Geoff Evans
President
Management
Alphora Research Inc.
Canada
Biography
Geoff Evans obtained his Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1987, followed by a Masters of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business, York University in 1996. Geoff has extensive experience within the pharmaceutical industry, having overseen the safe introduction of over 300 unique reaction processes to plant operations for API's and their intermediates. He has successfully built, staffed and operated laboratory, kilo-laboratory, and plant operations for which FDA approval was successfully obtained. Since joining Alphora shortly after start-up, Geoff's contributions include establishing Operations and implementing and overseeing the business development and project execution systems. In addition to his Operational background, Geoff has broad Business Development experience, taking his organizations into new markets through internal growth and acquisitions, and overseeing the introduction of new technologies from conceptualization to market introduction. Geoff is also the inventor of the Aurora Filter®, the preferred filtration standard for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient manufacturing in scale-up operations.
Research Interest
Applied Science in Chemical Engineering, Business Administration
