Cyrus Arman

Dr. Arman was named President in July 2022 and has previously held positions with a number of biotechnology companies, most recently serving as Chief Business Officer of Nimble Therapeutics, Inc., a company focused on engineering peptides. Prior to Nimble he was Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy of NEUVOGEN, Inc., an immune-oncology company developing therapeutic whole cell cancer vaccines, from 2019 until 2021. Beginning in 2017, he served as cofounder and managing partner of BioVega Capital, LLC, a life sciences hedge fund, for four years, and as Director of Corporate Strategy at Amgen, a leading independent biotechnology company, for two years. For three years prior to 2017, Dr. Arman was Global Director and Head of Competitive Intelligence and Strategy at Amgen. He received an M.S. degree in biomedical engineering and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.