John Shannon

Mr. Shannon currently serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer at Xeris Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Shannon has 30+ years of pharmaceutical and healthcare experience with a diverse background in sales, global and US marketing, operations and manufacturing, strategic planning, and business development.

Most recently, Mr. Shannon spent 2 years as Chief Executive Officer for Catheter Connections, Inc., a company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative vascular access products designed to protect patients from acquiring infections during intravenous infusion therapy. Catheter Connections, Inc. was acquired by Merit Medical in January 2016.

Mr. Shannon spent 10 years (2001–2011) at Baxter Healthcare where he was General Manager, Global Hemophilia and Global Commercial Excellence; General Manager, US Biopharmaceuticals; Vice President, Marketing US Bioscience; and Vice President, Marketing US Renal. During his time at Baxter, he led the commercialization and drove the growth of 2 Baxter brands, ADVATE® and GAMMAGARD®, both of which now exceed revenues of 1 billion dollars.

Mr. Shannon has a Bachelor of Science in Biology with an emphasis in Microbiology from Western Illinois University.