Kim R. Tsuchimoto

Ms. Tsuchimoto co-founded Mercaptor Discoveries Inc. and is a part-time Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Tsuchimoto is also the Chief Financial Officer of Monopar Therapeutics since June 2015. Ms. Tsuchimoto has spent over nine years at Raptor Pharmaceuticals, as its Chief Financial Officer from Raptor’s inception in May 2006 until August 2012, as Raptor’s Vice President of International Finance, Tax & Treasury from September 2012 to February 2015, and lastly served as Raptor’s Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis and Internal Controls from February to May 2015. At Raptor, Ms. Tsuchimoto completed: two reverse mergers, one to initially trade on the OTCBB, the second to gain Raptor’s Nasdaq listing; over $100 million of financings (primarily equity); one clinical asset purchase; and one clinical platform asset license, which later became Raptor’s first commercial product and lead program. Ms. Tsuchimoto has drafted numerous SEC mandated reports such as 10-Ks, 10-Qs, Form 4s, S-1s, S-3s and prospectus supplements. Prior to Raptor, Ms. Tsuchimoto spent eight years at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. and its predecessor, Glyko, Inc., where she held the positions of Vice President-Treasurer, Vice President-Controller, and Controller.

At BioMarin, Ms. Tsuchimoto provided due diligence for the company’s IPO in 1999 and helped close BioMarin’s first $500 million of financing between 1997 and 2005. Ms. Tsuchimoto was responsible for BioMarin’s SEC reporting, corporate compliance, 10(b)5-1 trading plans and was BioMarin’s primary liaison with external legal counsel and auditors in the company’s early years. Prior to Glyko, she served as Controller at a few companies outside the biotech industry. She began her career as a staff accountant at a local certified public accounting firm. Ms. Tsuchimoto received a B.S. in Business Administration from San Francisco State University. She holds an inactive California Certified Public Accountant license.