David Lester

Melbourne, Australia Australia

CEO at NIESM Pty Ltd

I have broad experience that began in academia for many years (Northwestern U., Harvard Medical School, Weizmann Institute, NIH). From there I worked several years at the FDA in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. I was on the science side and my final position was Senior Science Advisor for OPS/CDER. I also had experience in Science Policy while down in the DC area. I then went to the "dark side" and was Director of Clinical Technologies at Pharmacia. Upon acquisition by Pfizer, I became NY Site Head of Clinical Technology and Director of Pfizer Human Health Technologies. I worked at a small Molecular Diagnostics Company, Gene Express, and still maintain my consulting organizati...