S. George Simon

Biography

 Managing Director, Q Life Sciences, Inc.  Mr. Simon has over 20 years of worldwide business development, licensing and product development experience with numerous pharmaceutical, diagnostic and medical device companies. Currently, he is Managing Director of Q Life Sciences, Inc., a Salt Lake City-based consulting company.  Mr. Simon is also a member of the Board of Directors of Olive Medical, Inc., a surgical imaging company, and and MediMass, Kft., a rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry platform for in vivo and ex vivo tissue analysis. Most recently, Mr. Simon was President & CEO of MediProPharma, Inc., a virtual pharmaceutical development company focused on the development of treatments for neurological diseases and disorders. Previously, Mr. Simon was Executive Vice President at Myriad Genetics, Inc. where he was responsible for business development and licensing. During his seven year tenure at Myriad, he negotiated numerous collaborative research, license, and joint venture agreements and acquisitions. Mr. Simon is a long-standing member and past Chair of the Life Science Committee of the Licensing Executives Society and received his designation as a Certified Licensing Professional. Mr. Simon received his B.S. in Finance and a minor in Business Economics from California State University, Long Beach. He also successfully completed the International Business Management Program at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Research Interest

Genetics