Randall B Riggs
Randall B Riggs
President & Chief Executive Officer
Board Member
Randall B. Riggs obtained his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and received an M.B.A. in Management and Finance (cum laude) from the University of Houston. He began his career at Eli Lily & Company and later became Sr. VP for corporate development at Lexicon Pharmaceuticals. As a member of the Executive management team, he was intimately involved in raising $220 million for an initial IPO. He served as the Sr. Vice President of Corp Development for Biocryst Pharmaceuticals and was responsible for approximately $1 billion in strategic partnerships. From October 2007 to January 2017, he was president and CEO of Advanced Cancer Therapeutics (ACT), where he created the infrastructure, in-licensed several novel anti-cancer products and raised capital. He organized a successful Phase I trial for their small molecule anticancer drug and then joined Gibson Oncology as President and Chief Executive Officer.