Carrie has over 20 years of clinical drug development experience, including roles of increased responsibilities at small biotech as well as large pharmaceutical companies. Prior to joining X4, Carrie was Vice President Global Clinical Operations at TESARO and subsequently Vice President Global Clinical Sciences and Delivery, Oncology, after the acquisition of TESARO by GSK. Prior to joining TESARO, Carrie held positions at Kura, EMD Serono, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, and Pfizer. Through her tenure, she has held various leadership positions responsible for worldwide clinical development, and has previously built development operations functions from scratch. She has led groups of 125+ associates spanning clinical operations, data management, biostats and programming, vendor management, site management and monitoring, contracting, and TMF management. Carrie has an MBA from Boston University and a BS, with Highest Distinction, in Nursing from the University of Rhode Island.
Fun Facts about Carrie:
She is a die-hard NE Patriots fan, a huge basketball fan – both professional and college basketball, and last, but not least, she is the biggest U2 fan you’ll ever meet. She has met Bono and The Edge when she was in high school and still has the Bono signed concert t-shirt to prove it!
She is happily married (to David Melvin) and is the mother of two; her son, Jack, is in his sophomore year at WPI and is busy studying Biomedical Engineering and playing basketball as part of the WPI basketball team; her daughter, Haley, is in her Senior year of High School and is a Captain of the Varsity basketball team. She also has two rescue dogs – Thunder (male) and Lightning (female) who both keep the family busy and entertained.