Meet the Team

Experienced team
We have assembled a team with deep drug development expertise in gastroenterology, infectious diseases, and immunology, as well as leading technical expertise in microbiome research and manufacture of live organisms.

Anne Kuan
SVP, Regulatory Affairs

Christof Marre
SVP, Head of Commercial

Jack Kyte
SVP, Human Resources

Steven Shiff, M.D.
SVP, Clinical Research

Edward Armstrong
VP, Quality

Guyan Liang
VP, Head of Legal & Intellectual Property

Jason Ellow
VP, Production

Maggie McGuigan
VP, Finance

Mary Garfield
VP, Clinical Operations

Quinn Dinh
VP, Medical Affairs

Svetlana Komarnitsky
VP, Program & Alliance Management

Addie Ferrer
Senior QC Specialist

Alexandrea Kreuser
Manager, Clinical Supply

Alicia Szretter
Director, CMC Operations & Strategic Planning

Amanda Prince
Director, Immunology

Andre Henriques
Senior Manufacturing Associate

Anna Yuan
Senior Clinical Research Scientist

Azadeh Haghighizadeh
Senior Clinical Trial Manager

Betty Alemayehu
Manufacturing Associate

Brian Aguilar
Associate Director, Technical Operations

Cameron Russell
PRA, Microbiology & In Vivo Pharmacology

Carolina Lyon De Ana
Scientist II, Immunology

Caylie Ascolillo
Human Resources Generalist

Chad Bodeau
Manager, Facilities

Chris Marcotte
Supervisor, Manufacturing

Corey Schwartz
Senior Systems Administrator

Deniz Ozaslan
Director, Program & Alliance Management

Douglas Ducharme
Quality Assurance Compliance

Edson Jean
Senior Laboratory Operations Associate

Emily Crossette
Senior Scientist, Modeling & Statistics

Erica Darrah
Senior Research Associate, Analytical Development

Greg Medlock
Senior Director, Research & Analytical Development

Harshini Mallipeddi
Senior Validation Engineer

Henok Kaptimer
Supply Chain Supervisor

Isabella Newbert
Clinical Trial Associate

Jason Norman, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Systems Biology

Jonathan DeAlmeida
CMC Investigations, Specialist II

Kathryn Dudley
Executive Assistant

KerriAnn MacNeil
Associate Director, Facilities

Kristen Schick
Quality Control Specialist II

Laura Tracey
Office Manager & Receptionist

Lizmarie Manzano
Senior Manager, QA Supplier Management

Lou Cornacchione
Senior Scientist, Microbiology

Marvenlee Horm
Principal QA Specialist

Matthew Schinn
Senior Scientist, Computational Biology

Max Kraft
Principal Quality Control Specialist

Mahreen Shaikh
Senior Manager, QA Validation

Marlena Keisler
Principal Research Associate, Analytical Development

Neil Roy
Clinical Research Scientist

Nicholas Carmilia
Process Development Engineer

Patriciah Wangui
Process Engineer

Philip Ricercato
Sr. Manager, Procurement

Prineeta Kulkarni
Director, Strategy & Corporate Development

Rajita Menon
Director, Modeling & Statistics

Rakesh Somashekar
Senior Procurement Associate

Robert D’Orazio
Manager, Manufacturing

Ryan Garrett
Director, Process Development

Samuel Perakis
Principal QC Specialist, Raw Materials

Scott Buresh
Principal Research Associate, Process Characterization

Shana Shukry
Senior Clinical Trial Manager

Silvana Mariani
Senior Manager, Accounting

Sofiya Pethania
Supervisor, Document Control & Training

Steve Derby
QA Supervisor

Steve Megna
Senior Manufacturing Associate

Tao Xu
Associate Director, Analytical Development

Timothy Langridge
Scientist II, Formulation & Lyophilization Development/Process Development

Tyler Hale
Quality Control Manager

Vitor Piveta
Senior Manufacturing Associate

Wei-An Chen
Principal Research Associate, Bioinformatics

William Greaves-Tunnell
Principal Research Associate, Process Characterization

Zachary Wilson
Director, Quality Control

Zack Anderson
Principal Research Associate, Microbiology