Mr. Shear is co-founder of Shear/Kershman Laboratories and has been
CEO since its inception in
September 1978. During his career, Mr. Shear was directly
involved in the development and commercialization of many of the industries’ first
controlled release pharmaceutical products as well as numerous successful pharmaceutical
and food products. Mr. Shear is known throughout the pharmaceutical industry as an
authority on the development and commercialization of controlled release drug systems.
Over the last 20 years Mr. Shear’s background in the development and manufacturing of
very complex pharmaceutical products has provided the food industry a valuable non in-bred
view of solving operational problems.
Prior to co-founding Shear/Kershman Laboratories, Mr. Shear spent
most of his career with K-V Pharmaceutical Company, a pharmaceutical contract developer
and manufacturer and the company that created controlled release drugs. At K-V he served
as Manager of Product Development, Vice President Technical Sales and Services, and
eventually Vice President and General Manager of the entire operation.
Al Kershman Executive Vice President
and Co-Founder
Mr. Kershman is the Executive Vice President of Shear/Kershman
Laboratories and Co-founder. Mr. Kershman has
graduate and under-graduate degrees in Food
Science and has been able to combine this know-how with technology that exists within the
pharmaceutical industry to help provide unique drug delivery systems for pharmaceutical
application as well as unique problem solving capabilities relative to an extensive
variety of food related problems, from canned meats to the world’s finest confection
products.
Mr. Kershman began his career at General Foods in product
development. He was the assistant to the R&D Director at Stokely VanKamp at the time
Gator Aid was acquired. Then he became Lab Manager for Sunline, a very creative and
successful candy company (Sweet-Tarts, etc.) Following Sunline he was General Manager of
the Applied Technology Division of K-V Pharmaceutical, then became Executive Vice
President of K-V Pharmaceutical prior to co-founding Shear/Kershman Laboratories
September 1978. During his career, Mr. Shear was directly
involved in the development and commercialization of many of the industries’ first
controlled release pharmaceutical products as well as numerous successful pharmaceutical
and food products. Mr. Shear is known throughout the pharmaceutical industry as an
authority on the development and commercialization of controlled release drug systems.
Over the last 20 years Mr. Shear’s background in the development and manufacturing of
very complex pharmaceutical products has provided the food industry a valuable non in-bred
view of solving operational problems.
graduate and under-graduate degrees in Food
Science and has been able to combine this know-how with technology that exists within the
pharmaceutical industry to help provide unique drug delivery systems for pharmaceutical
application as well as unique problem solving capabilities relative to an extensive
variety of food related problems, from canned meats to the world’s finest confection
products.