FBLD 2008 Workshop Speakers

Rick Hammar

Mr. Hammar earned his undergraduate B.S. in American Studies with a minor in business management from Central Connecticut State University and attended the University of Connecticut's MBA program.

Mr. Hammar worked for 10 years as Manager of the Compound Management and Distribution Department for Bristol Myers Squibb. He was instrumental in reformatting the existing compound collections to support the advent of High Throughput Screening at BMS. He later oversaw the centralization of storage and distribution at the Wallingford site, supporting seven domestic and international research facilities and multiple collaborations. Mr. Hammar was the project manager for the BMS "Haystack" project, the installation and implementation of the world's largest Automated Storage and Retrieval System for research samples and the central piece of a $38 M capital project. He subsequently served as Director of Business Development and New Applications for four years at Tomtec, Inc., a global research instrumentation provider.

He joined ASDI Inc. in January 2003 and is responsible for developing ASDI's market depth and breadth in outsourced sample preparation service contracts. He played a key role in the launch of ASDI's reactive intermediate provision service business model, signing on 24 major pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients within the first 12 months. His 17 years of drug discovery sample preparation experience are essential to identifying viable outsourcing opportunities for potential clients, defining appropriate functional specifications, and liaising between client and ASDI project leaders to continually support the changing needs of research.