James is a distinguished, innovation-focused Biotechnology Executive with 25+ year portfolio of success driving operations, business development, capital fundraising, intellectual property (IP), commercialization, and strategic planning across the life sciences & biotechnology sectors. He has extensive expertise in early stage oncology therapeutic and diagnostic ventures, including the fields of predictive/companion molecular diagnostics, proteomics and genomics, and development of novel cancer therapeutics. He most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Allarity Therapeutics, Inc., and, during his 10 year tenure with the company, previously served as its Chief Business Officer and SVP of Corporate Development. Earlier in his career, he co-founded and led Paradigm Oncology, Inc. and Halcyon Diagnostics, Inc., both focused on development of oncology predictive diagnostics, and prior to that served as Director of Business Development at Enzymatics, Inc., and Chief Counsel at Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. James started his professional career as a bench biochemist conducting viral/diagnostic research at both Chiron Corporation and the J. David Gladstone Institutes. He is a registered patent attorney and studied toxicology at the Colorado State University at Ft. Collins and biochemistry at the University of California at Davis.