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Fred joined the Upjohn Company in 1974 as a research associate in Central Nervous System Diseases Research, and was given responsibility for worldwide R&D Facilities Planning in 1982. Responsibility for additional research services were added over time, which included Environmental Health and Safety, Lab Radiation Support, Lab Instrument Support, Research Stores and Logistics, and the Research Technical Library, becoming Director of Research Services in 1996. Fred led the reorganization and consolidation of services across all businesses in the Kalamazoo Region as Senior Director/ Leader, Site Services, beginning in 2000. This added regional responsibility for Security, the Fire Station and Emergency Planning, Trucking and Transportation, Shipping and Receiving, Site Contracted Services, Office Facilities Planning, and Business Services. Following the acquisition of Pharmacia by Pfizer, Fred began a one year assignment to de-evolve the regional service organization and redesign individual service organizations within each of the businesses in Kalamazoo, and a second one-year assignment to assist R&D in developing and implementing a revised research facility master plan.
Fred earned a Master of Science degree in Physiology and Pharmacology from Iowa State University, in Ames Iowa.
Fred has been married for 33 years and has two children. He is an avid sportsman who enjoys bicycling, racing sailboats, tennis, soccer, and snow skiing, and finds relaxation in reading and puttering in his vegetable garden.
Sandra Cochrane has been with the Southwest Michigan Innovation
Center from its inception. Having led the incubation project
from feasibility assessment to facility design and through
physical construction, she is intimately knowledgeable of
the building and all the services required in a successful
incubator. With an education and professional background in
business, she is well qualified to assist the companies in
the Innovation Center with their business needs. Having worked
in many different fields, including education, healthcare,
manufacturing, and economic development, Sandra’s diverse
career experiences have gained her familiarity with the multiple
aspects of business-life with which incubating companies wrestle.
Sandra earned a BA and an MBA from Michigan State University.
She lives with her husband and two children in Mattawan, Michigan. |
