Daniel Conlon has been promoted to senior director of business development at AMRI. In this newly created role, Mr. Conlon will lead AMRI's development and manufacturing services sales team for North America and will be responsible for assisting with the strategic direction for generating sales in the North American territory.
 
Prior to joining the company in 2010, Mr. Conlon spent eight years at Merck/Organon BioSciences serving as a sales representative and district trainer and district sales manager. He will report to Christopher Conway, vice president, business development, North America.
 
"Dan is a leader in the truest sense of the word," said Mr. Conway. "He has the proven ability to energize a team while setting the highest attainable standards. Dan's sales and management experience makes him ideal for this position."
 
"The strengthening of our Business Development team will help us build upon an already solid foundation for growth and will further enhance AMRI's strategic SMARTSOURCING™ approach," said Thomas D'Ambra, Ph.D., AMRI's chairman, president and chief executive officer. "We are very encouraged by the talented and motivated people on our team, and the prospects for continued growth in the future."