Brian Curry, president and chief executive officer of PhysioGenix, Inc., in Wauwatosa
Name: Brian Curry
Title: President and CEO
Company: PhysioGenix, Inc.
Company address: 10437 Innovation Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53226
Company web site: www.physiogenix.com
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology
Education: Ph.D. in Cell Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin and MBA, Keller Graduate School of Management
Family: Wife Barbara, son Joshua and daughter-in-law Johnna
Hobbies and Interests: Spending time with family, geocaching and working out
Favorite book and/or movie: Mavericks at Work by Bill Taylor and Polly LaBarre
Favorite musician/band: Nickelback
Favorite place to visit/vacation: CaribbeanFavorite local restaurant: Maggiano’s Little Italy
Words to live by: “I am no better than anyone else, and no one is better than me.”
What is your core philosophy for doing business? “Build a company that works, and work for a company that matters.”
Who is your role model and why? “My Grandfather, he is one of the few humble men I have ever met that talked the talk and walked the walk of a great leader ever day of his life.”
What was the funniest thing that has ever happened to you? “Prior to my first sales meeting for the first company I founded I let my nerves get the best of me. I rushed into a bathroom right before the meeting only to find out is was the women’s bathroom. When I rushed back out I came face-to-face with my potential client. (I did make the sale, which launched the company).”
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