Our Team
Rodney A. Ferguson, J.D., Ph.D.
Managing Director
Dr.
Ferguson is a co-founder of Panorama Capital, a venture capital firm
which spun off from JPMorgan Partners (JPMP) in July 2006, where he
focuses primarily on life sciences investments. He joined JPMP as a
Managing Director in their life sciences venture practice in 2001. From
1999 to 2001, Dr. Ferguson was a partner at InterWest Partners, a
venture capital firm, where he focused on life sciences investments.
Prior to InterWest, he held a variety of management positions over an
11-year career at Genentech, Inc., most recently as Senior Director of
Business and Corporate Development responsible for worldwide licensing
transactions for both technology and pharmaceutical products. Prior to
joining Genentech, Inc. in 1988, Dr. Ferguson was an associate with the
law firm McCutchen, Doyle, Brown, & Enersen (currently known as
Bingham McCutchen llp).Dr. Ferguson received a B.S. with honors in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois, a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University. Dr. Ferguson serves on the technology advisory board of The Economist, a variety of advisory boards in the life sciences industry, and two non-profit boards. In addition, he serves on the board of directors of several private life science companies.