Location Charlottesville, Virginia, United States Regions East Coast, Southern US Gender Male
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James C. Powers was appointed full-time CEO in February 2009.
Prior to joining HemoShear, Powers spent 20 years as an executive in the pharmaceutical R&D services sector, 18 of those with global firm PRA International where he grew the company from a niche services provider to a global clinical trials management organization of more than
3,000 employees. Powers launched PRA’s oncology therapeutic focus, a market in which PRA continues to be a leader, and was instrumental in strategic planning and eight acquisitions. PRA International had a successful IPO in 2004.
Powers was an advisor to the Coulter Translational Research Partnership in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia where he met Drs. Blackman and Wamhoff.
Powers currently serves on the boards of Gene Solutions, LLC, and Virginia BIO and is Chairman of the Virginia Bioscience Foundation.
Powers received a BS in Administration and Management Science from Carnegie-Mellon University.
