Alan Colowick

Dr. Colowick joined Teon Therapeutics as an Executive Chairman in March 2021. Alan is Managing Director at Matrix Capital Management. Prior to joining Matrix in 2021, Dr. Colowick was a partner at Sofinnova Investments, where he led multiple investments in private companies and was Chairman of the Board of Directors for two companies recently acquired (Velos Bio acquired by Merck and Principia (PRNB) acquired by Sanofi). Prior to that, Dr. Colowick spent seven years at Celgene in various roles, including President of EMEA and Executive Vice President. Dr. Colowick joined Celgene after the company acquired Gloucester Pharmaceuticals, where he was the Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Gloucester, he was President of Geron Oncology after being the Chief Medical Officer of Threshold Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Colowick began his career in industry at Amgen, where he served in a number of roles, including Vice President of Medical for EMEA. Prior to that, Dr. Colowick completed his fellowship training in Hematology and Oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He serves on the Board of Directors of Teon, Personalis, Inc., AC Immune, Harpoon, InCarda and Xylocor Therapeutics. Dr. Colowick received his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine, his Masters in Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health, and his Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology from the University of Colorado Boulder.