Biography

Columbia State Community College - Chemistry

Adjunct Faculty at Columbia State Community College
Biotechnology
John
Zawad
Greater Nashville Area, TN
John is an experienced business development/venture investment professional working with companiesto develop their product portfolios and grow through partnering, licensing and M&A. He has over 20 years of sales, marketing, competitive intelligence, licensing, business development and venture investment experience in the pharmaceutical biotechnology industry. Dr. Zawad served most recently as Vice President of Business Development for Immunomedics, Inc. Prior to this he was Managing Partner at PharmaAboardPartners LLC where he helped early-stage companies with IP, Licensing and Strategic objectives. He formerly was Vice President of Business Development at ImClone Systems Incorporated where he was responsible for licensing, partnering and acquisitions. Before this, he headed up Technology Transfer & Intellectual Property at the University of Pennsylvania where he was responsible for the commercialization of intellectual property emanating from research at the university including the creation of new companies. Dr. Zawad held numerous positions of increasing responsibility during his tenure at Sanofi-Aventis and its predecessor companies including VP of Aventis Capital, the strategic venture investment arm of Sanofi-Aventis and various positions within the Corporate Development group including VP Technology Licensing and Alliances at Aventis Pharmaceuticals. He received his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Memphis.