Cathy Gust

Dr. Gust has more than 20 years of experience leading teams through the development and commercialization processes in the biotech, pharmaceutical, and diagnostic industries. Her experience spans all phases of development (preclinical through launch) in both R&D and Manufacturing. Prior to joining VetDC, Dr. Gust worked at Amgen Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. Her accomplishments include leading the launch readiness team to introduce two devices into Amgen’s largest phase 3 clinical program, providing global program management for Amgen’s first small molecule, and building the Corporate Operations Global Program Management Office to deliver results for Manufacturing’s priority, cross-site, cross-functional programs. In addition to her experience at Amgen, Dr. Gust developed diagnostic immunoassays for infectious diseases at both Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (Johnson & Johnson) and Baxter Diagnostics (Baxter Healthcare Corporation). She holds a BS degree in Animal Science from Colorado State University, MS and PhD degrees in Reproductive Physiology from West Virginia University and did her post-doctoral work at Eli Lilly.