Mike Minor
Michael Minor is a senior business executive with strategic vision and entrepreneurial spirit.
Research Experience
Phase I–IV
Approvals
Executive Biography
Michael Minor is a senior business executive with strategic vision and entrepreneurial spirit. His career encompasses over 40 years of clinical research experience at pharmaceutical companies, service providers and research sites. His global leadership experience spans multiple business segments which provides him with a balanced industry perspective of Sponsor and Provider roles and goals. He has broad therapeutic experience and directed or participated in over 200 clinical trials spanning Phase I through IV resulting in approvals of more than 30 new products. Operational delivery command includes interventional, pragmatic and observational research models. Mr. Minor uses this subject matter expertise, commercial sensibility, and balanced insight to drive synthesis of new business delivery strategies, leading to organizational growth and expanded profitability. Mr. Minor built a CRO (ACER/Excel) from the ground up and successfully orchestrated sale of the business at an industry-leading multiple. Mr. Minor has the demonstrated ability to build, integrate and expand commercial and clinical operations as proven in multiple CROs.
LEADERSHIP
Mr. Minor's career has been built on roles with increasing responsibility and geographical reach. On the Pharma side, he has held the roles of Clinical Scientist, Project Director and Sr. Director Outsourcing Operations. On the service provider side, he has held the titles of President, VP Strategic Accounts, VP Regional Operations, VP Late Phase Research, Sr. VP. Proposals and Business Information, Sr. VP Strategic Planning & Proposals, Sr. VP. Global Head, Peri-Approval & Observational Research, and VP Strategic Proposals & Business Information. Mr. Minor is currently building a new site network that supports decentralized/hybrid trials and brings advanced treatments to diverse patient populations.
Academic Background
Mr. Minor earned a Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University and is all but dissertation for his PhD in Microbiology from Rutgers University.
Bert Rich
Having worked in the industry since 2012, Bert has a proven track record in handling the more niche positions for which our firm recruits and expanding the pharmaceutical present around the unmet medical need space.
Experience
Programs
Leadership
Professional Background
Having worked in the industry since 2012, Bert has a proven track record in handling the more niche positions for which our firm recruits and expanding the pharmaceutical present around the unmet medical need space. With a tenacious spirit and a drive to succeed, he brings specialized skills in assessment/screening, recruiting, and coaching to his assignments. With Bert’s unique background, he offers deep perspective and sound understanding of both the client’s technical and financial capacities.
RESEARCH
Over the past eight years, Bert has worked closely with pharmaceutical companies, clinical research organizations, physicians, and hospitals/health systems supporting the execution and expansion of clinical trials across Phase I–III development programs.
Skills Built Through Experience
Bert’s skills have been refined throughout his 3-year career on Wall Street as an equity/derivatives trader where intense attention to detail, innovating ideas, and discipline he had perfected after graduating from Syracuse. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his friends and family whether golfing, hiking or camping.
Professional Drive & Personal Interests
Bert’s skills have been refined throughout his 3-year career on Wall Street as an equity/derivatives trader where intense attention to detail, innovating ideas, and discipline he had perfected after graduating from Syracuse. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his friends and family whether golfing, hiking or camping.
Eleazer Gorenstein
Eleazer has worked in the industry since 2015, collaborating with pharmaceutical companies, clinical research organizations, physicians, hospitals and health systems to support the execution and expansion of clinical trials across Phase I-III development programs.
Experience
Programs
Leadership
Professional Background
Eleazer has worked in the industry since 2015, collaborating with pharmaceutical companies, clinical research organizations, physicians, hospitals and health systems to support the execution and expansion of clinical trials across Phase I-III development programs.
& BUSINESS
Eleazer and has an uncanny knack in handling and nurturing relationships with high-profile clientele. With a positive and upbeat attitude and entrepreneurial drive to succeed, he brings his tremendous work ethic and a professional approach to his work. Eleazer’s background both in the journalism and tech worlds (he previously wrote for major digital and print publications, and managed corporate client relationships with digital media Fortune 500 partners), give him a unique perspective in the day-to-day goings on in the pharmaceutical industry’s hiring processes and business goals.
Interests & Lifestyle
Eleazer enjoys staying active by playing basketball and tennis, reading and writing, and immersing himself in music of all kinds when he is not working.
Patty Rich
Patty Rich is an accomplished pharmaceutical and clinical research executive with more than 25 years of experience building relationships and connecting organizations with high-level talent, investigators, and clinical research opportunities across a broad range of therapeutic areas.
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Experience
Executive
Leadership
Continued
Education
Professional Background
Patty Rich is an accomplished pharmaceutical and clinical research executive with more than 25 years of experience building relationships and connecting organizations with high-level talent, investigators, and clinical research opportunities across a broad range of therapeutic areas.
EXPERIENCE
She has experience as a Managing Partner of MDS Trials, where she has been involved in developing and managing clinical trial capabilities within individual physician practices. This experience has given her a unique perspective on both sides of the clinical research relationship—from identifying qualified physicians and investigators to understanding the operational requirements necessary to successfully conduct industry-sponsored clinical trials. Previously, served as President of an executive recruitment firm specializing in the placement of MD and other professionals within Medical Affairs, Clinical Development and within Clinical Trial Sites.
Clinical Trial Development
This combination of executive search, physician relationships, clinical research experience, and pharmaceutical industry networking gives Patty a distinctive perspective on clinical trial development. She understands that successful trials depend not simply on finding available sites, but on identifying investigators and organizations that are appropriately aligned with the protocol, patient population, therapeutic area, and sponsor's objectives.
Academic & Professional Background
Patty earned a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology from Edinboro University and has served on the Boards of Directors of the Erie Art Museum and the Erie County Diabetes Association. She has also earned the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines, reflecting her continued commitment to education and lifelong learning.