Christopher B Kelly

About Christopher B Kelly

I coach business leaders to help them think clearly about their business, their team and the market environment. Together, we put these and other puzzle pieces together to align their company for top line growth.My focus is on driving Growth companies to the next stage, combining corporate development, finance, and global operations expertise. A veteran of 70 acquisitions, venture investments and strategic transactions across medical devices, digital therapeutics, wearable tech, composite materials, diagnostics, IT, publishing, business services, drug discovery, SaaS, biotechnology, and more.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Deep Creek Pharma

   Jan 2025 — Present · Winston-Salem, NC, US

   Joined Deep Creek Pharma to advance the company to and through seed stage development. Deep Creek is a Wake Forest University School of Medicine spinout developing CF10, a next-generation fluoropyrimidine engineered for direct tumor-active metabolite formation. Our first indication is metastatic colon cancer, with additional indications in the pipeline.

Education

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  MBA

  1994 — 1996

• Villanova University

  BS, Accounting

  1982 — 1985

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Venture Capital
• Corporate Development
• Strategy
• Global Operations
• Corporate Finance
• Business Process
• Acquisition Integration
• Business Development
• Strategic Planning
• Leadership
• Strategic Partnerships
• Finance
• Crm
• Management
• Business Strategy
• Competitive Analysis
• Business Operations
• Start-Ups
• Product Development
• Executive Management
• Business Planning