WHO WE ARE
40 Years of Connecting Life Sciences
Life Science Connect combines trusted communities, credible content, and audience insight to help brands reach the right professionals and drive growth across life sciences and environmental markets.
A team built from inside the industry.
Our team brings experience from across life sciences and B2B publishing, with backgrounds spanning manufacturing, clinical operations, business development, content, and audience strategy.
That perspective gives Life Science Connect a different point of view. We understand both the professionals our communities serve and the goals our partners are trying to achieve.
That’s what makes Life Science Connect more than a publisher. It’s what makes us an informed, effective partner.
Leadership Team
Meet the leaders guiding Life Science Connect’s strategy, communities, products, events, and client partnerships.
Jon Howland
Chief Executive Officer
Jon Howland is a longtime B2B media executive with deep experience building businesses that connect specialized professional audiences with the information, ideas, and partners that move industries forward. As CEO of Life Science Connect, he leads the company’s strategic direction, growth, and continued evolution as a trusted commercial and community platform for the life sciences.
Tom Roberts
President
Tom Roberts brings decades of B2B publishing and media experience to Life Science Connect. A longtime leader within the organization, he has helped shape its commercial approach, strategic thinking, and buyer-focused methodology. His work has played an important role in how Life Science Connect aligns audience insight, thought leadership, and business value.
Tony Cannon
Chief Financial Officer
Tony Cannon is a finance executive with more than 20 years of experience across digital marketing and advertising services. As CFO of Life Science Connect, he brings a disciplined, growth-minded approach to financial planning, forecasting, and operations, helping guide strategic decision-making and support the company’s continued growth and performance.
Kyle Turner
Chief Growth Officer
Kyle Turner is a growth leader focused on go-to-market strategy, commercial performance, and scalable business systems. As Chief Growth Officer at Life Science Connect, he leads growth planning across sales strategy, market development, and commercial operations, helping connect audience engagement, business development, and measurable outcomes across the organization.
Will Rompala
Chief Technology Officer
Will Rompala leads Life Science Connect’s technology strategy, focusing on the systems and infrastructure that power its digital products, data capabilities, and audience experiences. As CTO, he brings a practical, forward-looking approach to technology leadership, helping the company scale its platform and strengthen the connection between product innovation and business growth.
Andy Briney
Chief Product Officer
Andy Briney brings more than 15 years of experience in product management, marketing, and business strategy. At Life Science Connect, he helps shape product direction and market alignment, with a focus on building solutions that translate audience insight, engagement data, and commercial needs into smarter tools, stronger positioning, and greater customer value.
Bill King
SVP, Client Success
Bill King leads client success at Life Science Connect, overseeing the teams responsible for digital content management, digital events, and project execution. He brings a strong focus on operational efficiency, cross-functional coordination, and client delivery, helping ensure programs scale effectively while maintaining the quality, responsiveness, and partnership clients expect from Life Science Connect.
Matthew Pillar
VP, Editorial & Content
Matthew Pillar leads editorial and content strategy with a focus on thoughtful, peer-driven multimedia content for the life sciences industry. His work reflects a strong commitment to high-value editorial that helps specialized audiences stay informed, learn from one another, and engage with the ideas, challenges, and innovations shaping the future of the industry.
Ken Pasko
VP, Human Resources
Ken Pasko brings a broad operational background to his role in human resources, with experience spanning operations, editorial, and people leadership. At Life Science Connect, he helps support the company’s growth through recruiting, culture, and employee experience, working to build an environment where teams can thrive and the business can continue to grow.
Jim Pomager
VP, Community Success
Jim Pomager helps shape how expert insight is brought into the Life Science Connect network. His work centers on building relationships with contributors and subject matter experts across the life sciences, helping create thought leadership content that shares practical knowledge, supports professional audiences, and strengthens the value of Life Science Connect’s communities.
Sandy Voss
SVP, LSC Events
Sandy Voss is an executive leader focused on organizational growth, strategy, and performance. At Life Science Connect, she leads the continued development of the company’s live events business, helping expand how its professional communities come together through in-person experiences that deepen engagement, strengthen relationships, and extend the value of the company’s digital platform.
Chris Kilbee
SVP, LSC Events
Chris Kilbee is a global B2B media and events executive with deep experience leading commercial growth, P&L strategy, and large-scale portfolios across international markets. As co-founder of Life Science Networks and PharmaSource, he has helped build media and event brands focused on biopharma outsourcing and external manufacturing. At Life Science Connect, he supports the continued growth of these communities and their integration into LSC’s broader platform.
Luke Bilton
SVP, LSC Events
Luke Bilton is a digital media and events leader with experience building communities, content platforms, and growth-focused products for B2B audiences. He is co-founder of PharmaSource, CDMO Live, and External Manufacturing Leaders, bringing together biopharma outsourcing professionals through media, events, and executive forums. At Life Science Connect, he helps expand the company’s event and community strategy around high-value biopharma outsourcing audiences.
Kristen Errera
Director, Client Success
Kristen Errera, PMP, leads client success with a focus on strong execution, partnership, and program alignment. She brings a thoughtful, process-driven approach to helping teams move from strategy to delivery, ensuring Life Science Connect programs are coordinated effectively, optimized over time, and designed to support meaningful results for clients and internal stakeholders.
Erin Luiz
VP, Product Marketing
Erin Luiz is a product and go-to-market leader with deep experience across product marketing, lead generation, program development, and custom content solutions. As VP, Product Marketing at Life Science Connect, she helps connect product strategy, market needs, and commercial execution, bringing a practical, growth-focused perspective shaped by her experience across B2B media, advisory services, and digital audience engagement.
Dave Lanahan
VP, Sales
Dave Lanahan leads sales for Life Science Connect with more than two decades of experience helping life science organizations connect with the right audiences through trusted content, communities, and commercial programs. As VP of Sales and BioPharma Group Lead, he brings deep knowledge of LSC’s markets, editorial communities, and client needs, helping guide partnerships that support visibility, engagement, and meaningful business connection across the life sciences.
What Makes Life Science Connect Different
Three things separate us from every other media company serving life sciences.
Trusted Communities Built Over Time
Our communities were built through years of audience-first content that helped professionals stay informed and make decisions. That trust is what makes them valuable to brands today.
Why it matters:Appear in environments, where readers return to for credible and relevant content.
Industry Perspective Shaped from Within
We are not generalists learning life sciences from the outside. Our content and strategy are built by people who understand the markets, functions, and challenges our audiences work through.
Why it matters:Programs are grounded in real audience context, not generic media assumptions.
Audience Insight Built on Real Engagement
Templeton™, our proprietary customer insights platform, connects engagement to account activity and gives teams a clearer view of how interest develops across the network.
Why it matters:See real interest signals grounded in audience behavior, not anonymous traffic.
We understand what matters most to your audiences.
Life Science Connect is built to help brands show up in environments shaped by real industry priorities, not a distant editorial view.
- Content shaped by the issues your audience cares about most
- Audience context grounded in real-world challenges and decisions
- Programs built with a stronger understanding of what readers care about and why
When your brand appears in Life Science Connect, it appears alongside content that feels timely, relevant, and useful to the people you want to reach. That makes your message more credible, your context stronger, and your opportunity to connect more meaningful.