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Varitage

Varitage is an American biotechnology marketing agency based in Vista, California. It was founded and is run by Karen Kingston.

History

Varitage, Inc. was incorporated on July 31, 2007 by Karen Kingston (then named Karen Davies) and Craig Knutsen.[1] This company was dissolved on August 22, 2013.[2]

A second iteration of Varitage, Inc. was incorporated on August 11, 2016 by Van Haynie with Kingston as CEO.[3] This second company was dissolved on December 2, 2019.[4]

Varitage Strategies LLC was incorporated on September 9, 2019,[5] and was converted into Varitage Strategies Corp. on August 27, 2020.[6]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Karen Kingston Founder and President[7] Pfizer, KDI Consulting
Jace Emmerick Vice President Bestmed, Swift Agency
Rob Heller Vice President, Creative Director Blend Studios
Jonathan Zhu Medical Director Harvard Medical School, University of Texas, UC San Diego Medical Center, Hillcrest, HUYA Bioscience International
Tyler Hittle Director of Multimedia and 3D Design -
Gordon Davies Agent[2:1] -

Clients

Varitage's clients have included:[8][9]

  • Edwards Lifesciences
  • Freedom Meditech
  • Glaukos
  • Heidelberg Engineering
  • Horizon Research
  • Hoya Surgical Optics
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
  • LENSAR
  • Lumenis
  • Medtronic
  • Oasis Medical
  • Ophthalmic Women Leaders
  • Pfizer
  • RedScript Ventures
  • ReVision Optics
  • Therakos
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific

  1. Knutsen, C. C. (2007, July 31). Articles of Incorporation of Varitage, Inc. California Secretary of State. https://web.archive.org/web/20230813150048/https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/api/report/GetImageByNum/183095242127021055171000212246205219015020171103 ↩︎

  2. California Secretary of State. (2023, January 5). VARITAGE, INC. OpenCorporates. https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/3010900 ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Haynie, V. (2016, August 11). Articles of Incorporation of Varitage, Inc. California Secretary of State. https://web.archive.org/web/20230813150952/https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/api/report/GetImageByNum/235029182120145093139204183112048210075047024166 ↩︎

  4. California Secretary of State. (2023, January 6). VARITAGE, INC. OpenCorporates. https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/3935691 ↩︎

  5. California Secretary of State. (2023, January 9). VARITAGE STRATEGIES LLC. OpenCorporates. http://archive.today/2023.08.13-151705/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/201925510604 ↩︎

  6. California Secretary of State. (2023, January 5). VARITAGE STRATEGIES CORP. OpenCorporates. http://archive.today/2023.08.13-151701/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/4637972 ↩︎

  7. Our Team. Varitage, Inc. Retrieved December 18, 2008, from https://web.archive.org/web/20081218202036/http://varitage.com/bios.php#davies ↩︎

  8. Home. Varitage. Retrieved March 6, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230306235125/http://varitage.com/ ↩︎

  9. Portfolio. Varitage. Retrieved November 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221110233237/http://varitage.com/varitage-portfolio/ ↩︎