Richard (Bink) C. Garrison
Senior Vice President and Catalyst
Mr. Garrison, our Senior Vice President and Catalyst, joined Vertex in December 2005. From June 2001 to December 2005, Mr. Garrison was the founder and President of Bink Inc., a strategic consulting firm. Prior to that, Mr. Garrison spent 18 years as Chairman and CEO of Ingalls, Quinn & Johnson, one of New England’s largest advertising agencies. Mr. Garrison holds a B.A in English from Princeton University.
“On the back of my business card, you’ll find a definition of catalyst: A substance that modifies (especially increases) the rate of reaction. One that precipitates a process or event. That’s me. My role is to help people accelerate change and improvements.”
Richard C. Garrison
Creature from Another Planet
“I was a nuclear weapons officer in the Navy, a CEO and a consultant to consultants. My career path has been pretty unusual for an English major.”
“I’m not of the pharmaceutical world. This gives me a different perspective on how to help Vertex achieve its objectives. Vertex is a company at a very interesting inflection point in its development, with a profoundly important mission—to transform lives with new medicines. People here are motivated to achieve all sorts of individual and team goals. My job is to help them do just that as quickly and painlessly as possible.”