Management Team
Sudhir Agrawal, D. Phil. ׀ Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer
Lou Arcudi ׀ Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
Alice S. Bexon, MBChB. ׀ Vice President, Clinical Development
Timothy M. Sullivan, Ph.D. ׀ Vice President, Development Programs
Ekambar R. Kandimalla, Ph.D. ׀ Vice President, Discovery
Steven J. Ritter, Ph.D., J.D. ׀ Vice President, Intellectual Property and Contracts
David M. Lough, Ph.D. ׀ Director, Business Development and Alliance Management
Frank Whalen, C.P.A. ׀ Controller
Steven J. Ritter, Ph.D., J.D. ׀ Vice President of Intellectual Property and Contracts
Dr. Ritter joined the Company in January 2006 as Intellectual Property Counsel. Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Ritter spent nine years assessing, patenting, licensing, and partnering a number of technologies created by academic institutions. From 1997 - 2005, Dr. Ritter served as the Associate Director of Technology Management at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H), and from 2005 - 2006 he was a Senior Licensing Associate with Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Ritter has extensive experience in contracting, as well as preparing, prosecuting, and managing patents in many fields.
Dr. Ritter earned a B.S. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Vermont in 1991, a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry from The Pennsylvania State University in 1995, completed a PhRMA Foundation post-doctoral fellowship in Molecular Pharmacology at UTHSC-H in 1997, and earned a J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 2004.