Lisa Kurek, M.S.,
Managing Partner
Ms. Kurek joined Ms. Mickey Katz-Pek as a Managing Partner at Biotechnology Business Consultants in 1997. She holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Biomedical Engineering. Ms. Kurek’s experience in the biomedical technology field is extensive. She spent 15 years in product development, sales, sales management, product management and business development within the industry. She has experience in large, publicly-held corporations as well as small entrepreneurial start-up companies.
From 1980 to 1982, Ms. Kurek was involved in medical device development as a product development engineer for Baxter. From 1983 to 1995, she held positions in research and development, worldwide marketing, product management and sales management for Millipore Corporation in Bedford, Massachusetts. Her activities included market research, technical feasibility studies of new technologies, worldwide product introductions and key account management.
In 1995, when the Biosearch Division of Millipore was sold to PerSeptive Biosystems, Ms. Kurek facilitated the transfer of sales and marketing functions to PerSeptive Biosystems and co-managed its North American sales. Later that year, Ms. Kurek became Vice President, Sales and Marketing, for Bio Image, a small entrepreneurial company. There she assisted in reestablishing the company as an entrepreneurial player in the worldwide market.
Ms. Kurek was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist in 2001.
