Dr. William Egan's Career Accomplishments

Updated June 23, 2024
Scientific/Management Career Summary
-Dr. Egan has 10 awards for his scientific/management work and his military service.
-His work at Novartis on predictive modeling of phototoxicity enabled the discovery of the drug Odomzo (sonidegib) for advanced skin cancer.
-Dr. Egan invented 2 highly successful, patented, commercial software products for drug discovery and semiconductor modeling that are still sold today.
-27 scientific publications and 4 patents in analytics, statistics, machine learning, and finance.
-Positions Held: Director, Senior Manager, Group Leader, Project Head, Team Leader.

Military Service Summary
-Captain, U.S. Army Reserve, Chemical Corps.
-The wartime missions of Chemical units are to defend against nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, provide smoke generation for maneuver concealment on the battlefield, and fight as mounted/mechanized infantry.
-11 years service. Mobilized & deployed overseas.
-Led troops six times: Detachment/Company Commander (3x), Company XO, Platoon Leader (2x)
-4 medals, 1 unit award, Honorable Discharge.
-4-year, full tuition Army ROTC Scholarship for college.