Biotech Profiles

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About the Founder Founded in 2008, Biotech Profiles LLC was the vision of Russell R. Smestad. A career biotechnology and business development executive, Mr. Smestad has had prominent roles in building three major biotech companies focused on gene expression (DNA vaccines and transgenic plants) and gene silencing (RNAi) technologies. Most recently, he was president of Mirus Bio Corporation. Over a five year span he guided the transformation of Mirus from its original gene therapy focus to become an acknowledged leader in RNA interference.

Madison VAccines Incorporated , a biopharmaceutical company founded in 2012 that is developing cancer immunotherapeutics, has been added to the database.

Cellara LLC is a newly formed lab equipment company focused on semi-automating cell culture processes. The company is led by Reidar Aamotsbakken and Kevin Conard.

Surprisingly, even people within the local biotech community often couldn’t readily identify the life science employers with over 250 employees each. And they certainly didn’t know who the management team was or who to contact for professional networking assistance. To address these issues and provide greater transparency, visibility and industry networking capabilities at the local level, BiotechProfiles was born. Our mission is to provide useful tools and connect biotech executives with the people and information they need to accomplish their jobs more quickly and effectively.

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