry (focus on immune-oncology, oncology, rare diseases, and COVID-19) ...
Marc S. Rudoltz, MD
ONCOLOGY CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT PERSONAL PROFILE
- More than 26 years in radiation oncology.
- 13 years in pharma industry oncology clinical development.
Mary-Anne McKenna, M.Ed.
CLINICAL OPERATIONS PERSONAL PROFILE
- 16 years, mostly in clinical operations.
Melanie Raskin
STAFF WRITER PERSONAL PROFILE
- 33 years in the communications field, specializing in medical/pharmaceutical, health/wellness, and state government/public interest.
Michael Fafunso, MD
ONCOLOGY CLINICAL TRIALS, SITE MANAGEMENT, MONITORING PERSONAL PROFILE
- 9 years of pharma clinical trials management experience; 14 years as a physician.
Michael P. Carver, PhD
TOXICOLOGIST / DRUG DEVELOPER PERSONAL PROFILE
- 30+ years in global pharmaceutical and biotechnology drug discovery and development
Oscar Laskin, MD
RESPIRATORY & ONCOLOGY PERSONAL PROFILE
- 27 years of drug development experience in large and small pharma companies.
- 36 years in medical/research field.
Parker Ress
GRAPHIC DESIGNER PERSONAL PROFILE
- 15 years as a data-driven graphic design expert in a broad range of industries including pharma, manufacturing, military, and higher education.
Patrick Sarmiere, PhD
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH, CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT, & BIOMARKERS PERSONAL PROFILE
- 40 years as a physician.20+ years of translational research and bioanalytics experience in biotech and pharma.
Peter Johnson, MD, FACS
MEDICAL EXECUTIVE/CMO PERSONAL PROFILE
- 30+ years as successful C-suite executive, Chief Medical Officer, and board member, expert in drug and biotech Medical/Scientific/Clinical strategy and management, development/commercialization, funding, and entrepreneurism.
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