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OUR TEAM
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:: Dr. Lawrence W. Greer,
Senior Managing Partner
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Larry Greer founded Greer Capital Advisors in September 2002 and directed the raise of the S.C.O.U.T. Healthcare Fund, LP as its General Partner. For the previous 13 years he acted as Director of Investments for Dunn Investment Company overseeing a broad range of equity investments and marketable securities portfolio. He was directly involved with management, operational oversight, strategic planning, capitalization events and negotiations regarding industry collaborations yielding significant results. Three portfolio companies completed initial public offerings, three were successfully acquired and the marketable securities portfolio returned well above the DJIA and S&P 500 for the same period while under his management. Prior to entering the investments field, Dr. Greer practiced Dentistry in Birmingham for 14 years. Dr. Greer serves on the Boards of many of the Fund’s portfolio companies in addition to the Biotechnology Association of Alabama and several start-up tech transfer companies. Dr. Greer received his MBA and DDS from Emory University and his BS from Tulane University.
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:: Jennifer E. King,
Managing Partner,
Business Development
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Jennifer King is a founding partner of Greer Capital with the firm since September 2002. She previously served as Executive Director of the Biotechnology Association of Alabama and spent 5 years as a Project Development Director for the Metropolitan Development Board, a privately-funded local industry recruitment agency. Prior to these two roles she worked in the City of Birmingham's Office of Economic Development. Jennifer currently serves on the board of the Birmingham Venture Club.
Jennifer holds an MPPM and BA from Birmingham-Southern College.
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:: Alan H. Dean
Managing Partner, Fund Operations
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Mr. Dean brings to Greer Capital Advisors more than 20 years experience in all aspects of technology transfer, in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors. Prior to joining GCA, Mr. Dean was Director of the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio's Office of Technology Transfer, where he played a prominent role in the formation of numerous successful technology companies, and in greatly elevating licensing productivity. One of the defining and lucrative financial deals brought together the inventor of the original vascular stent, Dr. Julio Palmaz, the University, and Johnson & Johnson to further commercialize a new generation of stents and other implants. Mr. Dean was also head of technology commercialization at Southern Research Institute, an institution known for its oncology drug discoveries, and led the team responsible for licensing Institute inventions and forming technology spin-offs. He co-founded the drug-delivery company, Southern BioSystems, Inc., which was later acquired by a public company. Mr. Dean has served in a director and advisory capacity on many corporate boards, a notable example being an advisor for GCA’s S.C.O.U.T. Fund. He has had extensive experience and responsibility for financing the growth of technology companies, including private placements and industrial development bonds, and has served in all management capacities at one time or another for various start-ups. Mr. Dean sits on the board of CardioSpectra, Inc., one of Scout Health Care Fund's portfolio companies as well as BioDtech, one of the Birmingham Technology Fund's portfolio companies. Mr. Dean’s educational background includes an MBA from the UAB and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Alabama.
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:: Lawrence W. Greer, Jr.
Associate, Legal
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Lawrence W. Greer Jr. joined Greer Capital in September of 2005 as a Legal Associate. Mr. Greer has a Bachelor of Arts in Managerial Economics from Hampden-SydneyCollege and a Juris Doctrate from the University of Alabama School of Law. He was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in October of 2005 and is member of The Birmingham Bar Association and Rotaract.
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:: Kerry S. Edwards
Managing Partner, Audit & Finance
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Prior to joining Greer Capital Advisors, LLC in October 2006, Ms. Edwards worked as a CPA at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in the field of auditing. During her five years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, she gained experience auditing many private and public companies, which included preparing and analyzing financial statements and other financial data as well as ensuring compliance with GAAP, SEC and Sarbanes Oxley standards. Ms. Edwards has a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Management and Accounting from Samford University and a Masters of Accounting from the University of Alabama. She has been an active member of the AICPA and the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants since 2001.
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