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July/August 2007
THE FORUM FOR THE INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE
100
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W
ith so much negative press
these days surrounding the
THE MOVERS & SHAKERS
THE MOVERS & SHAKERS
These individuals are impacting change across the industry and their companies, are recognized as
experts in their fields, and are selfless in sharing their insights in an effort to raise the bar for all.
SCOTT BALLENGER
THE
GO-TO GUY
CURRENT POSITION
President, Trial Acceleration Institute Inc.
PLACE OF BIRTH
Raleigh, N.C.
EDUCATION
B.S., Pharmacy with Highest Honors and
Distinction, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill; Hollingsworth Scholar, full
academic scholarship
ON HIS READING LIST
Seeing What’s Next by Clayton Christensen;
The Making of a Chef by Michael Ruhlman; In
Search of Excellence by Tom Peters; China, Inc.
by Ted Friedman; Managing in Times of Great
Change by Peter Drucker; Leading the
Revolution by Gary Hamel
Years of experience and an ability to listen, gather information, and offer recommendations has made Scott Ballenger an excellent resource to
FIRST INDUSTRY JOB
Pharmaceutical sales representative, Glaxo
companies across the life-sciences
industry, especially when it comes to
PERSON WHO HAS INSPIRED HIM
patient-recruitment initiatives.
Tom Peters’ iconoclastic borderline rants “I’m not
Mr. Ballenger has been a tremendous
happy unless I’m mad”and his unyielding drive
for improvement inspired Mr. Ballenger almost
contributor to the business of accelerating
20 years ago when he received In Search of
clinical trials and providing innovative
Excellence upon graduation from pharmacy
technologies to the industry. Often the first
school; most recently, Mr. Peters’ Re-Imagine was
person mentioned when it comes to finda key driver in convincing him to found the Trial
ing someone to provide advice on enhancAcceleration Institute
ing patient recruitment for clinical trials,
Mr. Ballenger has been a driving force
behind contemporary practices for many years. He has been a founding team member of a
number of start-up companies; contributed to three venture capital rounds, two IPOs, one
turnaround, and multiple acquisitions; and has propelled two companies from early-stage
to industry leader in fewer than three years. All in all, he has helped to provide outstanding, industry-class growth.
In providing advice to the more than 60 pharmaceutical and biotech companies he has
worked with, Mr. Ballenger draws on his extensive industry experience and well-rounded
perspective of global drug development and commercialization.
He has held positions of significant responsibility across the spectrum of drug-developFIRST JOBS
Two paper routes, 10 lawns to mow, dozens of
cars to wash
ment stakeholders, including pharma, discovery,
CRO, SMO, as well as media and data-driven
patient recruitment service providers. He has
toured the gamut of the industry, working in
drug discovery, clinical development, commercial operations, and even interning in manufacturing. To round the picture of experience, Mr.
Ballenger has been a volunteer in several clinical
trials.
As founder of the Trial Acceleration Institute, he built a critical forum for defining
important strategies to accelerate clinical trials.
Mr. Ballenger invests a significant amount of
time in presenting his innovative ideas to
groups both within pharma and in the broader
healthcare community. Always able to deliver a
product on time, Mr. Ballenger demonstrates
innovation, knowledge, and commitment to
excellence in all his business activities and in the
vigor with which he approaches all challenges.
Scott Ballenger is genuinely innovative, exceptionally wellinformed and well-connected in the industry, and completely committed to excellence.
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WHO’S ON THE LIST — 2007
The Commanders & Chiefs..............10
Mehmood Khan, 10
M.D.
Takeda Global Research and
Development Center Inc.
34 Kirk Gallion
Octagon Research
Solutions Inc.
Susan Miller Viray 38
The CementWorks
40 Jean Paty, Ph.D.
invivodata Inc.
Gene Guselli 43
InfoMedics Inc.
Al Altomari
Ahsan Awan
Christopher Begley
Bassil Dahiyat, Ph.D.
Jean-Francois Dehecq
Larry Downey
Sonja Foster
Christopher Gallen, M.D., Ph.D.
Kirk Gallion
Terrell Herring
Bruce Kehr, M.D.
Mehmood Khan, M.D.
Gregory Lucier
Geoff Mackay
Francis O’Donnell Jr., M.D.
Nigel Page
Anne Faulkner Schoemaker
Martin Soeters
Shelley Spencer
Leonard Tacconi
Nancy Mensch Turett
Josef von Rickenbach
Sandra Wrobel
The Risk Takers ..................................38
44 Jeffrey Williams
Clinipace Inc.
JeanMarie 50
Markham,
CCRA, RN
Clinlogix
58 Eve Dryer
Vox Medica
Jeff Taylor 59
Columbia MedCom Group
68 L. Stephan Vincze
TAP Pharmaceutical
Products Inc.
Scott Ballenger 72
Trial Acceleration
Institute Inc.
Frank Baldino Jr., Ph.D.
Richie Bavasso
Howard Birndorf
Daniel Donovan
Jeffrey Drezner, M.D., Ph.D.
Michael Feehan, Ph.D.
Gene Guselli
JeanMarie Markham, CCRA, RN
Steve Parker Jr.
Jean Paty, Ph.D.
Stephen Pomeranz, M.D.
James Rogers
Tarek Sherif
Dan Skovronsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Betsy Brown Stewart
Zikria Syed
Jeff Tangney
Victoria Tifft
Jeffrey Williams
Susan Miller Viray
Indexed by Section
The Movers & Shakers ..............................................continued
Lisa La Luna
Sylvia McBrinn
Timothy Poole, Pharm.D.
Beth Anne Price
Ira Spector
Robert Stirling
Jeff Taylor
L. Stephan Vincze
Rosemarie Yancosek
The Brand Champions ......................78
Rich Campbell
Dave Chapman
Ken Keller
Laurie Myers, Ph.D.
Michael Myers
Marci Piasecki
Julia Ralston
Peter Siegel
David Templeton
Natalie Yeadon
The Researchers & Scientists ......90
Matthew Coffey, Ph.D.
Barry Eisenstein, M.D.
Robert Lanza, M.D.
Christine Smith
Ana Szarfman, M.D., Ph.D.
The Patient Advocates ....................94
Nancy Dreyer, MPH, Ph.D.
Lisa Fell
Kenneth Getz
Rob Laurens
Abbey Meyers
Brenda Snow
Zane Wilson
The Technologists............................100
William “Al” Godley
Patrick Lindsay
Kelly Myers
Chan Russell
Vikas Vats
Matt Wallach
The Movers & Shakers........................58
The Mentors ......................................104
Robert Baldini
Scott Ballenger
Carrie Cox
Craig DeLarge
Barbara Deptula
Peter DiBiaso
Eve Dryer
Cameron Durrant, M.D.
Adele Gulfo
Raymond Hill
William Bailey, Pharm.D.
John Philip Bamforth, Ph.D.
T. G. Chandrashekhar, Ph.D.
Santino Costanzo
Jack Devlin
Kevin Glover
Sarah Harrison
Ken Jones
Timothy Noffke
Joseph Stauffer, D.O.
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