Steve Satek has more than 30 years of experience in the clinical research industry. He began his career as a bench researcher at the Northwestern University Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center. Since that time, he has held senior leadership positions at the Chicago Center for Clinical Research, Radiant Research, Cognitive Drug Research, and Forenap Pharma, where he specialized in the design, implementation, and management of central nervous system, Alzheimer’s disease, and clinical pharmacology research programs.
He is currently the Executive Vice President of Flourish’s Chicago sites, which he founded as Great Lakes Clinical Trials in 2013. Steve offers a diverse and thorough knowledge of clinical trial operations and finances, which has been presented at over 300 meeting and events. In addition, he has personally project managed and/or coordinated over 150 clinical trials.
Steve holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in Molecular Biology and in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an Executive MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.