Kyle Kuvalanka

Mr. Kuvalanka brings over 20 years of experience as a senior leader in the biopharmaceutical industry with a successful track record in leading financings, forming and negotiating strategic collaborations, facilitating strategy development, and building and leading business and finance functions. Most recently, he consulted to private biopharmaceutical companies on their corporate and financial strategies and helped to build several investor syndicates. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer at Syros Pharmaceuticals and Chief Business Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer at Blueprint Medicines. In these roles, Mr. Kuvalanka helped to transition the companies from early-stage start-ups to publicly-traded, clinical-stage organizations. In particular, he built the business and finance functions, led the execution of several financings, including the companies’ initial public offerings, and led the negotiations of the companies’ early strategic collaborations. Before joining Blueprint Medicines, Mr. Kuvalanka worked in roles of increasing responsibility over twelve years at Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, including as Vice President of Business Development and Corporate Strategy. He holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. with Honors from Wesleyan University