Appointments at AMRI, Oracle, Cmed, BioClinica and BioStorage – People on the move
AMRI has promoted a number of members of its sales leadership team. Mark Sawicki has been named as vice president (VP) of business development for Europe. Sawicki joined AMRI in 2004 as director of business development.
Christopher Conway is the new senior director of business development for North American discovery services. Conway joined AMRI in 2008 after working at Johnson & Johnson. Finally, Angie Urdanoff, a former GE Silicones employee, is now senior director, sales operations.
Oracle has hired Mark Hurd to replace Charles Phillips as president and as a member of the board of directors. Phillips asked to leave the company in December but stayed on through the integration of Sun.
Hurd resigned as CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HP) last month. HP has filed a lawsuit against Hurd claiming his appointment at Oracle would put trade secrets at risk. Oracle described the lawsuit as “vindictive” and said the HP board is acting with “utter disregard” to the firms’ partnership.
Andrew Kellett has joined Cmed Group as chief financial officer. Kellett is a former finance director of Genetix and has also worked at Quest Diagnostics.
BioStorage Technologies has appointed Russ Hager as global director of supply chain. Hager joins from Belden and has also worked at Abbott Laboratories.
Garry Johnson has been named as SVP and chief technology officer of BioClinica. Johnson has more than 15 years of relevant experience, most recently at Dendrite International.
Recruitment specialist Praxis has hired Robert Loll as VP of business development. Loll has previously worked at Patient interaction, Pass Privilege and NovaCare Outpatient Rehabilitation.
