Mike Huckman is a 1983 broadcast journalism graduate of USC. He worked as a reporter in various local TV markets from 1983 to 2000 before joining CNBC where he covered the biopharmaceutical and medical device sectors until 2010. Mike then moved to MSL-New York (the Publicis Groupe PR agency) as SVP-Director of Media Strategy and since late 2013 he has been with the life sciences boutique PR/Investor Relations firm, Pure Communications, currently serving as the agency’s Chief Comms Specialist.