Scott Neilson is the Chief Operating Officer of AAIPharma, a leader in global drug development services. He is an accomplished leader with over 30 years multi-functional experience in all phases of drug development on a worldwide level. For the past 12 years he has led the turnaround of two of the top six Global Central Laboratories, dramatically improving market share, revenues and profitability. He has also held senior operations positions in Clinical Research and has a broad spectrum of functional experience including Finance, Regulatory Affairs, Human Resources and Manufacturing. His experience spans pharmaceuticals and CRO's having worked at MDS Pharma Services, LabCorp, Covance and SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline). He has broad international experience having led operations on 6 continents and is recognized in the industry as a strong leader. In 2005 he was awarded the CEO Leadership Excellence Award by MDS, and in 2006 MDS Central Lab was identified as "the business to watch" by CenterWatch.

Mr. Neilson graduated with a Master of Science in Organizational Development from American University, and an M.B.A. from Lehigh University.