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Peter M. Strumph
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Strumph serves as the CEO and as a director of Nile. Prior to joining Nile, from 1997 to 2007 Mr. Strumph worked for CV Therapeutics, Inc., or CVT, which discovers, develops,
commercializes and sells cardiovascular therapeutic products. His latest position at CVT was Senior Vice President of Operations. At CVT, at various times, Mr. Strumph had responsibility for several functions including, pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, marketing, quality assurance/control, clinical trial operations, project management and alliance management. Additionally, Mr. Strumph was a member of the CEO Executive Staff, was the Project Team Leader for RanexaTM and served as the Chair of the Product Development Committee. Prior to joining CVT in 1997, Mr. Strumph served as Manager, Operations Planning and Development at Biogen, Inc. where he played an active role in Biogen's transition from a research based company to a fully integrated profitable biotechnology company. Mr. Strumph received his M.B.A. in Finance and Healthcare Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his B.S. in Systems Science and Engineering from The University of Pennsylvania. He also served as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy.
Daron Evans
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Evans serves as CFO of Nile. Mr. Evans has over 10 years of professional experience in drug development financial analysis and fiscal control. Prior to joining Nile, from 2006 to 2007, Mr. Evans served as Director of Business Assessment at Vistakon, a Johnson & Johnson company, where he led efforts to improve R&D efficiency and speed to market. Prior to that, from 2004 to 2006, he was a Director of Portfolio & Business Analytics for Scios R&D, a Johnson & Johnson company, where he was responsible for financial controls and reporting for portfolio of six clinical stage programs and five preclinical stage programs. While at Scios, Mr. Evans also served as Project Manager for the European Registration Trial of nesiritide. Mr. Evans also has experience as co-founder of a biotechnology diagnostic company, and has worked as a Management Consultant in the pharmaceutical industry with Booz Allen Hamilton. Mr. Evans received his M.B.A. from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, his M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Southwestern Medical School & University of Texas at Arlington and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rice University.
Jennifer Hodge
Vice President of Development
Ms. Hodge has 18 years of international drug development experience spanning discovery through commercialization. Prior to joining Nile, from 2000 to 2007, Ms. Hodge worked at CVT where she most recently served as the Director of Project Management. While at CVT, Ms. Hodge held a variety of assignments of increasing scope and responsibility including; management of clinical trial operations staff, leadership of the project management function, starting and running CVT’s alliance management function, Project Team Leader for two development projects, and membership on the CVT Product Development Committee. In addition, Ms. Hodge was responsible for critical special assignments to support CVT’s commercial launch, to improve financial reporting and forecasting accuracy for development projects and to plan for the study start up for CVT’s largest clinical trial. Prior to CVT, Ms Hodge was a Global Clinical Team Leader at Quintiles, had Clinical Research Associate positions at Otsuka and Solvay, and had pharmacologist and development management responsibilities at the James Black Foundation in London. Ms. Hodge received her B.S. in Biology with Honors in Pharmacology from the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Hsiao Dee Lieu, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Vice President of Clinical Research
Dr. Lieu has over 11 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical/biotech industry including academic medicine (cardiology), molecular cardiology research, translational and clinical drug development including execution of large multinational Phase III clinical trials and responsibility for interactions with regulatory authorities and key opinion leaders in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Prior to joining Nile, Dr. Lieu served as the Director of Clinical Development for Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. In this role, Dr. Lieu was responsible for the overall clinical development plan and execution for early- to late-stage intravenous and oral molecules including a large ADP antagonist program in acute coronary syndrome. Before joining Portola, Dr. Lieu served as the Director of Clinical Research and Development at CV Therapeutics, Inc. In this role, Dr. Lieu led the clinical development program for regadenoson, which included two successful large multinational Phase III trials. Dr. Lieu also worked as a researcher at the J. David Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) conducting molecular cardiology research in gene manipulation and induction of cardiomyopathy and atherosclerosis regression. Dr. Lieu currently serves as Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division at UCSF. Dr. Lieu completed his clinical cardiology fellowship at UCSF and his residency in internal medicine at Columbia University. He received his M.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine with distinction in molecular biology research, and his B.A. from New York University.
Jane Moffitt, J.D., LL.M.
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs
Ms. Moffitt has over 30 years of professional experience in regulatory affairs and corporate and food & drug law for pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies. This experience includes developing clinical regulatory strategies and leading teams responsible for preparing and maintaining INDs, NDAs, BLAs and global product launches. Her drug product expertise includes natriuretic peptides, small molecules and biologics. Prior to joining Nile, Ms. Moffitt was the West Coast Director of Operations for SciLucent, a specialty healthcare-focused consulting firm. Prior to that, Jane was a Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs at a number of pharmaceutical and medical device companies, including Revance Therapeutics Inc., Scios, Inc., Collagen Corporation, and Amsco International Inc., and worked as a corporate attorney at Miles Laboratories, Inc. At Scios, Ms. Moffitt was a member of the Corporate Management Committee, started the Government Affairs function and was the head of the regulatory affairs function. Ms. Moffitt also served as President, Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors of Scios R&D, Inc. and BRP, Inc. Ms Moffitt holds a B.S. in Biology and Political Science from Dickinson College, a J.D. from Dickinson School of Law and a LL.M. in Trade Regulation from New York University School of Law.
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