Leadership

Mr. Sternberg has more than 25 years of experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, with commercial experience across a wide range of therapeutic areas in diverse markets. Prior to joining Corium, he served a dual role at Shire Plc as the Head of U.S. Commercial for seven therapeutic area business units, as well as the Chief Commercial Officer/Head of the Neuroscience Division, before the acquisition of Shire by Takeda Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited. During the course of his career, he has had direct responsibility for the launch and commercialization of more than twenty products.
 
Before joining Shire in 2013, Mr. Sternberg served as Vice President & General Manager of U.S. and Canada Pharmaceuticals at Bausch & Lomb. Prior to that, Mr. Sternberg held various roles at Novartis Ophthalmics, Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Merck & Co., Inc.
 
Hallmarks of Mr. Sternberg’s business style and success are his unrelenting focus on exceeding the needs of customers and bringing out the optimal performance in his teams. Mr. Sternberg serves on the Board of Directors for BIO, MBR (Massachusetts Business Roundtable) and the Ophthalmology Innovation Summit. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Animal Bioscience from Pennsylvania State University.

Mr. Arsulowicz is the Vice President, Operations for Corium’s Grand Rapids, Michigan site. Dan has more than 15 years of experience and management in Engineering and R&D development and operations in the pharmaceutical, medical device and OTC fields. He has led his teams through successful regulatory filings and approvals, as well as commercial scale-up of multiple transdermal, medical device and oral healthcare products. Prior to joining Corium in April 2002, Dan held R&D and operations roles at Amway Corporation; where he was responsible for process development, scale-up, continuous improvement programs and general operational support for various products. Dan received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from Grand Valley State University.

Ms. Dickerson reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer, working closely with the CFO and the Vice President of R&D on business and financing matters. She has over 15 years of investment banking experience, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, high yield financing, arbitrage, numerous divestitures and general corporate finance. Ms. Dickerson began her career at Salomon Brothers Inc in the High Yield finance group, leaving to become the director of M&A of Great Pacific Capital, the merchant banking arm of the Jim Pattison Group, where she also managed their US portfolio of companies. Ms. Dickerson also led and executed several specific divestitures for a private family company before returning to J.P. Morgan & Co in 1999, where she managed the private banking relationships and a large investment portfolio for high net worth individuals consisting of Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists. She has been with Corium since 2003. Ms. Dickerson has an A.B. in International Relations and an A.B. in Economics from Stanford University.

Mr. Miller brings nearly 30 years of finance experience, including working in the biopharmaceutical industry supporting commercial activities and US and international launches. Prior to joining Corium, Mr. Miller served as the Head of Finance for Global Commercial and Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) at Shire Plc. During his 15 years at Shire, he had responsibility for internal audit, finance operations and shared services, business partnering/FP&A and served as interim CFO for the first quarter of 2018. He started his career at KPMG and during his 8 years at the firm had roles of increasing responsibility in the assurance practice. Mr. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from LaSalle University and a master’s degree in Finance from Drexel University.

Mr. Neeley has more than 30 years of experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, with commercial and government markets experience across a wide range of therapeutic areas in global markets. Prior to joining Corium, Mr. Neeley was with Shire Plc where he served in various roles, most recently as the Head of Market Access and U.S. Pricing and before that as Head of Global Market Access. During his 17+ years at Shire, he had responsibility for market access, US government pricing and reporting, managed markets, government payor channel, and distribution. He has extensive product launch experience and has spearheaded several large-scale market access strategic initiatives which resulted in increased efficiency and multimillion-dollar cost savings. Before joining Shire, Mr. Neeley was a managing partner and co-founder at Viking Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Prior to that, he spent time at Astra Pharmaceuticals and Boots Pharmaceuticals in various roles of increasing responsibility in managed markets, marketing and sales. Mr. Neeley holds a bachelor’s degree in Business from Palm Beach Atlantic University and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University.

As the Head of the Alzheimer’s Business Unit, Mr. Price is responsible for sales, marketing and commercial operations at Corium. He brings nearly 30 years of experience in biotech, pharmaceutical and healthcare marketing with broad expertise in brand strategy, marketing, sales, lifecycle management, market research and commercial operations. Mr. Price most recently served as the Executive Vice President, Client Services at RevHealth, a full-service healthcare marketing agency that specializes in pharmaceutical and healthcare strategy, marketing, advertising, and education. Prior to that, he was the General Manager of Portugal at Abbott Laboratories with responsibility for several therapeutic areas and the growth of numerous brands, including Humira^® and Kaletra^®. Earlier in his career, Mr. Price held roles of increasing responsibility and leadership in the U.S. at Abbott Laboratories and GlaxoSmithKline plc. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Psychology from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in Management from Northwestern University.

Dr. Singh is the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Research and Development at Corium. He has over 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and drug delivery industries. He has held R&D and senior management positions at Ciba-Geigy, Novartis, Vyteris and Corium. He has led the development of several novel passive and active transdermal technology platforms, which resulted in commercialization of a number of transdermal and oral healthcare products. Dr. Singh has over 40 publications in peer reviewed journals and over 25 issued and pending patents. He holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of Queensland, Australia and a Post-Doctoral fellowship from the University of California at San Francisco. He is a member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and the Controlled Release Society.

Ms. Spaeth has more than 14 years of experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, with broad HR expertise including organizational design, change management, talent development, employee engagement and leadership coaching. Prior to joining Corium, Ms. Spaeth served as the Head of HR for R&D, Technical Operations and Corporate Functions at Sage Therapeutics, where she was responsible for evolving the organizational structure and implementing the processes to transition from a Clinical R&D organization to a commercial product company. Before joining Sage, Ms. Spaeth served as the Head of HR for US Commercial at Shire Plc. Prior to that, she held various roles of increasing responsibility at Shire Plc, including HR business partner, compensation manager, and change management consultant. In 2018, Ms. Spaeth was recognized by the Healthcare Business Women’s Association as a Rising Star. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a master’s degree in Human Resources from Suffolk University.

Mr. Sweemer has over 40 years of experience as a chief financial officer and working for a Big Four accounting firm. He started his career with KPMG, working with clients in various industries and with considerable experience in M&A transactions and public financings. He then transitioned into senior financial roles with several companies and in various industries, including capital equipment and custom apparel manufacturing. Prior to joining Corium, Mr. Sweemer spent 12 years as Chief Financial Officer for a high tech electronics company, which was a venture capital funded spin-off of a large international company. He holds a B.B.A. degree in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, graduating Magna Cum Laude. He is a CPA and a CGMA.