Consulting

Experienced leadership for complex scientific and government programs.

Roger K. Harris, Ph.D. brings more than three decades of research, management and business-development experience to organizations working where science, regulation, federal programs and commercialization meet.

Roger K. Harris, Ph.D.

Scientist. Program leader. Business executive.

Roger spent more than 30 years at MRIGlobal, ultimately serving at the vice-president level after a career spanning scientific research, program management, research operations and business development.

His work crossed diagnostics, medical countermeasures, product development, repository management, pharmaceutical programs and federal research. The value he brings today is not simply technical knowledge—it is the ability to understand the science, organize the work, communicate with decision-makers and move complicated programs toward an executable path.

30+Years in research & leadership
Ph.D.Organic Chemistry, Penn State
VPSenior leadership at MRIGlobal
FederalExtensive government-program experience

Where Roger adds value

Experience built in environments where the work has to stand up to scrutiny.

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Pharmaceutical & Product Development

Program strategy and operational guidance informed by years supporting pharmaceutical clients, drug development programs, formulation work, analytical programs and regulated studies.

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Biosciences & Applied Research

Practical leadership for organizations translating technical research into funded, staffed and executable programs—from analytical chemistry and biological research to multidisciplinary product-development work.

03

Government Programs & Contracting

Experience working in and around complex federal research programs, government customers, national-interest initiatives and the operational demands that come with highly accountable public-sector work.

04

Program & Organizational Leadership

Help for leaders who need to structure teams, clarify responsibilities, improve execution, evaluate opportunities or bring senior judgment to a technical program that has outgrown a purely scientific solution.

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Business Development & Strategic Growth

Senior perspective on opportunity development, technical positioning, customer needs and translating organizational capability into work that can be explained, scoped and pursued credibly.

Selected experience

A career spanning the laboratory, the program office and the executive table.

Scientific foundation

B.A. in Chemistry from Ithaca College and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University.

Regulated research

Served in study-director and principal analytical-investigator roles on work conducted under FDA GLP and EPA GLP standards.

Principal investigator

Principal Investigator experience on major long-running federal research programs, including work associated with the National Toxicology Program.

Federal program development

Helped develop programs involving agencies and institutes including the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Executive leadership

Held vice-president-level responsibilities at MRIGlobal, including leadership across research and business-development functions.

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The point of bringing in senior experience is not to receive another presentation. It is to make the next decision clearer and the work easier to execute.

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