Leadership

Anurag Goel, CEO

Anurag brings expertise to the team in general management and experience across a diverse range of industries, countries, and cultures. Prior to CACTUS, Anurag worked with McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting company, in the Netherlands and in India. As a member of their pan-European Corporate Finance and Strategy Practice, Anurag traveled extensively through continental Europe, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, and East Asia. He has advised clients across various sectors including media, steel, telecom, financial services, logistics, and automotives.

Anurag received a BS in economics from Wharton and a BS in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania as a graduate of the prestigious Jerome Fisher Dual Degree Program in Management and Technology.

Donald Samulack, PhD
(President, US Operations)

Donald brings an insider's perspective of both the clinical and academic spheres, as well as a great deal of pharmaceutical and biotechnology experience and perspective.

With a PhD in medical physiology from McGill University and several postdoctoral years of research in the US and Canada, he left the academic environment to work in the pharmaceutical service sector, conducting market research, delivering strategic communications, and designing physician affinity programs for many of Canada's leading pharmaceutical companies.

Before joining CACTUS, Donald was Director of the Department of Scientific Editing at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, where he acquired an in-depth understanding of clinical processes, regulatory issues, documentation/publication of clinical trials, as well as an understanding of a vast range of scientific writing, editing, and publication processes.