Ccra Starr McNamara is an accomplished medtech professional with over 20 years of finance and accounting experience. She has a strong background in both pre and post marketing environments for pharmaceuticals and devices. Her expertise includes financial modeling and strategy, operational planning, performance metric tracking, budgeting, tax strategy, non-profit accounting, risk management, investing, and cash management.

With her experience in clinical business development, project management, and operations, McNamara is well-versed in trial design, IRB, medical coverage analysis, contracting/budgeting, resource allocation, timelines, and study management/reporting. She has successfully collaborated with boards and executive teams to define strategies, create financial strategy/systems, build operational models to guide program strategy, and oversee business-wide finance and administration functions.

McNamara is a highly motivated self-starter, effective multitasker, respected team leader, and thrives in start-up/innovative environments. As a proven performer, she brings a good vision of the big picture to the table. McNamara's lifesciences experience includes numerous therapeutic areas, creating and running a hospital-based clinical trial management business, and designing and implementing broad EDC and CTMS systems.

Ccra Starr McNamara's educational background includes CCTM Clinical Trial Management at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a degree in BS Business Management from San Jose State University.