About Vanigent

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Leadership Team

Javan Collins

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Javan is the Chief Executive Officer of VANIGENT BioPharm and Chairman of the VANIGENT Corporation Board of Directors.

Javan brings unique executive expertise in leading commercial operations and clinical drug development at Eli Lilly and Company. He also has been a successful entrepreneur that has consistently demonstrated top business performance as a business owner and across marketing, sales, commercial operations, strategic planning, clinical drug development and business development. Javan has successfully launched products, turned around product performance, and led drug development through FDA Advisory Committee and global product approval.

Javan earned a B.S. in Pharmacy from University of Connecticut, and a M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Javan is married with two children and currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

Grady Grant, III

Executive Vice President / Partner

Grady has over 30 years experience in major pharmaceutical sales, sales operations, and marketing. He served as VP of sales for Eli Lilly and Company leading sales teams through multiple therapeutic markets, business reorganizations and key strategic partnerships. Following his tenure at Eli Lilly, he was VP of sales for Mead Johnson Nutrition, whose business model is a unique blend of strategy for medical and the consumer marketplace. Grady currently serves on the public board of Aptevo Therapeutics.

Grady is a graduate of Temple University School of Pharmacy, and has a General Management certification from Duke University’s Executive Education Program. He has completed training on Corporate Governance at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and has his NACD Directorship Certification.

Grady is married with two children and currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

Pierre-Alexandre Brault

Vice President Finance & Planning

Pierre-Alexandre brings over 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry coupled with 8 years of technology experience. He first gained broad experiences across the pharmaceutical value chain (from research to commercialization) during his tenure at Eli Lilly and Company. After a few years as a discovery Biochemist, he joined the Finance organization where he led the launch of several drugs and commercial partnerships. Interested by tech, he joined Asurion, where he stood up and led a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) team. Passionate about great customer experience, he brought his technical knowledge to design systems and protocols to incentivize internal stakeholders to deliver exceptional customer experiences. He then joined Amazon’s Digital and Devices division where he raised the bar on customer obsession by developing engaging protocols and mechanisms to delight the customer.

Pierre-Alexandre earned a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille, a M. Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Toledo and an MBA from the Kelly School of Business.

Pierre-Alexandre lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and two children.

Stan Braxton

Vice President Customer Engagement & Operations

Stan has over 30 years of experience leading and managing operations across major pharmaceutical companies to small start-ups, both as a consumer and supplier of services. He spent 25 years at AstraZeneca and TAP/Takeda, and then 9 years at Ashfield and IQVIA. Stan has a unique insight into designing and implementing solutions and capabilities tailored to company strategy and product lifecycle, utilizing both in-house and vendor-managed teams. His background and scope of responsibilities have spanned from operations (commercial and production) to business insights, business development and customer engagement, compliance, and logistics.

Stan is a graduate of Penn State University, State College, PA earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Logistics. He was recognized by PM360 as a 2020 Elite Award Winner in the Data Miner Category.

Stan is married with a child and a grandchild, and resides in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Deepika Phadke

Sr. Director – Commercial Operations

Deepika Phadke is an outcome-driven and accomplished sales and commercial operations leader with over 20+ years of experience in the Pharma & Bio-Tech industry. Most recently she was with Sage Therapeutics as Director – Sales Force Effectiveness, managing go-to-market strategies and broad range of technical and domain expertise in sales and commercial analytics work streams like incentive compensation, forecasting, brand planning and project management. Prior to that she was with UCB, Inc for 10+ years managing various strategic insights and Sales Operations positions. She also brings global industry experience working with Large Pharma & Life Sciences Organizations during her work with IQVIA.

Deepika received both her Bachelor of Science and MBA from Devi Ahilya University, India.

She resides in Alpharetta, GA with her husband and 2 amazing children.

Tyler Cowan

Vice President Business Development

Tyler has over 25 years of pharmaceutical industry and vendor services experience.  Tyler has held senior life science roles in sales, global marketing, payer/patient access, field sales leadership, business development, and M&A.  Tyler has led successful launches of over 40 brands across primary care and specialty to rare/orphan disease, specialty biologics and oncology. Tyler has led business development for multiple companies and created unique strategic partnerships.

Tyler was educated in Canada at Queen’s University at Kingston.

Tyler is the proud and engaged father of three children. He is an active USA Hockey coach and splits his time between homes in Doylestown, PA and Redwood City, CA.

Tameca Akum

Executive Director of Human Resources

Tameca is a seasoned HR leader with 25+ years of experience across pharmaceuticals (Bayer Healthcare, Novo Nordisk), insurance (MetLife), and technology (Commvault Systems, Wayfair). She has a proven track record of guiding businesses to align HR strategies with growth, culture, and employee needs. Throughout her career, she’s held various leadership roles, driving employee success in dynamic organizations. Her expertise extends to consulting work, where she specialized in strategic planning, leadership development, and driving culture transformation.

Tameca earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications with a Minor in Business Management from Kean University. She is a Certified Executive Coach and a Senior Certified HR Professional.

Tameca resides in Freehold, NJ with her husband and two children.

Goz Alhir

Vice President, Sales & Operations

Goz is a commercial executive with more than 25 years of extensive experience across the healthcare ecosystem. His expertise spans oncology diagnostics and therapeutics, precision medicine, and biopharma. He has held leadership roles at Lilly, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, NanoString Technologies, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Caris Life Sciences, and Strata Oncology. Goz has demonstrated his versatility as a commercial leader by successfully leading teams across diverse market segments to exceed sales and performance goals. He focuses on implementing a transformative approach for teams to concentrate on clear short- and long-term business growth by building a high-performing culture through focused planning while positioning organizations as critical strategic partners.

Goz earned his Bachelor of Science in Engineering with a Minor in Business from Michigan State University.

Goz is married with three children and resides in the greater Atlanta area.