DavenportMajor Retained by Viacyte for CEO Search

September 1, 2011 – DavenportMajor Executive Search has been selected by ViaCyte, Inc. to lead in its search for a new chief executive officer. Previous CEO John West recently resigned for personal reasons. ViaCyte, Inc. is a stem cell engineering company dedicated to creating and commercializing cell therapies to treat diabetes. DavenportMajor is an executive search firm which specializes in senior executive and board of director recruitment for life sciences and technology clients as well as recruitment in the emerging growth areas of wireless life sciences, cleantech and biofuels.