Whaleback Consulting

Program management and commercialization support for life sciences organizations, from discovery to market.

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Services

Many life sciences organizations, from academic labs to growing biopharma companies, have limited internal bandwidth for pursuing their objectives. Whaleback provides the support that your team needs to accelerate the next steps of your development program.

  • Program and project management

    Planning, timelines, milestone tracking, and coordination across teams and partner organizations for research, translational, and manufacturing programs.

  • Market and competitive analysis

    Market sizing and competitive landscapes that inform positioning, partnering, licensing, and fundraising decisions.

  • Commercialization and translation strategy

    Practical pathways for moving discoveries from the lab toward the clinic and the market, whether through a spinout, a license, or a partnership.

  • Technology transfer

    Coordinating the people, agreements, documents, and timelines that move technologies and processes between organizations, from research institutions to manufacturing partners.

  • Federal award management

    Statements of Work, subaward oversight, and sponsor reporting for federally funded programs.

Jacob Miller

Jacob Miller

Founder & Principal Consultant

Jacob Miller has spent his career focused on one of the biggest challenges in the life sciences: moving promising science out of the laboratory and toward patients and the market. His experience spans regenerative medicine, biotechnology, regulatory strategy, clinical research, federal program management, and commercialization.

He worked on bioreactor development and bioengineered therapeutics at Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, supported biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies at Complya, conducted oncology clinical research at Hartford HealthCare, and coordinated CMS quality measure development at Yale's Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. Most recently, he ran a regenerative medicine commercialization program and managed a federally funded portfolio of novel biomanufacturing technology projects at the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI), working across a national network of academic and industry partners.

At Whaleback, Jacob works directly with every client, bringing structure to their programs and helping them build the strategies and partnerships needed to move their technologies forward. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds an MS in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Connecticut and a BA in Chemistry from the College of the Holy Cross.

Named for the lighthouse that guides ships into Portsmouth Harbor, Whaleback is based on the New Hampshire Seacoast and works with clients nationwide.

Let's talk about your program.

Whether you need help with a single question, a defined project, or ongoing support, I would love to discuss what fits best for your organization.

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