Bruce C. Cozadd Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Cozadd joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals at its inception and was appointed Jazz Pharmaceuticals Chief Executive Officer in April 2009. From 2003 until 2009 Mr. Cozadd served as Jazz Pharmaceuticals Executive Chairman. From 1991 until 2001, he held various positions with ALZA Corporation, a pharmaceutical company now owned by Johnson & Johnson, most recently as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, with responsibility for research and development, manufacturing and sales and marketing. Previously at ALZA Corporation he held the roles of Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Corporate Planning and Analysis. Mr. Cozadd received a B.S. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Cozadd serves on the boards of Cerus Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company; Threshold Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company; and The Nueva School and Stanford Hospital and Clinics, both non-profit organizations. Robert M. Myers President Robert Myers joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals at its inception and was appointed as Jazz Pharmaceuticals President in March 2007. From 2003 until 2007, Mr. Myers served as Jazz Pharmaceuticals Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer. From 2002 until 2003, Mr. Myers served as Executive Vice President, Pharmaceuticals at Exelixis, Inc., a biotechnology company. He previously held various positions with ALZA Corporation from 1992 to 2001, most recently as its Senior Vice President, Commercial Development. In this role, he was responsible for ALZA Corporation s corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, new product planning and corporate planning. Mr. Myers received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He serves on the Board of Cogentus Pharmaceuticals. Kathryn E. Falberg Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Kathryn E. Falberg joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in December 2009. Prior to Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Ms. Falberg was CFO and Chief Operating Officer at ARCA biopharma. From 2001 until joining ARCA in 2009, Ms. Falberg worked as an active investor and consultant to small companies and served as a corporate director/audit committee chair for several companies. From 1995 through 2001, Ms. Falberg was with Amgen, Inc., where she served as Senior Vice President Finance, Strategy and CFO, and before that as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, and Vice President, Treasurer. Ms. Falberg received an M.B.A. and B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and is a CPA. Ms. Falberg currently serves on the Boards of Directors for ESS Technology, Halozyme Therapeutics and QLT.
Carol A. Gamble Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary Carol Gamble was appointed as Jazz Pharmaceuticals Senior Vice President in 2004 and has served as Jazz Pharmaceuticals General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since 2003. From 2000 to 2002, she served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Aerogen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company acquired by Nektar Therapeutics. From 1988 to 2000, she held various positions with ALZA Corporation, most recently as its Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Counsel. Ms. Gamble received a B.S. from Syracuse University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall. Janne L. T. Wissel Senior Vice President, Chief Regulatory Officer & Chief Compliance Officer Janne Wissel has served as Jazz Pharmaceuticals Senior Vice President of Development since 2004. From 2003 to 2004, she served as Jazz Pharmaceuticals Vice President of Development. From 1981 to 2003, she held various positions at ALZA Corporation, most recently as its Senior Vice President, Operations, with responsibility for ALZA Corporation s global regulatory, quality, general operations and manufacturing activities. She has led the development, registration and launch of more than 20 pharmaceutical products in the neurology, pediatric psychiatry, endocrinology, urology and oncology areas. Ms. Wissel received a B.S. from the University of California, Davis and an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix. Michael DesJardin Senior Vice President, Product Development Michael DesJardin was appointed as Jazz Pharmaceuticals Senior Vice President, Product Development in May 2008. Mr. DesJardin joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals in July 2004 as Vice President, Product Development, with over 25 years of industry experience. Mr. DesJardin previously served in positions of increasing responsibility at ALZA Corporation starting in 1995, most recently as Executive Director for Implant R&D. In addition, Mr. DesJardin worked for 15 years in chemical development, with several assignments in API manufacturing at Dow Chemical and Marion Merrell Dow. Mr. DesJardin has led technical development and commercial manufacturing for chemical and pharmaceutical products which incorporated several drug delivery technologies, including oral, implantable, and injection systems. Mr. DesJardin received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of California.
Mark G. Eller, Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Research & Clinical Development Mark Eller was appointed as Jazz Pharmaceuticals Senior Vice President, Research and Clinical Development in May 2008. Dr. Eller joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals in May 2005 as Vice President, Research. Prior to joining Jazz Pharmaceuticals, he was Vice President, Clinical Pharmacology at Quintiles, a position he held beginning in January 2001. From 1988 until joining Quintiles, Dr. Eller served in positions of increasing responsibility at Hoechst Marion Roussel (now Sanofi-Aventis). Prior to joining HMR, he held positions with The Upjohn Company and the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy. Dr. Eller holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from The University of Iowa and received his B.S. in Pharmacy from The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Russell J. Cox Vice President, Marketing Russell Cox joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals in July 2010 with over 20 years of pharmaceutical and biotechnology sales and marketing experience. From 2007 to 2009, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Ipsen and previously Vice President of Marketing at Tercica (now Ipsen). From 2003 to 2007, Mr. Cox was with Scios (now a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson), where he also held the role of Vice President, Marketing. Prior to that time, Mr. Cox was with Genentech for 12 years, where he was a Product Team Leader (PTL) and responsible for the Growth Hormone franchise and led numerous product launches as a Group Product Manager. Mr. Cox received his B.S. in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University. Diane R. Guinta, Ph.D. Vice President, Clinical Research & Development Diane R. Guinta, Ph.D. joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals in July 2006. For the six years before joining the company, Dr. Guinta acted as a consultant in the clinical development field. From 1986 1997, she served in positions of increasing responsibility in the clinical development, program management, and clinical operations areas at ALZA Corporation, most recently as Senior Director, Clinical Operations and Senior Research Fellow. Dr. Guinta holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Chicago. She received her B.S. in Biology from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and completed her post-doctoral training at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Guinta has served as the Chair of the Board of Trustees at Castilleja School, a non-profit corporation in Palo Alto, California and has taught middle school science to underserved students from East Palo Alto at St. Elizabeth Seton School, also in Palo Alto.
P. J. Honerkamp Vice President, Deputy General Counsel P.J. Honerkamp joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals in 2004. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Honerkamp acted in roles of increasing responsibility in the legal department, and is presently responsible for corporate legal matters including licensing and acquisitions, SEC reporting, clinical trials, commercial contracts, and debt and equity offerings. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Honerkamp was an attorney at the law firm of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP where he focused on corporate and securities law; private, public and commercial financings; mergers and acquisitions; licensing and strategic transactions; and venture fund formations. Mr. Honerkamp received his BA from Davidson College and his JD from Harvard Law School. Edwin W. Luker Vice President, Sales Ed Luker joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals in October 2005. Mr. Luker was most recently National Field Sales Director, Pain Management, for McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson & Johnson. In this role, he led the sales launch strategy for FLEXERIL 5mg. Previously, he held various roles at ALZA Corporation, including Area Business Director of CNS, where he co-led the salesforce which launched CONCERTA. Prior to joining ALZA, Mr. Luker served in various sales and marketing management positions with VIVUS, Inc., where he helped build the launch team for MUSE ; International Rehabilitative Sciences and Syntex Laboratories. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Davis. Heather McGaughey Vice President, Human Resources Heather McGaughey joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals in 2008. In 2007 she served as Managing Director, Private Equity Services at Craford Benefit Consultants, a human capital and benefit consulting firm. From 1998 2006 Ms. McGaughey served at CNET Networks, Inc., a global interactive media company, most recently as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Previously, she held various positions of increasing responsibility in the Human Resources field at Time Inc. in New York and California, and at Manufacturers Hanover Trust, now a part of JP Morgan Chase. Ms. McGaughey received her B.A. from Smith College. She serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for Zeum, a nonprofit multimedia arts and technology museum in San Francisco.
Management Team Joel M. Rothman Vice President, Development Operations Joel M. Rothman joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals in July 2004. He is currently responsible for clinical operations, biostatistics, and data management, and brings more than 18 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, contract research and biotechnology industries. From 1998 until joining Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Rothman served as Senior Director and General Manager of Early Phase and International Consulting, Director of Strategic Business Development, and Director of Regional Operations at ICON Clinical Research, Inc. Previously, he held positions in clinical research and development at Anergen, Genentech, and Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Rothman holds a B.S. in Biology from Albright College. Annette L. Madrid, M.D. Vice President, Clinical and Experimental Medicine & Chief Medical Officer Annette Madrid joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals in November 2006. For the seven years before joining the company, Dr. Madrid held positions of increasing responsibility in the clinical development field with Pfizer, ALZA Corporation and Saegis Pharmaceuticals. Since joining Jazz Pharmaceuticals Dr. Madrid has held responsibilities in various areas including clinical pharmacology, clinical development, drug safety and pharmacovigilance, and medical affairs. Dr. Madrid is Board Certified in General Psychiatry and in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Madrid did her Fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center and completed her General Psychiatry Residency at University of New Mexico. Prior to joining industry, Dr. Madrid was an attending physician at Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth in Middletown, Connecticut.