Frank Koegler

About Frank Koegler

A widely experienced, successful and respected scientist, people manager, manager of managers, director, portfolio manager and organization leader/builder in both drug discovery & development with an emphasis on obesity research, neuroscience, safety/toxicology (including regulatory environments). Having a passionate, career-long experience in obesity research and drug discovery as well as toxicology. Leadership and organizational savvy as related to building and maintaining efficiency, diversity and excellence within scientific organizations that have cross-functional relationships and shared resources. Maintains outstanding rapport to parallel and orthogonal functions, and from peer level, to SVP level, to research technician level. A seasoned, successful, well-respected leader with a keen ability to set strategic direction while integrating the need for rapid business success with individual staff needs to create a productive, positive culture with excellent staff morale and productivity. Excellent communicator who relates to all levels of staff- whether scientific, technical and business/operations/commercial within an organization, as well as investors and lay persons.Skilled and experienced in all aforementioned scientific expertise, experimental design, rigor, analysis, interpretation and reporting (written and oral), regulatory documents, asset evaluation/diligence and executive decision making.

Experience

1. Scientific Director

   Amgen

   Sep 2023 — Present · Thousand Oaks, CA, US

Education

• University of Washington

  BS, Psychology

  1985 — 1990

• Washington State University

  PhD, Neuroscience

  1990 — 1996

Skills

• Project Planning
• Clinical Development
• Life Sciences
• Immunology
• Assay Development
• In Vitro
• Glp
• Management
• Regulatory Submissions
• In Vivo
• Leadership
• Toxicology
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Pharmacokinetics
• Drug Discovery
• Biotechnology
• CRO
• Research
• Drug Development
• Biopharmaceuticals
• Lifesciences