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Executive Team
Harris Kaplan, Co-Founder & CEO
- Managing Partner and CEO of Disruptive Strategy
- Co-Founder of Migliara-Kaplan Associates which grew to be the largest custom research company serving pharma, specializing in new product opportunities (acquired by NFO in 1996 and now part of TNS Healthcare)
- Co-Founder of Cozint Interactive (acquired by GFK, the German research firm)
- Involved in the development and launch of over 75 new Rx products including Crestor, Rituxan, Nexium, Lipitor, Norvasc, Viagra, Herceptin
Tim O'Rourke, Ph.D., Chief Research Officer
- More than 20 years of experience in basic and applied research
- A decade of industry experience with activities in every major category
- Expert in quntative methods with a proven track record for making result accessible and actionable Fomer SVP and Life Science Practice Leader, The Modeller
- Former Senior Methodogists at Ziment and Eidetics
- Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience, Tufts University
Chris Gooley, Managing Director
- World class statistician with 19 years of experience applying quantitative techniques to address marketing problems
- Former VP of Research and New Methods, Olitzkey Whittle
- Cofounder of Strategic Market Research Group (now Market2Customer)
- B.S. in Applied Mathematics-Economics, and M.S. and ABD in Statistics, Stanford University
Jun Huangpu Ph.D, MBA, Managing Director
- More than 20 years of experience with applied and basic research
- Extensive experience in the life sciences industry ranging from R&D, sales, marketing, business development and management consulting
- Expert at combining strategic insight, practical business acumen and superior analytic skills
- Consultant for portfolio planning, market/product potential assessment, licensing, sales and marketing with IMS and Verispan
- Field sales for service to pharmaceutical, biotech and academic research with Sigma-Aldrich and Denville Scientific Inc.
- MBA from Harvard Business School, Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School, PhD in Molecular Biology