Our Management Team
Brian Lee, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
More than 25 years of research, management, and leadership experience in bioprocess R&D and biomanufacturing with Amgen and Merck & Co.
Nelson Bermudez
Chief Operating Officer
More than 25 years of executive experience directing global operations and external contract manufacturing for biopharmaceutical drugs at Amgen.
Mark Schneider
Vice President of Finance & Corporate Controller
More than 25 years of accounting and financial planning management & leadership experience in both public and private biopharmaceutical companies including Amgen, Kythera, and Sienna.
Joe Petrosky
Vice President of Global Sales
More than 25 years of sales, marketing, and management experience with single-use products for biotechnology markets as VP of Global Sales & Marketing for Charter Medical, and Technical Sales Specialist at the Bioprocess Division of Millipore Corporation.
Patrick Weydt
Executive Director of Engineering
More than 15 years of experience leading product development, establishing technology pipelines, and building engineering organizations at Medtronic.
Yas Hashimura
Senior Director of Applications Engineering
More than 15 years of bioprocess development, application engineering, and tech transfer experience at MIT and Amgen.
Sunghoon Jung
Senior Director of Bioprocess Research & Development
More than 10 years of experience in bioprocess development and GMP manufacturing of cell therapy products at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Lonza.
Gary Evans
Senior Director of Engineering
More than 15 years of product development and process engineering experience with a mechanical engineering background at Eos Corporation and Celetron as a plant manager.
Jim Callegari
Senior Director of Operations
More than 25 years of executive experience in the medical device industry for manufacturing and operations, including at Ventrex and Parker-Hannifin as General Manager.
Bryan Kurata
Senior Director of Quality
More than 20 years of experience at Amgen in cell culture manufacturing and as a Corporate Quality Assurance Director with broad hands-on experience in Quality administration.
Scott Summersgill
Senior Director of Supply Chain
More than 18 years of drug product manufacturing and quality assurance and control experience as Director of Manufacturing at biopharmaceutical companies including Amgen, Kythera, Allergan, and Sienna.