Christine O’Brien

Christine O’Brien is the Chief Executive Officer for Tizona and a member of the Board of Directors. O’Brien joined Tizona in 2015 and served most recently as the Chief Operating Officer. During her time at Tizona, she has led the cross-functional execution of the company’s portfolio and operating plan during a time when the organization advanced two, first-in-class immunotherapies into the clinic. Additionally, O’Brien provided leadership for clinical stage project teams, working successfully with external partners to shape strategy and development plans.

Prior to joining Tizona, Christine held the dual roles of Senior Director of Strategic Operations and Chief of Staff to the President, and Product Team Leader for Kyprolis® at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, an Amgen subsidiary. From 2003-2015, Christine held positions of increasing responsibility at Amgen, where she was accountable for large, complex cross-functional initiatives to improve Amgen’s drug development process and pipeline planning and execution. Christine also served as the Program Manager at Amgen for the cross-functional transition teams and delivery of effective change and engagement strategy following Amgen’s acquisition of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Christine has a Master’s of Science in Management and Leadership from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor’s of Science in Labor and Industrial Relations and Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University.