A venture capital firm which spun off from JPMorgan Partners (JPMP 2006) , where he focuses primarily on life sciences investments. From 1999 to 2001, Ferguson was a partner at InterWest Partners, where he focused on life sciences investments. Prior to InterWest, he held a variety of management positions over an 11-year career at Genentech, Inc., most recently as Senior Director of Business and Corporate Development. He received a B.S. with honors in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois, a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University. Dr. Ferguson serves on the technology advisory board of The Economist, and a variety of advisory boards.
