1. THE BUSINESS OF SCIENCE: FROM IDEA TO MARKET CHEMSEM NEWS 3, Fall 2010 THE BUSINESS OF SCIENCE: FROM IDEA TO MARKET ROBERT H DeWIT President & CEO Southwest Michigan Innovation Center 4717 Campus Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5602 http://www.kazoosmic.com/ ANDREWS UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY AMPHITHEATER ( Thursday, September 16, 4:30 pm ) ANDREWS UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY AMPHITHEATER ( Thursday, September 16, 4:30 pm ) Robert H DeWit was born and raised in Grand Rapids, MI, matriculating from Calvin College with a BS Degree in 1976. Subsequently, DeWit received his PhD in Toxicology from The University of Michigan. Upon completion of his PhD, DeWit joined Warner-Lambert/Parke Davis in Ann Arbor. DeWit joined The Upjohn Company in 1988 and served the legacy companies in a variety of roles until retiring from Pfizer in 2008 as the R&D Site Lead in Kalamazoo. During his 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry Rob served in a wide variety of roles in Kalamazoo, Japan and the UK. In addition to his continuous association with drug safety activities, DeWit lead a complete preclinical laboratory in Japan for two years, spent a significant amount of time participating in global acquisition team work, and he represented safety interests for consumer health care, manufacturing quality assurance teams and the animal health divisions of the various companies. Most recently Rob spent time assisting with research and leadership functions in the UK while providing oversight to the completion of the human health research in Kalamazoo. After leaving Pfizer, Rob agreed to serve as the President and CEO of the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, a business incubator/accelerator for life science companies, which has been in operation since 2003. Rob and his wife Joanne have three children. When time allows Rob enjoys fishing and playing at golf. Robert H DeWit was born and raised in Grand Rapids, MI, matriculating from Calvin College with a BS Degree in 1976. Subsequently, DeWit received his PhD in Toxicology from The University of Michigan. Upon completion of his PhD, DeWit joined Warner-Lambert/Parke Davis in Ann Arbor. DeWit joined The Upjohn Company in 1988 and served the legacy companies in a variety of roles until retiring from Pfizer in 2008 as the R&D Site Lead in Kalamazoo. During his 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry Rob served in a wide variety of roles in Kalamazoo, Japan and the UK. In addition to his continuous association with drug safety activities, DeWit lead a complete preclinical laboratory in Japan for two years, spent a significant amount of time participating in global acquisition team work, and he represented safety interests for consumer health care, manufacturing quality assurance teams and the animal health divisions of the various companies. Most recently Rob spent time assisting with research and leadership functions in the UK while providing oversight to the completion of the human health research in Kalamazoo. After leaving Pfizer, Rob agreed to serve as the President and CEO of the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, a business incubator/accelerator for life science companies, which has been in operation since 2003. Rob and his wife Joanne have three children. When time allows Rob enjoys fishing and playing at golf.