Howard J. Weisman has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since March 2020. Prior to joining PaxMedica, from September 2016 to September 2019, Mr. Weisman was the founder and served as Executive Chairman of Sofregen, Inc, a clinical stage biomedical device company developing products for use in reconstructive plastic surgery. From February 2012 to January 2018, Mr. Weisman was the CEO, President and Director of Seventh Sense Biosystems, Inc., a clinical stage medical device company developing products for human health diagnostics. From April 2010 to January 2012, Mr. Weisman was an independent consultant advising both investors and operators in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to that, from October 2006 to March 2010, Mr. Weisman was the founder, CEO and Chairman of EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a commercial stage specialty pharmaceuticals company. From February 2001 to March 2005, Mr. Weisman was the founder, COO and Director of ESP Pharma. Prior to founding and operating specialty pharmaceutical companies, Mr. Weisman was first employed in 1988 by Merck and Co, Inc. (NYSE: MRK) and later in 1995 by Parke Davis/Warner Lambert (now Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE)) in various sales, marketing and business development roles. Mr. Weisman holds a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Rutgers University and completed graduate courses in chemistry at Princeton University before entering the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Weisman was selected as a director due to his leadership experience at other companies and his history of founding and operating specialty pharmaceutical companies.
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Joseph Lucchese has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2020. Mr. Lucchese has also served as Partner at TardiMed and the Chief Financial Officer of Timber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: TMBR), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for orphan dermatologic diseases, since January 2020. Prior to joining TardiMed Sciences, from July 2015 to February 2020, Mr. Lucchese was a founding member and Managing Director of Oncology Partners LLC, a boutique financial advisory firm serving development stage biotechnology companies and investors. Mr. Lucchese also served as the Managing Director of The ASR Group, a division of Oncology Partners LLC which focuses on value maximization of biotechnology assets via M&A or licensing transactions, from January 2019 to February 2020. Prior to founding Oncology Partners LLC, from January 2003 to October 2014, Mr. Lucchese was a Managing Partner of Foundation Ventures, an investment banking firm servicing early stage life sciences companies. Mr. Lucchese also served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Chess Therapeutics, LLC, an oncology focused biotechnology company from December 2016 to February 2020. Since December 2006, Mr. Lucchese has served on the board of directors of Chess Therapeutics, LLC, and has served on the board of directors of Garuda Bio, LLC, an oncology focused biotechnology company, since September 2017. Mr. Lucchese holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Fordham University.
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