Katy McCowen

Katy McCowen has a diverse work experience spanning various industries. Katy currently holds the position of Manager Strategic Partnerships at Nursa since January 2023, where they are responsible for managing partnerships. Prior to this role, they worked as an Account Executive at Nursa from May 2022 to January 2023.

Previously, Katy served as the Director of Business Development at OPOTEK from March 2020 to May 2022. In this role, they were accountable for sales and marketing activities and collaborated with the President and Board of Directors to develop business strategies.

From 2013 to 2020, Katy worked as a Small Business Consultant at McCowen Small Business Consulting. During this time, they provided consulting services to small businesses.

Katy also has experience as the Chair of the Southern California chapter of Women in Bio from January 2019 to January 2020. In this role, they organized events and ran mentoring programs to promote careers, leadership, and entrepreneurship for women in the life sciences.

Additionally, Katy worked as a Business Development Coordinator at BioBlocks, Inc. from November 2018 to November 2019, and as a Life Sciences Investment Banking Advisor at Xnergy LLC from January 2017 to January 2018.

Earlier in their career, Katy worked as a Sales Representative at Rainin Instrument LLC from 2008 to 2011, conducting sales presentations and managing key accounts. Katy also held research positions as a Research Associate at Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from January 2006 to August 2008 and at Cardinal Health from March 2003 to January 2006. In these roles, they performed testing and collaborated on HPLC method development.

Katy's work experience started as a Lab Technician at Trinity Biotech from 2000 to 2003.

Katy McCowen obtained their Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Neurophysiology and a minor in Chemistry from Weber State University. Katy completed this degree between the years 1995 and 1999. Later, from 2017 to 2019, they pursued their Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at UC San Diego. However, the specific field of study for their MBA is not mentioned.