David Piacquad
David Piacquad has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2023. From March 2014 through February 2022, Mr. Piacquad served as Senior Vice President, Business Development of Amgen where he was responsible for corporate strategy and business development, including external research and development, mergers & acquisitions, Amgen ventures and alliance management. Prior to that Mr. Piacquad served as Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development at Amgen from 2010. Prior to joining Amgen, Mr. Piacquad served as Senior Vice President, Business Development & Licensing at Schering-Plough Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, from 2006 to 2009. Prior to joining Schering-Plough, Mr. Picquad served for approximately 20 years at Johnson & Johnson, a pharmaceutical and medical technologies company, in increasing roles of responsibility across its business segments. Mr. Piacquad is currently an advisor to life science companies and serves as a director to various private biotechnology companies. Mr. Piacquad holds a B.A. from Colgate University and an M.B.A from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. We believe Mr. Piacquad is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive experience in executive strategic and business development roles within the biotechnology industry and serving on the boards of biotechnology companies.