N. Gary Howell, Ph.D.

Director, Product Strategy

Dr. Howell has recently been appointed Director, Product Strategy at M2Gen®, a wholly owned for-profit subsidiary of Moffitt Cancer Center. Since joining the Company in August of 2007, he has served as Director, Contracts and Consortium, as well as Senior Director of Operations.

Dr. Howell brings more than 25 years of experience in business development, venture development and marketing at various medical, research and health care organizations. His previous roles include Vice President of Business Development at Industrial Biotechnology Corporation, Associate Director and Head of Venture Development at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Research Foundation and Vice President of Marketing and President of a new markets subsidiary of Great American Life Insurance Company. He spent 17 years at the Procter & Gamble Company managing product development, research and scientific recruiting.

After graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from S.U.N.Y College at Cortland in 1971, Dr. Howell obtained his master’s and PhD in Chemistry from Cornell University in 1974 and 1976, respectively. Dr. Howell has provided numerous technical and invited presentations at national and local meetings and conferences on subjects ranging from marketing new products, bio-product development and growing new technology ventures. Dr. Howell is married and has three children.