Boyden Global Executive Search Names Steve Kane to Start Life Sciences Practice.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2003 Steve Kane has joined the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden office of Boyden Global Executive Search as managing director of the firm's new Life Sciences search practice. Fred Greene, chairman of the international firm and head of Boyden's San Francisco office, announced the appointment and said: "The first biotech companies began in the Bay Area and the region has taken a leading position in the development of the Life Sciences for nearly 25 years. This continues to be a growth area, with more than 700 companies and a workforce of 80,000 in the Bay Area alone. Steve's practice will focus on biotech and medical device companies, though he will serve other healthcare and life science areas as well." Kane, 54, has 25 years experience holding senior positions in health care and life sciences. For 15 years, he served as vice president of human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and then corporate affairs at Baxter International Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX), is a global healthcare company with 48,000 employees and 2006 sales of US$10.4 billion. Its headquarters is in Deerfield, Illinois. . Previous to that Kane directed employee relations at American Hospital Supply Corporation. Most recently he was a corporate officer at Neoforma Inc., an e-commerce healthcare supply chain firm in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. . Kane graduated from Cornell with a BS and MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration and earned a JD from the University of Akron Enrollment in fall 2006 was 23,539 students.[1] The school offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees [2] and 100 graduate degrees [3]. The University's best-known program is its College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, which is located in a . Boyden's San Francisco office serves clients across a wide variety of industries throughout California and the Pacific Northwest. The office houses Boyden's global practices in technology and human resources and offers additional search specialization in boards of directors, financial services, consumer products, telecommunications and the not-for-profit sector. Boyden was founded in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of in 1946 based on core values of quality, ethics and personal service. Today it operates as a retained search firm with more than 300 consultants in 64 offices in 41 countries. Editor: Digital photo available from mike.brown@brownandraleigh.com |
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