Expert executive consulting for emerging biotech companies

Services

  • Accelerate your growth or quickly fill gaps with an experienced CEO who can jump right in and add value, making sure the strategy and operating plans are robust, and that the critical work gets done right.

  • Strategic advice for biotechs in the preclinical through pivotal stages of drug development, with expertise in biologics and small molecules.

  • Leveraging many years of board experience as well as NACD certification, I can help you build or improve your biotech board with a focus on effectiveness.

  • I can help new biotech CEO’s set up their priorities and practices for success. Focus on what matters most and use your energy effectively.

  • Access my operational tools and best practices for starting a biotech company from scratch.

Rebecca Velez Frey, Pharm.D., NACD.DC

Founder, Vela Bio LLC

I have spent my whole career developing transformative products and building strong companies. I love working with ambitious and creative teams.

  • Experienced CEO of a venture-backed biotech built from the ground up

  • Built additional startups from the ground up as COO and head of operations

  • Member of two private company boards; experience serving as board liaison and Chief of Staff at a large cap public biotech company (Alexion Pharmaceuticals, now part of Astra Zeneca)

  • Certified board director by the National Association of Corporate Directors

  • Extensive hands-on experience with drug development from discovery to phase III; regulatory strategy and interactions; corporate affairs; M&A; CMC; program management, financial management, clinical operations, commercialization and medical affairs

  • Pragmatic approach to strategy with a focus on effectively bridging to tactical plans

Why “Vela” (VEE-la)

While “Vela” has many roots, such as being the name of a constellation in the southern hemisphere that is shaped like a sail, and being a Latin word for “sail”, I chose the name Vela because it is the Germanic root of my family name, Velez. Originating in Spain and carried to the Caribbean, it has many protective meanings such as “vigilance” and “guard”.

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