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Alex joined Thomas, McNerney & Partners in 2002 and is currently a board member of Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Clarus Therapeutics, Inc., Tranzyme Pharma, Inc., and Quinnova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before joining the firm, he spent 11 years in the research department at Hambrecht & Quist (and its successor firms Chase H&Q and JPMorgan H&Q). During his tenure at H&Q, Alex led research teams covering the biotechnology, specialty pharmaceutical, large-cap pharmaceutical, drug delivery and diagnostic industries. He was the lead analyst on 10 book-running IPOs and 20 book-run secondary offerings, raising over $2 billion for health care companies. In 1997, Alex was named a Managing Director and began assuming management responsibilities for the health care research group and the firm's annual January conference. After the merger of Chase H&Q and JPMorgan, he became the firm's Health Care Strategist. Alex was named twice in The Wall Street Journal's All-Star Analysts Survey, including during his last year at JPMorgan when he placed in all three categories: stock picking (#1 in pharmaceuticals), earnings estimate accuracy (tied for #2), and 'home run' hitting (#8 across all industries). He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.