Daniel M. Skovronsky — Senior Vice President of Clinical and Product Development at Eli Lilly and Company

Dr. Daniel M. Skovronsky, also known as Dan, M.D., Ph.D., serves as Senior Vice President of Clinical and Product Development at Eli Lilly and Company. Dr. Skovronsky is responsible for developing the Lilly pipeline of molecules. He was the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President at Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Inc. Dr. Skovronsky founded Avid Radiopharmaceuticals in 2004. Prior to establishing the firm, he served as Scientific Director of High Throughput Screening and Drug Discovery at the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Skovronsky served as Vice President of Radiopharmaceutical Development at Theracor Pharmaceuticals. He served as a Member of Advisory Board of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., until October 21, 2015 and previously served as a Member of its Life Sciences Advisory Board. Dr. Skovronsky serves as a Director of Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. He has more than 20 peer-reviewed publications and two NIH-funded grants on Alzheimer's disease research. He is the recipient of numerous scientific and business awards and was named by the Philadelphia Business Journal as one of their Forty under Forty business leaders in the region. Dr. Skovronsky received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 Award in the Emerging Company category, which recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses. He trained as a resident in Pathology and completed a Fellowship in Neuropathology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Skovronsky received his MD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and did BS degree in Molecular Biochemistry at Yale University.