MEET THE TEAM

Steven R. Brown
President and CEO
Educational background – B.S., Natural Resources; Graduate of Management Policy Institute of U.S.C.

Mr. Brown has been with Nexgen Pharma since 1971. He has extensive experience in all phases of pharmaceutical operations and manufacturing. Mr. Brown has been very active in industry associations, and has held office with the Natural Products Association (NPA). He has also been a strong industry supporter of the Specialty Pharmaceutical Association and the Generic Pharmaceutical Association.

 

Gary P. Korngold
Executive Vice President
Educational background – B.A. Business Administration

Mr. Korngold has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and medical industry. He has worked for a major pharmaceutical company as a sales representative, district manager and regional manager. He has also worked at the Vice President level in sales and marketing and business development. He has also been very active in industry trade associations such as the Branded Pharmaceutical Association and the Generic Pharmaceutical Association.

 

Gene Nakagawa
Vice President, Business Development
Educational Background: BA in Business Economics; MBA from the University of Chicago
Certifications: CPA

Mr. Nakagawa has been with Nexgen Pharma since 2001 and heads the company’s business development group. He leads deal teams for acquisitions, joint ventures and NDA/ANDA development projects. He was formerly a manager at KPMG LLP and has spent time in Gateway’s Business Development group.

 

Mark Nishi
Chief Financial Officer
Educational Background - B.S. Accounting

Mr. Nishi has over 25 years of experience in directing organizations in financial planning and accounting practices. He has over 18 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and dietary supplements industry. Mr. Nishi has extensive experience with funding acquisition deals and leveraged finance. He has also worked as a tax auditor for the State of California.

 

Robert van Osdel
Vice President, Scientific Affairs
Educational Background: BSc Zoology
Certifications: R.A.C. (Regulatory Affairs Certified)

Mr. van Osdel brings to Nexgen Pharma, over 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement and medical device industries, primarily dealing with FDA related issues. He has led numerous successful drug approval submissions and is very experienced in managing the approval process. Mr. van Osdel also has extensive experience in the design and management of Quality Systems. He remains heavily involved with the FDA and serves on the review committee for FDA’s Dietary Supplement GMP Guidelines.

 

Ian Gibson
Vice President, Operations
Educational Background – BS/MS Civil Engineering, Masters in Business Administration
Certification – Licensed P.E., Licensed R.E.A.

Mr. Gibson has been working in the solid dose manufacturing industry as a manufacturing engineer and currently as Vice President of Operations. He draws on eight (8) years of experience in the engineering and real estate consulting industry prior to entering the solid dose manufacturing field.

 

Georgiana Hennessy
Vice President, Project Management
Educational Background – B.S., Chemistry

Ms. Hennessy has a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from University of California at Irvine, and over 25 years experience in the pharmaceutical and nutritional industry. She has worked overseeing numerous aspects of drug and nutritional product development from conception, through raw material procurement, project costing, formulation, manufacturing, and process validation, including IND, NDA and ANDA projects. She has worked with clients in the development of special clinical products, and has experience in systems analysis, development of technical materials and technical training and education. She has also written several educational articles for consumers in the area of nutritional science.

 

Nicholas J. Licato, JD Ph.D.
General Counsel
Educational Background - B.A., Chemistry; Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry; JD from University of San Diego

Dr. Licato has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He has worked in developmental chemistry for several large Pharma companies. In addition, Dr. Licato has served as an adjunct professor of chemistry at Ramapo College in New Jersey, and a lecturer at University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Licato earned a law degree with an emphasis in the practice of life sciences and the connected business activities in that arena, and is admitted to the State Bar of California.

 

Charles (Chuck) Martin
Director of Business Development - Pharmaceuticals
Educational Background - BBA / Marketing

Mr. Martin started in the pharmaceutical industry in 1986 with ION Laboratories as a Territory Detail Representative. He was promoted to Director of Corporate Expansion and eventually to Vice President of Sales and Marketing for ION Laboratories. He transferred to contract pharmaceutical manufacturing sales as Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 1992. Mr. Martin joined Nexgen Pharma in July of 2002 as Director of Contract Manufacturing Sales. He is a member of various trade organizations including the Specialty Pharmaceutical Association and GPhA.

 

Stephen J. Flannery
Director of Business Development – Nutritionals
Educational Background – B.A.

Steve has many years of experience in sales management, and in particular, sales services to the dietary supplement and cosmeceutical industries. Steve has managed sales forces of various sizes, and provided consulting services for companies building sales organizations. In recent years, Steve has concentrated in providing contract manufacturing services to the dietary supplement industry.

SCIENTIFIC STAFF

Dr. Suresh Dixit
Vice President, Research and Development
Educational Background - Ph.D. Physical Industrial Pharmacy, University of Tennessee

Dr. Dixit brings to Nexgen Pharma over 25 years of experience in formulation and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. He also has extensive experience in process validation, technology transfer and process troubleshooting. He has led project teams on filings of INDs, NDAs and ANDAs for solid dose, liquids, semi-solids, powders, ophthalmics and otic and aerosol products for topical and inhalation. He previously was the Vice President of R&D at Sovereign Pharmaceutical and spent time at Taro Pharmaceutical and Alcon Research.

 

Dr. Hong Chen
Method Development Lab Manager
Educational Background - Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

Dr. Chen has more than 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, biomedical and food industries, having held positions with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Adolor and Johnson&Johnson. He also has extensive and hands-on experience with analytical method development/validation and problem-solving/troubleshooting drug product development. He specializes in the identification of degradants and impurities of drug substances and drug products by using HPLC/PDA, LC/MS/MS, NMR. Dr. Chen also has more than 28 publications and presentations on food chemistry, separation science and biomedical research.