Kevin Koch, Ph.D., has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2017, as our President and Chief Executive Officer since August 2017 and was our Chief Financial Officer from August 2017 to September 2020. Dr. Koch has been a Venture Partner with OrbiMed Advisors LLC since 2016. Prior to joining OrbiMed, Dr. Koch acted as a consultant in the biotech industry from September 2015 to May 2016. Prior to acting as a consultant, Dr. Koch was Senior Vice President for Drug Discovery (Chemical and Molecular Therapeutics) from December 2013 to September 2015 at Biogen Inc., a biotechnology company developing treatments for neurological diseases. Prior to joining Biogen, Dr. Koch co-founded Array BioPharma Inc., a clinical-stage a pharmaceutical company, in February 1998, was President and Chief Scientific Officer from June 1998 to November 2013, and served on its board of directors from May 1998 to April 2012. Previously, Dr. Koch was Associate Director of Medicinal Chemistry and Project Leader for the Protease Inhibitor and New Leads project teams from May 1995 to May 1998 at Amgen Inc., a biotechnological company addressing diseases with limited treatment options. From September 1988 until May 1995, Dr. Koch held various positions with Pfizer Central Research, a global pharmaceutical company, including Senior Research Investigator and Project Coordinator for the cellular migration and immunology project teams. Dr. Koch currently serves on the board of directors of Neurogastrx Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. Dr. Koch previously served as a member of the board of directors of Miragen Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company advancing new treatments for underserved diseases such as thyroid eye disease. Dr. Koch received a B.S. in chemistry and in biochemistry from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of Rochester.
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R. Michael Carruthers has served as our Chief Financial Officer since September 2020. Mr. Carruthers has consulted as Chief Financial Officer of OnKure Therapeutics, Inc., a cancer treatment company, since March 2019, Brickell Biotech, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on treatment of skin diseases, from December 2017 to October 2020, and ClinOne, Inc., clinical trial management company, from August 2018 to May 2020. He also served as Interim President of Nivalis Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, from January 2017 to August 2017 and Chief Financial Officer and Secretary from February 2015 to August 2017. From December 1998 to February 2015, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Array BioPharma Inc. Prior to Array, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Sievers Instruments, Inc., a water purification technology company, Treasurer and Controller for the Waukesha division of Dover Corporation, a global manufacturing company, and an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand, LLP. Mr. Carruthers studied accounting at Western Colorado University, and received a B.S. in accounting from the University of Colorado Boulder and a M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
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