Primary Job Title EVP, Chief Operating Officer Primary Organization 
Heron Therapeutics
Location San Diego, California, United States Regions Greater San Diego Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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David Szekeres is the EVP and Chief Operating Officer at Heron Therapeutics. David Szekeres joined Heron as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Business Development and Corporate Secretary in 2016. Mr. Szekeres was promoted to Chief Legal, Business and Administrative Officer in 2019 and was promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
Officer in October 2020. Mr. Szekeres has more than 20 years of legal and financial experience, primarily in the biotechnology industry. From 2014 to 2015, he served as General Counsel, Chief Business Officer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer and Corporate Secretary at Regulus Therapeutics Inc. In that role, Mr. Szekeres oversaw the company’s business, financial and legal responsibilities as it developed into a clinical-stage corporation. From 2008 through its acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. in 2014, he served as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, Governance and Securities and Assistant Corporate Secretary at Life Technologies Corporation. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Szekeres served as Corporate Attorney at a number of law firms, including O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP. Prior to 2001, he served as Senior Associate in Investment Banking at Robertson Stephens. Mr. Szekeres is a member of the board of trustees for the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Institute. He received a B.A. degree from the University of California, Irvine and a J.D. degree from Duke University School of Law.
