John L. Leone, Senior Vice President

John Leone has been responsible for a broad range of research, information management, recruitment, candidate development, project execution, business development, and accounts management activity during his tenure with Michael E. Marion & Associates. Now more than 24 years with the firm, John has completed numerous recruiting assignments, including successful placements nationally and globally within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors spanning commercial, R&D, and corporate functions.

Before joining MEM, John served as the Managing Director of Cogent Financial Associates, a diversified commercial finance and business consulting organization with a primary focus on meeting the asset-based capital funding needs of small- to mid-sized businesses. His specialization lay in structuring cash flow-related financings for operating capital and other capital applications.

John also brings more than eight years of international business consultation experience from his time at Kline & Company, a prominent and widely recognized participant in industrial consulting categories. There, he was responsible for managing and growing a strategic consulting practice in the polymers, materials, and related chemical process industries.

John began his career at National Starch & Chemical Corporation, where he led a project group dedicated to the long-range development of innovative specialty chemical products, serving the paper, energy, and chemicals industries.

John holds an MBA with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from Lehigh University.