ABOUT US
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Our Focus
We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging our proprietary non-viral gene engineering technologies to create ground-breaking, life-saving cell and gene therapies.
Our broad genetic engineering platform technologies are advancing potentially better and safer treatments to patients with serious diseases — blood cancers like multiple myeloma, solid tumor cancers like breast and ovarian cancer, and rare genetic diseases in the liver.
The organization is comprised of passionate, innovative, and nimble, results-oriented people driven by science to develop better options for patients with cancer and genetic diseases.
Leadership Team

Kristin Yarema, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer

Syed Rizvi, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer

Johanna Mylet, C.P.A.
Chief Financial Officer

Loren Wagner
Chief Operations Officer

Devon J. Shedlock, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, Cell Therapy

Blair Madison, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, Gene Therapy

Kristin Martin
Chief People and Administration Officer

Harry J. Leonhardt, Esq.
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary

Karen Basbaum
Senior Vice President, Business Development

Alexander Chapman
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

Lisa Portale
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs

Jeffrey W. Winkelman, Ph.D., J.D.
Senior Vice President, Chief Patent Counsel