RONALD B. NILAND| President, JANA Life Sciences

Ron brings 30 years of experience in the life sciences where he served in more than a dozen different management capacities associated with research, development and commercialization at the headquarters level for a series of companies, including Pfizer, Amgen, Genentech (a member of the Roche Group) and Gilead Sciences.

As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) practitioner, Ron has a track record that encompasses support for a series of life-changing therapeutics, including Avastin, Herceptin, Enbrel, Sensipar, Relpax, Diflucan and Zithromax, and accompanying medical technology (e.g., injection devices, companion diagnostics and single-pill combinations).

In the course of his career, Ron has served as the global program manager for more than a dozen regulatory filings (INDs, NDAs, sNDAs, BLAs, sBLAs). In parallel, he has supported the formation of PM and PMO groups as well as a myriad of business process management efforts.  In addition, he has supported dozens of IT initiatives, including  technology roadmapping efforts associated with integrations between Gilead & Kite, Genentech & Roche, Amgen & Immunex and Pfizer & Warner-Lambert, as well as Enterprise Content Management (ECM) programs with several companies. 

Ron earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing with distinction from The Pennsylvania State University where he studied abroad at Kansai Gaidai University in Japan. He then earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Marketing and Finance as the Florence and Leonard Masius Scholar from Columbia Business School.

Email: rniland@janacorp.com
Mobile: (805) 405-4115

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Location: 2222 Camino Ramon, Livermore Suite
San Ramon, CA 94583