Mr. Phelps has more than 30 years of experience in the health science and services industry. He began his career synthesizing, characterizing and performing drug metabolism studies of potential carcinogens with the Eppley Center for Research in Cancer. Turning his focus to medical devices, he established a laboratory and started up the manufacturing of sterile blood collection tubes. Mr. Phelps then joined Merrell National Labs (which evolved into Sanofi- Aventis) directing a group developing new test methods, then as head of the several multi-national quality control laboratories. With the merger into Merrell Dow he assumed global responsibility for quality assurance, quality control and processing technology with an assignment based in Milan, Italy. Later he directed IT for multi-national manufacturing operations leading technical improvements across R&D, Accounting and Manufacturing Operations and integration of technologies with Dow Chemical. Utilizing this broad background, he joined Duramed Pharmaceuticals (now Barr Pharmaceuticals) with executive-level assignments in quality control, regulatory, project management and clinical and medical affairs where he served as a liaison to sales & marketing. Mr. Phelps has a BS in Chemistry from the University of Nebraska. |