Mary Arcana

Biography

Mary Arcana founded Biotecher in 2004. She has 15 years of biotech recruiting experience during which she has built a reputation for consistently delivering difficult-to-find scientific and managerial talent. Her diverse biotech clientele has ranged from early start-ups to global industry leaders. From 1998 to 2004, Mary served at MRBiotech, a Bay Area-based office of Management Recruiters International where she advanced to Director of Research and Development responsible for all business development and recruitment within the broad R&D sector. This initial concentration in R&D gave her an in-depth understanding of product development lifecycles for both drugs and medical devices, thus providing a solid technical foundation that has served her clients well over the years. Mary founded Biotecher in 2004 to expand her recruiting services beyond just R&D to include delivering talent all along the product development pathway from early discovery, through the various preclinical and clinical development stages, and including commercialization. Prior to her tenure in the biotech industry, Mary held leadership positions in a spectrum of industries—IT, marketing, media relations, restaurant ownership, and film—during which she successfully built and managed teams of up to 40 people. Her first-hand experience as a leader and hiring manager and her exposure to diverse business practices have enabled her to quickly grasp complex employer needs and consistently deliver rare talent within aggressive deadlines. Mary has placed job candidates for a broad range of drug companies and medical device companies including Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Cerus, Applied Biosystems, MacuSight, Chiron Corporation, Bayer Diagnostics, Pacific Biosciences, Gilead Sciences, Scios, CV Therapeutics, diaDexus, Berlex Biosciences, Depomed, FibroGen, Medicis, Elan Pharmaceuticals, Discovery Laboratories, Kosan Biosciences, Xoma, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Celera Diagnostics, Aethlon Medical, Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Synta Pharmaceuticals, Threshold Pharmaceuticals, and others.

Research Interest

Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Cerus, Applied Biosystems, MacuSight, Chiron Corporation, Bayer Diagnostics, Pacific Biosciences, Gilead Sciences, Scios, CV Therapeutics, diaDexus, Berlex Biosciences, Depomed, FibroGen, Medicis, Elan Pharmaceuticals, Discovery Laboratories, Kosan Biosciences, Xoma, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Celera Diagnostics, Aethlon Medical, Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Synta Pharmaceuticals, Threshold Pharmaceuticals, and others.