Gregory J. Flesher has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since November 2020. Prior to joining us, Mr. Flesher served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Novus Therapeutics, Inc., a public specialty pharmaceutical company, from May 2017 to November 2020. Mr. Flesher previously served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors for Otic Pharma, Ltd., a private pharmaceutical company, from July 2015 to May 2017. Mr. Flesher also served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Business Officer, and other executive management roles at Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public pharmaceutical company, from 2006 to 2015. Mr. Flesher has served as a member of the board of directors for Adynxx, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, since 2019. Mr. Flesher received his B.S. in Biology from Purdue University and studied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Indiana University School of Medicine. We believe Mr. Flesher’s extensive senior leadership experience at numerous biopharmaceutical companies qualify him to serve on our board of directors.
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Vineet R. Jindal has served as our Chief Financial Officer since March 2021. Prior to joining us, Mr. Jindal served as Vice President, Strategy and Investor Relations for Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company, from November 2016 to March 2021. Mr. Jindal previously served as Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder and a member of the board of directors of Stockr, Inc., a social media platform focused on connecting investors with public companies, from 2009 to 2014. Mr. Jindal also founded Bay Street Advisors, a strategic consulting firm focusing on therapeutic and capital markets, where he served from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Jindal has also served as the Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Equity Research at ThinkEquity Partners, a boutique investment bank, as the Vice President of Biotechnology Equity Research at Wedbush Morgan Securities, a financial services firm, as a Biotechnology and Specialty Pharmaceuticals Research Analyst at Origin Capital Management, an investment management firm, and as a Biotechnology Equity Research Associate at Lehman Brothers, a financial services firm. Mr. Jindal received a B.A. in Integrative Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, a M.A. in Endocrinology from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Pharmacology from Cornell University.
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