ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Once upon a time I thought that the two- or three-page acknowledgment

sections in books I read were excessively long. Now that I am writing my
own book, I appreciate that they were probably too short. I want to list at
least some of the many people who have contributed to this work (and
I apologize in advance to those of you who I left out!).
At Zen-Bio, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC), I thank my colleagues
and associates Dawn Franklin, Renee Lea-Currie, PhD, Nicole Perkins,
Arden Bond, and Peter Pierracini. At Artecel Sciences (Durham, NC), I
thank my co-founders Bill Wilkison, PhD and Yuan-Di Halvorsen, PhD,
without whom I would not have gained the experiences described here;
the research staff, Anindita Sen, PhD, Bentley Cheatham, PhD, Blythe
Devlin, PhD, Sandra Foster, PhD, Tracey du Laney, PhD, Kevin Hicok, MS,
Amy Kloster, Dan Willingmyre, and Laura Aust for the opportunity to lead
their efforts; and Bill Franklin, for exposing me to the nuances of the man-
ufacturing process and regulatory affairs. At Cognate Therapeutics
(Sunnyvale, CA and Baltimore, MD), I thank Ken Moseley, JD and Alan
Smith, PhD for reviewing the chapters on patents and good practices. At
Merchant & Gould (Atlanta, GA), I thank Joe Bennett-Paris, JD, PhD, for
providing my introductory course on patent law and reviewing the chapter
on patents and intellectual property. At The Southern Research Institute, I
thank Vince Torti, PhD for reviewing the chapter on good practices. At
Northern Illinois University, I thank Diane Gimble Johns, PhD, for review-
ing the initial outline and selected chapters. At Duke University, I thank
Farshid Guilak, PhD, Beverly Fermor, PhD, and all the members of
the Orthopedic Research Division for their comments, suggestions, and
critiques during the development of this book. At the Pennington
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Biomedical Research Center (Baton Rouge, LA), I thank Ken Eilertsen,

PhD for reviewing the chapters on closing a company, Anne Jarrett, JD for
reviewing the chapters on patents and intellectual property, Gail Kilroy
and Gena Doucet for reviewing the chapters related to human resource
management, and Jennifer Rood, PhD for reviewing the chapters on closing
and opening a lab.
I owe special thanks to two people:
Thomas Griggs, PhD, at New Science Consultants (Raleigh, NC) pro-
vided me with one-on-one hands-on leadership and management training.
Anything I have to say about those subjects throughout the book, and
especially in Chapter 23, “Personal Development,” is simply my para-
phrasing of his teachings; I only take credit for any mistakes that might be
included in my text.
This book would never have been written without the opportunities,
encouragement, and support provided to me by Carolyn Underwood, for-
mer President and CEO of Artecel Sciences (Durham, NC). I learned more
about business and leadership under stress from Carolyn than anyone else
I have worked with.
Finally, I owe my greatest thanks to Xiying and Jesse Wu, my wife and
son. Without their help, I would have taken an entirely different path dur-
ing this period of my career and never would have appreciated how much
you can learn from a six-year-old mind.