Executive
Committee
Jack Henion, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Officer and Chairman
 Dr.
Henion is an internationally recognized leader in the field of MS and
LC/MS. He is credited with nine patents and has published more than 200
peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals. In addition to his work at
Advion, Dr. Henion managed a major research laboratory at Cornell University,
where he served as a professor of toxicology for more than 24 years and
is now Emeritus Professor of Analytical Toxicology. Under his leadership
and vision, Advion has established itself as one of the largest and most
respected LC/MS contract laboratories in the world and a leader in chip-based
nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry.
Dr. Henion earned a bachelor's
degree from Alfred University, a master’s of science from the Rochester
Institute of Technology, a Ph.D. from the State University of New York
in Albany and a post doctoral appointment at the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC. The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
has recognized him as a Fellow for his contributions to analytical chemistry.
In recognition of his contributions in the field of MS, Dr. Henion has
received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Ghent, Belgium
and the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Dr. Henion is also a member
of the American Chemical Society, the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
and the Royal Society of Chemistry (BA FRSC).
David B. Patteson
President and Chief Executive Officer, Board of Directors
 Mr.
Patteson's career spans nearly twenty-five years of analytical, process,
and synthetic organic chemistry instrumentation business experience. Mr.
Patteson's skills involve strategic planning, acquisitions and integration,
global expansion, and profit enhancement. For over seven years prior to
joining Advion, he served in varying capacities including President and
CEO of Biotage, Inc., and following a number of mergers and acquisitions,
served as President of the Biotage Discovery Chemistry Group and was on
the Executive Committee of Biotage AB, a significant life science company
publicly traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Prior to Biotage, Mr.
Patteson led a multi-hundred million dollar business group for the UK-based
global engineering and instrumentation company Invensys. Mr. Patteson
holds two separate bachelor degrees from the University of Richmond and
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He also completed
a two year multi-national executive program in International Management
conducted through IMD in Switzerland. Mr. Patteson serves on board of
directors for The University of Virginia Foundation, the University of
Virginia - Coulter Foundation Board for Translational Research and the
University of Richmond Council, and the boards of two privately held biotechnology
companies.
Thomas Kurz, M.B.A.
Co-Founder and President, BioServices and Corporate Development
 Mr.
Kurz oversees the Advion BioServices subsidiary. He is the co-founder
of Advion with Dr. Henion and has over 20 years of management experience
in service industries. Mr. Kurz has held general management responsibility
for the bioanalytical business of Advion from 1993 through 2003 and from
late 2005 to the present. Over this period, the business experienced a
compound annual growth rate of over 20%. Mr. Kurz was instrumental in
the start-up of Advion BioSystems, where he oversaw product introduction
and market development for the TriVersa NanoMate and ESI Chip product.
Prior to co-founding Advion, Mr. Kurz worked for two years managing the
sales, marketing, and business planning functions of a NIDA-certified
laboratory that is now part of Quest Diagnostics. Mr. Kurz also worked
for 7 years with the Verizon Corporation in various general management,
marketing, and strategic planning functions relating to various service
offerings. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of
Utah and an M.B.A. from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at
the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Timothy J. McGrath
Executive Vice President, Operations and Technology
 Mr.
McGrath leads the BioServices Laboratory Operations and BioAnalysis organizations,
BioSystems Production, R&D, Customer Support & Service and Quality
organizations as well as the Corporate Procurement, Facilities, and IT
functions. Mr. McGrath has 25 years of experience in process analytical
and synthetic organic chemistry instrumentation and distributed control
systems projects. Prior to joining Advion, he was Vice President of Operations
for Biotage AB for over 6 years, where he created world-class global organizations
in manufacturing, quality, and service; and managed the product development
team for numerous serial and custom-engineered instrumentation platforms.
He is experienced in global ERP business system implementation and has
participated in extensive due diligence and integration for several acquisitions.
Under Mr. McGrath’s leadership, Biotage implemented same day shipment
of all consumable product lines and increased on-time shipment service
levels to 99.8%. Prior to Biotage, Mr. McGrath spent 18 years with UK-based
Invensys, a global engineering and instrumentation company. He functioned
in various key management roles including General Manager of the Process
Analytical Systems Division.
Mr. McGrath received a BS in
Business Management from the University of Massachusetts in 1981.
Joseph Kiely
Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration/Treasurer
 Mr.
Kiely leads the Finance and Accounting Group and serves as the Secretary
and Treasurer of Advion BioSciences, Inc. He is responsible for accounting,
company financing, corporate administration, and investor/management reporting
for Advion. Prior to joining the company, he spent 8 years consulting
for BearingPoint Inc. (formally KPMG Consulting) within the World Class
Finance group, where he advised chief financial officers about strategy,
organization design, process improvement, and technology solutions. He
was integral in the product development of BearingPoint’s Global
Shared Services offering for Finance and Human Resource organizations.
Before BearingPoint, he worked in the Audit Practice at KPMG LLP.
Mr. Kiely earned a Bachelor
of Business Administration in Accounting from Siena College and is a Certified
Public Accountant.
Dan Huston
Senior Director Human Resources
 Mr.
Huston joined Advion in November 2006. He has over 25 years of Human Resources
experience, primarily in high-tech manufacturing settings in the telecommunications
and life sciences industries. He previously served as Vice President of
Human Resources for Biotage AB, where he had the responsibility for global
human resources activities. He also managed the Human Resources function
for AT&T/Lucent Technologies’ printed circuit board manufacturing
facility with over 2,200 employees in Richmond, VA. Mr. Huston has been
involved in a wide variety of strategic and tactical HR activities, both
internationally and in the US. Additionally, he has had experience with
a number of major change events including business mergers, acquisitions,
and sales.
Mr. Huston received a BA Degree
in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina –
Charlotte, and obtained an MBA from the University of Richmond.
Scientific/Regulatory
Leadership and European Operations
Stephen Lowes, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Scientific
 Dr.
Lowes joined Advion in 1995 and has directed the operation of the contract
business since 1997. He has overall responsibility for the scientific
leadership of the bioanalytical contract business and has focused on the
application of LC/MS technologies to regulated bioanalytical work. Dr.
Lowes serves on several committees and focus groups that are influential
to the progress of bioanalytical science and is a frequent presenter at
national and international meetings. He also has been directly involved
in the R&D group, offering scientific insights on the application
of new LC/MS developments. He is co-inventor of the technology behind
one of the ESI Chip patents.
Before joining Advion, Dr. Lowes
headed an applications group at VG (now Micromass/Waters), where he participated
in the product management, design, and development of a new MS platform
for LC/MS analysis. He earned a bachelor's degree from Sheffield Polytechnic
and a Ph.D. from Open University. In 1992, he was admitted as a member
of the Royal Society of Chemistry as a Chartered Chemist.
Mark Allen, Ph.D.
Managing Director - European Operations
 Dr.
Allen joined Advion in 2001, establishing Advion's European organization,
headquartered in Norwich, UK. He is responsible for the global sales and
marketing of Advion products and is the Managing Director of Advion BioSciences
Ltd. in Europe. Dr. Allen has over 20 years of LC/MS business experience,
spending the majority of his career with Applied Biosystems®/MDS SCIEX®.
He has held positions including Senior Product Manager for LC/MS products,
Director of Proteomics Marketing, and Director of Business Development
responsible for LC/MS product strategy.
He has a Ph.D. in organic mass spectrometry specializing
in electrospray from King's College, London with two credited patents.
He has completed the Consortium for Executive Development Program at Babson
College, MA. |
