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        Ward Swift

        Entrepreneur in Residence Communications Director, New Venture Accelerator Management and Entrepreneurship

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        • BS, Marketing, Auburn University

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        Ward Swift has over 40 years of marketing & communications experience gained in both the corporate world and in his entrepreneurial ventures. Prior to the return to his alma mater as chief marketing officer, he held positions of increasing responsibility including founder and CEO of a leading healthcare communications firm, and vice president Global Commercial Development for one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies where he was tasked with the global oversight of all marketing initiatives as well as the evaluation of future markets, therapies, medical practices, and customer needs in North America, Europe, and Asia.

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