Paul Lytle

Mr. Lytle was nominated to serve as a director on August 21 , 2020 and was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer on August 31 , 2020. Mr. Lytle has over 25 years of finance and accounting experience, including 21 years of public company experience and 19 years of CFO experience in the field of biotechnology and medical devices. Mr. Lytle served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Breathe Technologies, Inc. ("Breathe"), a private venture-backed medical device company with an approved portable ventilator, from September 2018 to December 2019. During this period, Mr. Lytle played a key role in preparing the company for a successful exit for investors and in September 2019, Breathe was acquired by Hillrom Holding, Inc. (NYSE: HRC) through a reverse triangular merger. Prior to Breathe, Mr. Lytle served as Chief Financial Officer of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now known as Avid Bioservices, Inc.) (Nasdaq: CDMO) and its wholly-owned biomanufacturing subsidiary Avid Bioservices, Inc., for 18 years, during which time the company advanced multiple products in oncology and infectious diseases, including its lead compound through Phase Ill clinical development, while starting and growing a biomanufacturing business to over $55 million in revenue. Prior to joining Peregrine, Mr. Lytle was employed by Deloitte from 1992 to 1997.