Principal
Jim Timmins is President of Breakthrough Development Company (BDC). Jim
started BDC in early 1998 after nearly 20 years of research and managerial
experience and accomplishments at leading biopharmaceutical, device, and
agbiotech/industrial companies. A successful inventor and published researcher
with a technical MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management, he is equally
effective in satisfying the critical needs of scientists, investors, and
senior executives. Jim has served at every management level from bench
scientist to CEO. His global industry contacts--plus expertise initiating
or positioning novel biotechnologies-- has resulted in $500 million in
announced pharmaceutical/life science deals.
Jim has held the following positions throughout his career:
• Founder and General Manager, Helix Diagnostics LLC, an RNAi and antisense bioanalytical services CRO
• President/CEO for Molecular Circuitry, a biochip
and diagnostics instrument developer
• President of the Wisconsin Biotechnology Association
• Vice President Business Development for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's
first genomics spinoff
• Director of Business Development for a leading gene therapy
/ vaccine device company
• Commercial Development Manager for a Fortune 50 biotech unit
• Startup biotechnologist for both a leading Inc. 500 research
products company and a Fortune 500 drug company
Consultant
As an associate consultant to Breakthrough Development Company, Jamie
Lang brings small business management expertise to Breakthrough’s
emerging life sciences companies. Jamie graduated magna cum laude from
Colorado State University with degrees in Biological Sciences and Zoology
while holding research positions at several scientific laboratories, including
the CDC. He then gained experience in small business
management before returning to the University of Wisconsin for a technical
MBA in Operations and Technology Management with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship.
Jamie combines this versatile science and business background to offer
clients solutions to a broad range of business development problems that
early stage ventures often face. He has closed multi-million dollar licensing
deals and assisted with strategy and operations at start-up companies
with over 100% annual growth rates.
Jamie has held the following positions throughout his career:
• Small business consultant for
early stage life sciences companies
• Founder and President/CEO of an early stage technology based
venture
• Engineering manager for a start-up information technology consulting
firm
• Logistics manager for a unit of what is now a Fortune 100 company
• Research associate for several scientific laboratories, including
the Centers for Disease Control
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