Davenport Major Executive Search

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December 2006

  • Cypress Bioscience, Inc. selects DavenportMajor for two Board of Director searches
  • DavenportMajor Executive Search celebrates hosting first year anniversary party honoring firm Clients and record performance year
  • Cadence Pharmaceuticals selects DavenportMajor for the new Vice President of Clinical search
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Joe Melvin as the new Leader of Strategic Planning for BD
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Dr. John Sullivan-Bolyai as the new Vice President of Clinical for Anadys Pharmaceuticals

November 2006

  • Airgain, Inc. selects DavenportMajor for the new Chief Financial Officer search
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Chris Hilker as the new VP of Human Resources for Jenny Craig Internatoional
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Rob Strickland as the new CIO for T-Mobile USA
  • Nanostring Technologies selects DavenportMajor for the new Vice President of Business Development search
  • Arena Pharmaceuticals selects DavenportMajor's Singapore affiliate partner, Lim Chye Lian with Executive Talent International for their Laboratory Manager search in Taiwan
  • Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals selects DavenportMajor for the new Vice President of Clinical Affairs Search

October 2006

  • BD GeneOhm Sciences selects DavenportMajor for the new Worldwide Medical Director search
  • Miltenyi Biotec GmbH selects DavenportMajor for the new General Manager, North American Operations search
  • Arete Therapeutics selects DavenportMajor for the new VP of Cardiovascular R&D and Translational Medicine search
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Jeff Rains as the new VP of Sales, Microbiology for BD

September 2006

  • DavenportMajor successfully places Billy Crotty from Esmertec AG as the new Global VP of Sales for Airgain, Inc.
  • Jenny Craig selects DavenportMajor for the VP of HR search
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Dr. Arnold Oliphant from Illumina as the new Executive Vice President of Scientific Operations for Complete Genomics
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Erika Johnson from J&J Lifescan as the new Director of Clinical Diagnostics for BD
  • Edwards Lifesciences selects DavenportMajor for the Vice President of Marketing, PAVR search
  • BD selects DavenportMajor for new San Diego HR Site Leader search

August 2006

  • DavenportMajor successfully places Scott Schroeder from Luminous Networks as the new Chief Financial Officer for Nanomix
  • Astute Networks selects DavenportMajor for the VP of Business Development search
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Dr. Krishna Sudhir from J&J Ventures as the new Director of Clinical Research and Clinical Sciences for Abbott
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Dr. Debra Feder from J&J Scios as the new Director of Analytical Chemistry for Abbott
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Dr. Judy Solecki from Invitrogen as the the new Director of HR, for BD, RMT and GeneOhm
  • Abbott selects DavenportMajor for the new Director of Marketing Communications search

July 2006

  • BD selects DavenportMajor for the VP of Sales, Microbiology search.
  • T-Mobile USA selects DavenportMajor for the CIO search.
  • Abbott selects DavenportMajor for the Director of New Therapy Development search
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Dr. James Freddo from Pfizer as the new Chief Medical Officer for Anadys Pharmaceuticals

June 2006

  • Triage Medical, an innovative medical device company developing a revolutionary cuffless blood pressure monitor, selects DavenportMajor for the VP of Sales and Marketing search
  • DavenportMajor places Dr. John Carrino from Invitrogen as the new WW VP of Research and Development, RMT for BD
  • DavenportMajor successfully closes WW VP of Sales and Marketing, RMT search for BD
  • DavenportMajor places Jeffrey Crosby as the new CEO for Ethertronics, Inc.
  • DavenportMajor Executive Search launches new website
  • Guidant/Abbott selects DavenportMajor for the Director of Operations search

May 2006

  • BD selects DavenportMajor for the WW VP of Marketing, Microbiology business
  • DavenportMajor places Joe Melvin from Chiron as the new Pharmaceutical Strategy Leader for BD
  • Complete Genomics selects DavenportMajor for the EVP/Vice President of Research and Development search
  • Chemokine Therapeutics selects DavenportMajor for the Chief Business Officer/Vice President of Business Development search

April 2006

  • BD selects DavenportMajor for the new Director of Clinical Diagnostics search
  • DavenportMajor places Kevin Lynch as General Manager for BasWare Corporation
  • Anadys Pharmaceuticals selects DavenportMajor for the Medical Director search
  • Anadys Pharmaceuticals selects DavenportMajor for the Chief Medical Officer search

March 2006

  • Nanomix selects DavenportMajor for the Chief Financial Officer search
  • Becton, Dickinson and Company selects DavenportMajor for the Director of Human Resources BD RMT and GeneOhm Sciences search
  • BD selects DavenportMajor for the Worldwide Vice President of Research and Development, RMT search
  • BD selects DavenportMajor for the Worldwide Vice President of Sales and Marketing, RMT search

February 2006

  • BD selects DavenportMajor for the Leader of Business Analysis and Strategic Planning search
  • BD selects DavenportMajor for the Leader of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Trials Strategy search
  • Ethertronics selects DavenportMajor for the Chief Executive Officer search
  • DavenportMajor announces the successful placement of Dr. Waldemar Orlow from Coherent as Chief Operating Officer for OptiMedica, a Kleiner Perkins and Alloy Ventures funded company
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Terri Farner-Burke from Toucan Venture Capital as the new Director of Marketing, PMVR for Edwards Lifesciences
  • Guidant Corporation selects DavenportMajor for the Director of Reimbursement, Vascular Intervention search

January 2006 News…

  • Guidant Corporation selects DavenportMajor for the Director of Clinical Research search
  • Guidant Corporation selects DavenportMajor for the Director of Analytical Chemistry search
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Subrata Datta as the new Vice President of Engineering for Verimatrix
  • Sue Major, Managing Partner of DavenportMajor Executive Search selected as one of two top recruiters to speak at UCLA Anderson, San Diego Chapter, Career Event on January 10, 2006
  • Guidant Corporation selects DavenportMajor for the Vice President of Healthcare Economics and Reimbursement, Endovascular search

December 2005 News...

  • As we enter into a new year, our thoughts turn to those who have made our success possible at DavenportMajor Executive Search. In this spirit, we say Thank You and Best Wishes for 2006
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Greg Schiffman, CFO of Affymetrix as the new Board Director and Audit Chair for Nanomix
  • BasWare Corporation selects DavenportMajor Executive Search for the General Manager search
  • DavenportMajor successfully places Dr. Steven Schoenfeld from Pfizer as the new Vice President of Clinical and Regulatory for CovX

October/November 2005 News…

  • Leap Wireless International, Inc. retains DavenportMajor for the Chief Financial Officer search
  • OptiMedica selects DavenportMajor for the Vice President of Operations search
  • Verimatrix, Inc. selects DavenportMajor for the Vice President of Engineering search
  • Biosite selects DavenportMajor Executive Search for the European Medical Director search
  • OptiMedica selects DavenportMajor for the WW Vice President of Sales search
  • Ophthonix selects DavenportMajor for the Vice President of Sales search
  • Guidant Corporation selects DavenportMajor for the Director of Process Development search
  • Guidant Corporation selects DavenportMajor for the Director of Supplier Development search
  • Guidant Corporation selects DavenportMajor for the Director of Ablation Therapies, Cardiac Surgery search
  • Abgenix selects DavenportMajor for the Senior Vice President of Quality search
  • Biosite selects DavenportMajor for the Senior Vice President of Operations search
  • Edwards Lifesciences selects DavenportMajor for the Director of Marketing search
  • Indiana University/Guidant Foundation selects DavenportMajor for the Guidant Foundation, Dr. Thomas Linnemeier Chair search
  • San Diego National Bank selects DavenportMajor for the Commercial Real Estate Manager search
  • Biosite selects DavenportMajor for the European Medical Director search