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

Svetlana Komarnitsky
VP, Program & Alliance Management

Addie Ferrer
Senior QC Specialist

Aislinn Rowan-Nash
Senior Scientist, Molecular Biology

Alexandrea Kreuser
Manager, Clinical Supply

Alicia Szretter
Senior 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

Chad Bodeau
Manager, Facilities

Chris Marcotte
Supervisor, Manufacturing

Corey Schwartz
Senior Systems Administrator

Dean Pope
Senior Manufacturing Associate

Dewang Mahesh (Dewang) Mehta
Quality Control Specialist I

Donata Kline
Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs

Douglas Ducharme
Quality Assurance Compliance

Emily Crossette
Senior Scientist, Modeling & Statistics

Erica Darrah
Senior Quality Control Specialist

Greg Medlock
Senior Director, Research & Analytical Development

Harshini Mallipeddi
Senior Validation Engineer

Henok Kaptimer
Supply Chain Supervisor

Isabella Newbert
Clinical Trial Associate

Issiah Casiano
Research Associate, Process Development

Ivan Albizures
Senior Manufacturing Associate

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

Jennifer Ward
Senior Clinical Trial Associate

Jonathan DeAlmeida
CMC Investigations, Specialist II

Kathryn Dudley
Executive Assistant

KerriAnn MacNeil
Director, Facilities

Laura Ortiz-Velez
Senior Manager, Medical Field Science Lead, U.S.

Lizmarie Manzano
Senior Manager, QA Supplier Management

Lou Cornacchione
Associate Director, Microbiology

Margi Patel
QA Specialist

Marvenlee Horm
Principal QA Specialist

Maryann McCahill
Manufacturing Associate

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 (Nick) Brock
Senior Process Development Engineer

Nicholas Carmilia
Manager, Process Development

Patriciah Wangui
Process Engineer

Prineeta Kulkarni
Senior Director, Strategy & Corporate Development

Rajita Menon
Director, Modeling & Statistics

Rakesh Somashekar
Procurement Specialist

Robert D’Orazio
Manager, Manufacturing

Ryan Garrett
Director, Process Development

Samuel Perakis
Principal QC Specialist, Raw Materials

Shana Shukry
Senior Clinical Trial Manager

Shannon Cuvilje
Associate Director, Clinical Data Management

Silvana Mariani
Senior Manager, Accounting

Sofiya Pethania
Supervisor, Document Control & Training

Steve Megna
Senior Manufacturing Associate

Tao Xu
Associate Director, Analytical Development

Timothy Langridge
Associate Director, Formulation & Lyophilization

Tyler Hale
Quality Control Manager

Vitor Piveta
Lead Manufacturing Associate

Wei-An Chen
Principal Research Associate, Bioinformatics

Zachary Wilson
Director, Quality Control