Sam Konduros named president and CEO of S.C. Biotechnology Industry Organization

Sam Konduros, a former executive director of Greenville Health System’s Research Development Corporation, was named on Monday as the new president and CEO of the S.C. Biotechnology Industry Organization.

SCBIO is a statewide, non-for-profit that represents and organizes innovators in medicine, medical devices and biomaterials.

Konduros is a currently a member of the SCBIO Board of Directors.

“I greatly appreciate the SCBIO board’s passion for serving and advancing South Carolina’s rapidly growing life sciences community and industry sector, and for their vote of confidence in my leadership capabilities for the organization going forward,“ Konduros said in a statement.

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Konduros, a business leader and biomedical and economic development consultant, is the founder of SK Strategies LLC, launched in 2004, and has led a number of state economic development efforts.

He was the founding president and CEO of the Upstate S.C. Alliance, and is a former chairman for the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and a former committee member of the S.C. Chamber of Commerce.

Konduros has a law degree from the University of South Carolina and an undergraduate degree from Clemson University. He is also a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma.

“Sam’s strengths in knowing the biotech sector and his deep experience in business and economic development were compelling,” Erin Ford, chair of SCBIO, said in a statement. “The board was won over by his vision for the growth of SCBIO.”