Principals: Biographies

Layne E. Los, Ph.D.

Layne has 25 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Layne began his career at Bristol Myers in drug metabolism supporting IND and NDA submissions. He moved to Merck's preclinical development in 1984 until 1994. He developed a new Bioanalytical Lab based on a GC/MS program at AAI. Layne became the Vice President of Business Development for Huntington Drug Development operations in the US. In 2000 Layne started Apex Analytical, a contract sales organization. Layne and Gary founded NextGen Pharma Technologies, Inc. in 2001 through a joint venture of Apex and PDR. Layne received his BS from Cornell University and his PhD from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. contact: Layne Los

Virgil Gary Tye

Gary has over 30 years of experience in Pharmaceutical Development. Gary started with Abbott Laboratories in 1968. He left Abbott in 1971 to start Analytical Development Corporation, a contract bioanalytical/drug metabolism laboratory. In 1997 he started PHARM Development Resources, Inc. (PDR), a contract sales organization. Gary and Layne founded NextGen Pharma Technologies, Inc in 2001 through a joint venture of PDR and Apex Analytical. contact: Virgil Gary Tye

Judi Phillips

Office Manager and
Client Services Coordinator

Judi has over 20 years of experience in various aspects of Office Administration/Management. Some of her skills include customer service, financial, general office, project coordination, and creation of brochures, newsletters, and presentations.  She has worked in a variety of different industries, ranging from Advertising to Physician Recruiting.  Judi moved to Colorado Springs in 2003, and joined the NextGen Pharma Technologies, Inc. team to assist in the management of the office and to provide support to the sales staff and NextGen’s clients.  contact: Judi Phillips

Patty Evers,

Office Management/Sales Support

In her worldwide travels as a military spouse over the last 30 years, Patty has provided administrative support services in a variety of fields and countries.  After moving back to Colorado in 1987, she joined Analytical Development Corporation where she worked with Gary Tye for many years.  The team at NextGen is extremely pleased to have Patty on board to help us provide quality service to our clients.   contact: Patty Evers

Cheryl Hite

Project Manager/Rocky Mountain Regional Sales

Cheryl has over 20 years experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. She spent a number of years at the bench in clinical immunological research and product development management before moving to the business side of science eight years ago. Cheryl served as Commercial Manager of Degussa’s US cGMP oligotherapeutic facility and gave Eurogentec’s cGMP diagnostic oligonucleotide division its US business development presence. Her perspective on projects is a result of her experiences as a researcher and as a business development professional. She received her BS from Indiana University and her MS from the University of Colorado.  contact: Cheryl Hite