Troy Ignelzi

Troy A. Ignelzi joined Karuna Therapeutics as Chief Financial Officer in March 2019, bringing more than 25 years of experience supporting companies in finance, business development, and operations. He joins Karuna from scPharmaceuticals where, in his role as Chief Financial Officer, he helped oversee development from a privately-held clinical-stage company to a publicly-traded biopharma preparing for commercial launch. Prior to scPharmaceuticals, Mr. Ignelzi was a senior executive at Juventas Therapeutics, Esperion Therapeutics, and Insys Therapeutics, helping raise public/private capital, expand development pipelines through licensing/acquisition, and advancing critical therapies, several of which are currently approved by the FDA. He also brings relevant commercial experience, having launched and promoted CNS therapies while at Eli Lilly. Mr. Ignelzi is a member of the board of directors at Vedanta Biosciences.

Mr. Ignelzi holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Ferris State University.