Martin Simonetti

Mr. Simonetti is currently the COO of Mist Pharmaceuticals. Prior to that, Mr. Simonetti served as VLST’s President and CEO from 2005 to 2013. From 1999 to 2005, he was employed at Dendreon Corp., most recently serving as the CFO, Senior Vice President Finance and Treasurer. From 1991 to 1998, he was employed at Amgen Inc., serving as the VP of Operations and Finance of Amgen BioPharma and its Director of Colorado Operations. From 1984 to 1991, he worked at Genentech, Inc., first as a scientist in its Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry Department and later as a financial analyst and group controller.

Besides Curtana Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Simonetti serves on the Board of Directors of Nexgenia, EpiThany and VLST Corp., Inc. He served on the Boards of Directors of Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE: ARE), from 2005 – 2013 and Icagen, Inc., a Nasdaq company, from 2005 until its sale to Pfizer in 2011. He was also a past member of the Dean’s executive advisory board for the Albers School of Business and Economics at Seattle University and former chairman of the board of Life Sciences Washington. He received an M.S. and B.S. from the University of California, Davis and an M.B.A. from the University of Santa Clara.