*********@*********.*** John Q.
Adams 775-***-**** ? 775-***-****
***** ******** **., ****, ** 89521
Pharmaceutical Operations Executive leveraging extensive retail, academic,
regulatory, and association background to startup, optimize, and guide
pharmacy and pharmaceutical development. Skilled in working with
personnel, stakeholders, clients, and executives at all levels.
Launched four specialty pharmacies from market analysis, design, and build-
out to opening
? Obtained licenses and permits, created policies and procedures, and
implemented a pharmacy computer system linking two student health and two
mental wellness facilities.
? Generated self-funding, self-operating operations, securing
"profit" in a not-for-profit university setting and ensuring "private
enterprise" environment as the most instructive for student benefit.
Served as President of a 46-state schools-and-prisons group-purchasing
organization
? Negotiated with national manufacturers and established bidding
auctions leveraging a massive purchasing bloc to save multiple-millions
of dollars sourcing medication.
? Guaranteed quality of product and coordinated optimal distribution.
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ? University of the Pacific, School of
Pharmacy
B.S. Chemistry ? San Jose State College
Membership Affiliations: American Pharmaceutical Assoc. (Treasurer) ?
American Medical Assoc.
Nevada Pharmacists Assoc. ? Nevada Society of Hospital Pharmacists
National Assocs. of Boards of Pharmacy
Professional Summary
Associate Professor ? University of Nevada, School of Medicine
2006 - 2007
? Supplemented traditional fundraising $100K by activating personal
donor network of professional and academic contacts, cold calling, and
cherry-picking relevant entrepreneurs and companies.
? Laid groundwork for new school of pharmacy, establishing curriculum
standards and building protocols according to the American Council on
Pharmacy Education requirements.
Director of Pharmacies ? University of Nevada, School of
Medicine 1992 - 2006
? Administrated $10M operating budget and led a 24-member staff in
the establishment and operation of niche pharmacies tailored to
population and demographic needs.
? Oversaw comprehensive pharmaceutical services to patients from
University of Nevada, Family Medical Center, and Mojave Mental Health
Centers as well as student health centers.
? Conducted classes spanning pharma-ethics and operations; obtained
herbalist license to deliver comparison courses between traditional and
alternative methodologies.
? Established formulary to drive best-price acquisition without
sacrificing medicinal benefits; coordinated purchasing, distribution, and
utilization of pharmaceutical supplies.
? Served as subject-matter expert on multiple medical-based
committees.
Pharmacy Coordinator ? Scolari's Food and Drug
Company Prior to 1992
? Oversaw five retail pharmacies, ensuring resource/staff allocation
in accordance to lean operations.
? Facilitated a prescription plan for a health maintenance
organization (HMO).
? Initiated and implemented a companywide computer system to multiply
efficiencies and streamline ordering.
Additional management roles in pharmacy retail and associations,
drug compounding, and veterinary pharmacology.
John Q. Adams Pharm. D., FASCP
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