BATON Referral Network
The BATON Referral Network is a community of life science professionals committed to the growth of North Carolina-based companies.
These service providers and CEO candidates represent a vast array of business and technical expertise, and were prequalified by NCBiotech. Service providers pledge to contribute services or provide preferential pricing for referrals coming through the BATON network database.
There is no cost to qualified Service Providers to participate in the BATON program. However, participating Service Providers are expected to offer some or all of their services for referrals coming through the BATON network database under one or more of the following terms: pro bono, discounted, at cost, deferred, fixed cost, service for equity.
Search our BATON database below.
Alfonso Alburquerque
Managing Partner
The Astral Consulting Group LLC »
Alfonso is an entrepreneur focused on developing and implementing custom business intelligence solutions to help companies create data-driven cultures and scale efficiently. He founded The Astral Consulting Group to reimagine the traditional business
Peyton Anderson
CEO
Affinergy LLC »
Powered Research is a preclinical CRO focused on efficacy, tox, and PK studies. Our specialty is fast turnaround non-GLP studies to accelerate discovery and research pipelines.
Stuart Anderson
President
Carolina Piedmont Capital Inc. »
Stuart Anderson founded Carolina Piedmont Capital, Inc. in 2008, driving commercial finance innovations that forever transformed how people view and think of equipment lease and commercial finance options.
Christopher Andrassy
Managing Partner
The Astral Consulting Group LLC »
Co-founder and managing partner at The Astral Consulting Group, a business intelligence consultancy focused on creating data-driven cultures through custom cloud analytics solutions.
Jaron Ballentine
Managing Partner
Ballentine LifeScience Partners LLC
Commercial, market & opportunity assessment and strategy development for pharma/biotech clients; Primary & secondary market research; Early stage valuation
Linda Beneze
Chief Revenue Officer
Respiratory Motion Inc.
Medical device executive. Recently left role as CEO of Med Device company. Previously, President & General Manager of Specialty Division for Teleflex. Strengths are strategy, talent ID, team building and growing businesses at accelerated rates.
Alice Bonnen
Patent Attorney
Myers Bigel, P.A. »
Patent counseling, preparation and prosecution in life sciences and agricultural biotechnology including expertise in procuring plant patents and plant variety protection; patentability, validity, freedom to operate, infringement analyses
Jason Brege
Attorney
Smith Anderson »
R&D collaborations, patent licenses, university IP licensing, M&A; agricultural biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, including genetic engineering, gene discovery, trait development, animal health, precision ag, biologics, devices and drug development
Colin Burns
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
East Carolina University »
Organic chemist and biochemist. My research interests fall into two areas: The characterization of metalloproteins and the use of organic/peptide synthesis as a tool to understand biological processes and to develop therapeutics.
Yonnie Butler
Executive Director, Biotechnology Center of Excellence
Alamance Community College
Career includes roles in the lab, leading R&D, project management, contract research (CRO) for biopharma companies, sales, entrepreneur, consultant, investor, economic development, academia, innovation, translational medicine to develop new drugs/devices
Christopher Capel
Partner
Smith Anderson »
I help companies grow through navigating merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, financing transactions, and other corporate transactions, including intellectual property licensing, collaborations, and securities offerings.
Necia Chavis
Senior Validation Engineer
RPA Engineering »
Significant experience in the development and execution of utilities and equipment Commissioning, FATs, IQ/OQ/PQ, Environmental Monitoring, Process Validation
Jeff Childers
Partner
Casimir Jones S.C. »
Patent law, chemistry, PhD
Ken Clark
Founder & Chairman
Ken Clark Partners LLC »
Working with CEO's of start-up and fast growth life sciences companies to maximize the performance and contribution of their executive team.
Celine Clive
President
Polaris Compliance Consultants Inc. »
Quality Assurance and Compliance; GCP/GLP/GCLP/GMP/CSV/Part 11; Training, auditing, SOPs; drugs, devices, biologics, dietary supplements
Rosa Codina
Director and Principal Scientist
Allergen Science & Consulting »
Enthusiastic and innovative biologist focused on the biomedical field. Professional experience developed in clinical laboratories, academia, and the corporate world. Excellent instructor and respected speaker with outstanding leadership skills.
Darren Coleman
Senior Vice President, End-to-End Product Development
Syneos Health
Healthcare executive with deep experience in Leadership, Sales & Marketing, Analytical Delivery and Enterprise Technology, as well as Pipeline/Portfolio/Aquisition Management.
Rebecca Cook
Director, Account Team
KONTEK Systems »
Since 1988, KONTEK Systems has been an audio/video integration firm headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, providing custom AV design, integration and support for leading research universities, medical facilities and corporations.
Christopher Crean
CEO and Principal Consultant
Xyzagen Inc. »
Chris is the Principal Consultant at Xyzagen. Xyzagen is a drug discovery and clinical pharmacology consulting and services firm. Xyzagen, provides consulting, PK modeling, and nonGLP rodent pharmacology, bioanalysis and PK in their laboratory space.
Anthony Cuticchia
Attorney
AJC Legal Services »
After 25+ years as a leader in computational biology research, I chose to get a JD. While I have been an executive or founder in four biotech startups, people have trouble dealing with chimerism, I am scientist as well as patent attorney.
Connie Cwik
President and CEO
CWIK Business Connections »
Connie Cwik is a Consultant and Executive Coach. Connie works well with C-level clients all the way to the managerial level. Helping people grow as individuals and in their careers is her passion and her why.
O'Neill D'Cruz
Coach
OD Consulting and Neurological Services PLLC
Global experience in drug and device clinical development/safety monitoring, business development, regulatory interactions and public-private partnerships;board-certified neurologist/epileptologist;patient advocate; clinical and industry consultant
Nick Davies
Managing Partner
Verta Life Sciences LLC »
An International Consulting and Product Management Company that Delivers Innovative Solutions to the Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Medical Device Industry. Please see our website vertalifesciences.com for a complete list of our services.
John Dickson
Principal Consultant
AptaChem Consulting LLC »
Experienced drug discovery professional, medicinal/organic chemistry, pharmaceutical/agricultural/personal care chemistry, discovery CRO management, lab operations, IP expert, technology transfer assessment & due diligence, site start-up
David Dworaczyk
CEO
Bryn Pharma LLC »
Accomplished global Pharma/CRO/Biotech executive who has built, developed and grown international businesses. Experienced in startup & turn-around, global R&D, clinical development, commercial operations, BusDev, and enabling technologies.
S. Early
Vice President, Clinical Development
ICON »
Drug development executive specializing in early clinical development, especially oncology and immunology. Broad background in both biotech and CRO.
Dawn Edgerton
President and Principal Consultant
Edgerton Data Consulting LLC »
Edgerton Data Consulting assists pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device company sponsors with CRO selection and clinical trials oversight to ensure data management, biostatistics, and CDISC deliverables are timely, complete, and accurate.
Jennifer Elder
Chief Scientific Officer
PharPoint Research Inc. (Wilmington) »
Biostatistician; biostatistical approaches to clinical study design
Edward Ergenzinger
Patent Attorney
PhD patent attorney with more than fifteen years of in-house and private practice experience across a range of technologies, including diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, recombinant DNA and proteins, and medical devices
Nancy Fisher
I help small businesses navigate the SBIR and STTR grant application process to the NIH. Services include strategy and planning, organizing documents, substantive review and editing of applications to most effectively address the scoring criteria.