Ted has 15+ years experience in for-profit and non-profit business management. Ted is Founder and Principal at West Monument Consulting LLC, a consulting firm which provides business management and planning services to organizations working in biotech as well as global health and development. Ted also served for 7+ years as a Business and R&D Director at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) where he helped build a global R&D program operating in 20+ countries. Before working at IAVI, Ted served as a Technology and Health Equity Analyst at Carnegie Capital a privately held investment firm. Ted has an MBA in Finance/ Marketing from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MPH in Global Health from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a BA (Honors) in History from Grinnell College.