Salto Partners is a management consulting firm headquartered in Nevada. We help life sciences and genomics companies, and the investors who back them, turn strategy into results across three areas: Strategy, Execution and Compliance.
What sets us apart is that we have done the work ourselves. Salto Partners is led by an operator who has run global businesses, closed major deals, turned organizations around and taken a regulated product to market. That experience shapes every engagement.
Dr. Andreas Scherer
Andreas Scherer is the Founder and CEO of Salto Partners. Over his career he has led technology and life sciences businesses on both sides of the Atlantic, from a global enterprise software alliance to a growth-stage genomics company. He has been quoted in Forbes and other news outlets.
President and CEO, Golden Helix
As President and CEO of Golden Helix, a genomics software company, Andreas has built the business around disciplined, capital-efficient growth.
- Capital-efficient growth: scaling the company while keeping spending tightly aligned with results
- EU medical device launch: leading the introduction of a medical device in the European Union
- National-level licensing deals: negotiating and closing licensing agreements at the national level
- Non-dilutive funding: raising capital through SBIR grants to fund innovation without giving up equity
Vice President, Sun-Netscape Alliance
At the Sun-Netscape Alliance, Andreas held a vice president role with responsibility for a $100M P&L.
- Global deal making: structuring and closing deals across telecom, finance and other industries
- Restructuring and turnaround: reorganizing teams and operations to restore performance
- P&L leadership: full accountability for a $100M business
Author
Andreas is the author of the award-winning business novel Be Fast or Be Gone, which shows how focus and streamlined execution help organizations shorten project timelines and deliver on time. The same principles guide how Salto Partners works with clients.
What readers say
“Be Fast or Be Gone is a fascinating treatment of the power of focus, applied to the often complex world of project and strategy management.”
David Allen, Best-selling author, Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity
“Be Fast or Be Gone will open your eyes to the possibilities of realistic schedules and on-time project completion.”
Dr. Steven D. Eppinger, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Using the principles espoused in Andreas Scherer’s book Be Fast or Be Gone, pharmaceutical companies can substantially shorten their research and development timelines, allowing drugs to be available to patients much more quickly.”
Dr. Hugh Davis, Vice President, Centocor – a Johnson and Johnson company