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Ruby Yanru Tsai received her Ph.D. from Cornell University and subsequently worked at Stanford University for 16 years as the Director of the Transgenic Research Center and the Associate Director of the Stanford Cancer Institute. Her research focused on Parkinson patient-specific iPS cell lines and their differentiation to dopaminergic neurons as a disease model-in-a-dish. Prior to becoming the CEO of Applied StemCell, Ruby led the ASC Therapeutics’ gene/cell therapeutic pipeline. She is a co-inventor of the TARGATT™ integrase technology for site-specific gene insertion.
Timothy Largen steps in as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at ASC. With a 25-year career marked by significant contributions to Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs), Tim’s experience spans GMP manufacturing, quality management, process engineering, business operations, and CMC regulatory affairs. Prior to joining Applied StemCell, Tim held key positions, including VP of Commercial Manufacturing at Aurion Biotech, VP of Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) at RoslinCT (formerly Lykan), VP of Corporate Quality at Caladrius Biosciences (now Lisata), and over 8 years in commercial manufacturing and quality positions at Dendreon. Tim has held key management positions through many successful FDA pre-approval and routine inspections. Tim holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and an MBA in Operations Management Sciences.
Tammy Cameron has over 20 years of experience developing and leading accounting and finance organizations in commercial, high-growth life science companies. Prior to joining ASC, Tammy served as CFO and VP Finance for companies such as Ceek Women’s Health, Intuity Medical Inc., Labcyte Inc., and Depomed. During her tenure at these organizations, she supported both private equity and debt financings and played a key role in building the internal infrastructure for commercial operations. Tammy received a B.S. in Accounting from California State University, East Bay, and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).
Mike Yurkovich, with over 16 years of experience in the life sciences industry, has held leadership roles including Head of Sales, Chief Scientific Officer, and Director of Business Development at organizations such as Innoforce Pharmaceuticals, WCG Clinical, VR Analytical, Phenomenex, Abbott Laboratories, and Abbvie. Mike holds a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Illinois University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Purdue University.
Simon Wu received his Ph.D. from Duke University in biology and has over 20 years of graduate level scientific research experience. He worked as a research scientist at Stanford University’s School of Medicine and has experience with genome editing technologies such as TALEN and CRISPR. Before joining ASC, Simon was a Senior Research Scientist at the pharmaceutical research firm Abbvie. At ASC he has embarked on a new journey to support management and lead projects to completion, and lead the technical operation team.
Matt Jenkins is a Partner at QHP Capital. Prior to joining QHP Capital, Matt established and led the private equity investment portfolio at RTI International where he focused on precision medicine, clinical research, real world evidence, genomics, population healthcare, and consumer-oriented diagnostics. Prior to that, he held various Corporate Development leadership roles in companies such as M*Modal and AllScripts. He also was a co-founder of Cellective Therapeutics, a venture investor, and a consultant at Ernst & Young.
Jeff Edwards is a Partner at QHP Capital. Prior to joining QHP Capital, Jeff co-managed the Principal Investment Private Equity program at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Jeff’s previous experience also includes M&A advisory work for Raymond James Capital Markets focusing on middle-market companies. Jeff also worked as a consultant for State Street Global Advisors. Before moving back to the Capital Markets sector, Jeff worked in finance and administrative roles in the healthcare industry with Carolinas HealthCare Systems and HCA, Inc. He started his career with the middle market investment bank RW Baird.
Frank Leo is a 40-year veteran of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries having experience with publicly traded, private equity-backed, and start-up companies in the capacity of executive, investor, and advisor. Frank served as President and Group President of Sterile Technologies and Life Sciences at Cardinal Health. At Cardinal Health he oversaw the growth of the biotechnology and life sciences group, which was later spun out to form Catalent Inc. Frank is a serial entrepreneur, having been involved in business value creation and start-ups in the medical device, sterile drug, biotechnology, and healthcare technology spaces.
Vern Davenport is a Partner at QHP Capital. Before joining QHP Capital, Vern was multi-time CEO, with executive and Board positions at Medfusion, CEO of Medquist (rebranded to M*Modal), Allscripts, Misys Healthcare, Kodak Health Group (now Carestream Health), Siemens, and Shared Medical Systems. Vern started his career at IBM where he spent 11 years in sales, sales leadership, and executive management positions.
Todd Garland currently serves as the President of Bruker Spatial Biology, with previous roles that include Chief Commercial Officer at NanoString Technologies, Inc. and Cytek Biosciences, Vice President and General Manager at BD Biosciences, Vice President of Sales in Procedural Solutions at CareFusion and Cardinal Health. Todd holds a BS in Accounting from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Michigan.
Heidi Hagen has extensive experience in operations management and commercializing innovative technologies for the last 30 years. Heidi’s roles have included the Chief Technology Officer of Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Interim CEO of Ziopharm Oncology, Co-Founder & CSO of Vineti, CCO of ZappRx, and numerous Board positions at therapeutics and service companies. Heidi spent ten years at both Dendreon and Immunex, holding senior operations roles at both companies.
