Ernie has more than 40 years of financial and business experience in the pharmaceutical industry, serving as CFO for the last 13 years in both public and privately held healthcare companies. From 2013 to 2019, Ernie served as the CFO, Treasurer and Secretary for BioDelivery Sciences, a public, specialty pharmaceutical company. Ernie began his career with GlaxoSmithKline, where he spent 17 years in financial roles of increasing responsibility including U.S. Pharmaceuticals, where he was Group Controller responsible for sales of $3.5B. Ernie received his BA Degree from Lycoming College, his MBA in Finance at Saint Joseph’s University, and is a licensed CPA.