Full Name
Mark Smithyes
Job Title
National Practice Leader
Company
Delphic Research Group
Speaker Bio
Mark is known as a transformational leader drawing on his experience from a 30+ year career in Life Sciences. Currently, Mark leads the Life Sciences Practice at Delphic Research. His extensive career includes various senior leadership positions in pharmaceutical and medical device multinationals like Novartis and Alcon as well as founding, running, and exiting a successful life sciences start-up venture. In 2017, Mark founded Janus Life Sciences Consulting to help other entrepreneurs drive their business success, focusing on seed and early-stage fundraising, strategy, and commercialization.
Mark serves as an advisor for several funds and incubators including Genome Quebec, the Ontario Centre of Innovation, the University of Toronto’s SpinUp, Sunnybrook Research Institute’s Medventions, and Accelerating Clinical Trials Canada. He is on faculty at the University of Toronto’s Master of Biotechnology program and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Life Sciences Talent Accelerator. Mark is on the Board of Directors and is former Chair of Life Sciences Ontario. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and the Schulich School of Business.
Mark serves as an advisor for several funds and incubators including Genome Quebec, the Ontario Centre of Innovation, the University of Toronto’s SpinUp, Sunnybrook Research Institute’s Medventions, and Accelerating Clinical Trials Canada. He is on faculty at the University of Toronto’s Master of Biotechnology program and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Life Sciences Talent Accelerator. Mark is on the Board of Directors and is former Chair of Life Sciences Ontario. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and the Schulich School of Business.