Joseph Cooper

Joe Cooper brings a wealth of experience in building specialty pharmaceutical companies through a combination of organic growth and acquisition. A broadly experienced general manager, he has executive leadership experience in business development, corporate strategy, technology assessment and new product planning, corporate partnerships, clinical research, product development, supply chain and investor relations. He currently serves a Chief of Strategy and Corporate Development for Resonea, Inc. and as Principal for Boulder Cove, LC. Previously he has held a series of general management, operational and strategic roles within pharmaceutical companies including serving 15 years as Executive Vice President of Corporate and Product Development with Medicis Pharmaceutical (MRX)

Joe actively leads and supports community and philanthropic concerns. He is a founding board member of First Place AZ, a newly formed nonprofit dedicated to developing new housing options for adults with autism and related disorders and has served Vice Chair for the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC).

Joe holds an MBA from the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University He currently serves on the Board of Quoin Pharmaceuticals and Sonoran Biosciences, past Board of Directors for Bioenvision (BIVN) and past Board observer for several specialty pharmaceutical companies.