Melanie Mays has more than 25 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries.  

She began her pharmaceutical career at Amgen, working on marketing operations programs with a heavy focus on regulatory messaging and medical communications across seven brands including Aranesp and Neulasta. She then moved on to Kaiser and focused on provider, payor, and localization programs in support of the initial Thrive campaign. After 13 more years in medical devices, Melanie began consulting in 2018. Her focus has been on market access strategy for large clients such as Novartis. 

Melanie won two GPO Innovation Awards for strategic reimbursement technologies and held several commercialization positions of increasing importance at Abbott (formerly St. Jude Medical), including launching over 30 products, from diagnostic tools to implantable cardiac devices. 

Melanie has launched over 40 products. 

Most recently, she held the position of senior vice president at a market access agency, leading market access AOR projects providing Managed Markets Marketing, Reimbursement, Value & Access and Health Economics specifically within the specialty product in oncology/hematology, inflammation, neurology and rare disease. Melanie is also adept at creating ecosystem work streams and patient journey development. Prior to her work in the healthcare industry, Melanie was a graphic designer and web developer. She is a graduate level professor, teaching marketing foundations, brand strategy, and market research. 

Melanie graduated cum laude from Mount Saint Mary’s University, where she received her B.S. in business administration and minored in marketing. She earned her M.B.A. from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. 

Melanie Mays

Co-Founder/Managing Partner

Melanie Mays

Melanie Mays has more than 25 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries.  

She began her pharmaceutical career at Amgen, working on marketing operations programs with a heavy focus on regulatory messaging and medical communications across seven brands including Aranesp and Neulasta. She then moved on to Kaiser and focused on provider, payor, and localization programs in support of the initial Thrive campaign. After 13 more years in medical devices, Melanie began consulting in 2018. Her focus has been on market access strategy for large clients such as Novartis. 

Melanie won two GPO Innovation Awards for strategic reimbursement technologies and held several commercialization positions of increasing importance at Abbott (formerly St. Jude Medical), including launching over 30 products, from diagnostic tools to implantable cardiac devices. 

Melanie has launched over 40 products. 

Most recently, she held the position of senior vice president at a market access agency, leading market access AOR projects providing Managed Markets Marketing, Reimbursement, Value & Access and Health Economics specifically within the specialty product in oncology/hematology, inflammation, neurology and rare disease. Melanie is also adept at creating ecosystem work streams and patient journey development. Prior to her work in the healthcare industry, Melanie was a graphic designer and web developer. She is a graduate level professor, teaching marketing foundations, brand strategy, and market research. 

Melanie graduated cum laude from Mount Saint Mary’s University, where she received her B.S. in business administration and minored in marketing. She earned her M.B.A. from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.