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Dori Pap: dori.pap@ile.gatech.edu
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MyersGeorgia Tech Alum Dan Myers is the co-founder of Alimera Sciences, Inc. and has served as its President and CEO since 2003. Under his leadership Alimera has raised Series A, Series B and Series C venture funding totaling approximately $106 million and went public in 2010 raising $72 million in additional capital. The company completed a $40 million round of financing in 2012 in preparation of the European launch of its lead product, ILUVIEN, which is indicated for the treatment of chronic Diabetic Macular Edema (DME). Alimera was the Georgia BIO “Deal of the Year” recipient in 2004, 2005, and 2012 as well as the Southeastern BIO “Strategic Deal of the Year” in 2010.
Prior to Alimera, Dan was a founding member of Novartis Ophthalmics (formerly CIBA Vision Ophthalmics) and served as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing and later as President from 1997 through 2002. Dan has 31 years of sales, marketing and general management experience in the ophthalmic pharmaceutical industry through tenures at Novartis, Allergan, and Johnson & Johnson. Dan has been a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Corporate Advisory Council, active in the Foundation Fighting Blindness and former Board Member of Prevent Blindness America. In addition, he has served on the Carter Foundation Board of Councilors in Atlanta and currently sits on the Board of Georgia BIO, Southeastern BIO. Dan has a degree in Industrial Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology and sits on the school’s Alexander-Tharpe Fund Board of Directors.
Myers will speak at Georgia Tech's IMPACT Speaker Series on Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
About the Impact Speaker Series:
Since 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from "building a venture around intellectual capital" to "successful entrepreneurship in large organizations" and "socially responsible leadership". The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders. The lecture series is sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship.
The series is free and open to the public, reservations are not required.
The Williams lecture is named in honor of Thomas R. Williams, a 1950 graduate of Georgia Tech. During his exceptional banking career, Mr. Williams guided First National Bank of Atlanta, from third place to first in metro Atlanta deposits, and eventually helped arrange a merger with Wachovia in 1985. He became chairman of the board of Wachovia, retiring in 1987.
More than a talented executive, Mr. Williams was an important civic leader, volunteering for many cultural and educational organizations. He served as president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the United Negro College Fund, among many other activities.
