Dr. Christopher M Palatucci

biography

Dr. Chris Palatucci is the founder of Palatucci Executive Search, LLC., a rapidly growing executive search firm focused on C-level assignments in the Life Sciences and Cleantech industries. He was previously the Life Sciences Practice Leader at Polachi, a leading executive search firm. He also held senior management roles at Interleukin Genetics, and the Athena Diagnostics division of Elan Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Palatucci also conducted strategic analysis on a wide range of therapeutic products in multiple disease areas for biotech and pharma clients at Kendall Strategies / Feinstein Partners. Chris received his undergraduate degree (Biology and Computer Science) from the University of Rochester and his PhD in neuroscience at Clark University. He also conducted pre- and post-doctoral research on the vertebrate olfactory system at the Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research. Chris’s executive search experience has been cited in leading publications such as The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, CIO Magazine, and Mass High Tech. Dr. Palatucci is a founding board member of The Bioscience Network, and serves on Program Central at the MedDev Group.