Steven Ruhl

Mr. Ruhl joined Forte Biosciences in July 2021 and currently serves as the Chief Technical Officer. In this role, he is responsible for Forte’s technology and scientific needs and issues. He works with management to determine the short- and long-term technical requirements and investments to help the company reach its goals. He has over 35 years of experience in biopharmaceutical development and commercial manufacturing including technical roles with commercializing first in class products and commercial technology transfers associated with large capital projects. Before joining Forte, Mr. Ruhl supported a direct phase 3 transfer of a COVID warp speed monoclonal antibody downstream process at ThermoFisher, contributing to an accelerated PPQ campaign readiness with an external partnership and third-party sending site. Prior to that, Mr. Ruhl held positions of increasing responsibility and leadership at various biopharmaceutical companies, including IDEC Pharmaceuticals as Technical and Commercial Supply Director and Amgen as Commercial Drug Product Executive Director and Amgen Ireland Site Process Development Head. Mr. Ruhl received his B.Sc. in Microbiology and Chemistry from Brigham Young University.