Renee Ryan

VP of Investments, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation

Renee is Vice President of Investments at the Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, and is based at the Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center in California. Renee supports the investments for JNJ’s Medical Devices and Diagnostics businesses and is a passionate supporter of medical innovation. Formerly, Renee was a Managing Director at Baird in Palo Alto, CA overseeing the medical device investment banking practice. Prior to Baird, Renee oversaw the build out of the West Coast healthcare investment banking practice at Jefferies & Co. In total, Renee has approximately 20 years of healthcare investment banking experience at firms such as Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. She has structured over $15 Billion of transactions during this time including M&A, venture financing and public offerings of debt and equity. Renee earned her BA in economics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and an MBA from Columbia University.