AIT Bioscience LLC

AIT Bioscience is a next generation CRO that delivers technology enabled research services to Pharma companies in one-third the time.

  • Stage Concept Only
  • Industry Other
  • Location Indianapolis, IN, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Website aitbioscience.com

Company Summary

Why start a new company in the highly competitive Contract Research Organization (CRO) industry? We seized an opportunity to build a next generation CRO from the ground up. In 2011, we opened a laboratory facility with ground breaking technology designed to help pharmaceutical and biotech clients bring new drugs to market. Our technology and processes enable us to deliver drug development research data to clients faster than any other CRO.

Team

  • Michael A. Evans
    Chief Executive Officer, Ph.D.

    Michael Evans, Ph.D., CEO – After founding AIT Laboratories and growing it to over $50M in revenues, he transferred ownership to employees in 2009 in an ESOP. In early 2012, he spun out AIT Bioscience (AITB) from AIT Labs where he is now focused on building a world class CRO. His career spans experience as a tenured professor, director, and university faculty member. He is a disabled US Army veteran and serves on many boards.

  • Ronald Shoup
    President, Chief Scientific Officer, PH.D.

    Ronald Shoup, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Co-Founder - Dr. Shoup has more than thirty years experience in contract research organization development. Before AIT, he served as CSO at Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (BASi) in West Lafayette, IN where he spent 15 years building a CRO facility. He has a Ph.D. in Chemistry and BS degrees in Chemistry and Mathematics (Phi Beta Kappa) from Purdue University.

  • Terry Spartz
    Chief Operating Officer

    Terry Spartz, Chief Operating Officer – Mr. Spartz has over twenty-five years of executive management experience in professional services with over twenty years of experience in Life Sciences. He has been a Founder, Partner, General Manager, and Vice President for international services firms. His experience includes executive operational and financial management for both start-ups and existing businesses with many hundreds of millions in caree

  • Emilio Cordova
    Senior VP, Business Development, Ph.D., MBA

    Emilio Cordova, Ph.D., MBA, SVP, Business Development - Dr. Cordova has more than 16 years of Sales and Marketing experience in the CRO industry. Prior to AIT Bioscience, he held positions of increasing responsibility with Bio analytical Systems, Inc. (BASI) and Worldwide Clinical Trials Drug Development Solutions. Early in his career, Dr. Cordova worked as a NIH Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University. He earned a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemi

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