Otu Akpan

Otu Akpan has over 14 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Otu is currently the Senior Director and Head of Quality Assurance at Visterra Inc., a position they have held since January 2022. Prior to this role, Otu was the Head of Quality Assurance at Visterra Inc. from December 2019 until January 2022.

Before joining Visterra Inc., Otu worked at CRISPR Therapeutics as an Associate Director of Quality Assurance from February 2018 to December 2019. Prior to that, they served as a Manager of Quality Assurance at Seres Therapeutics from April 2016 to February 2018.

Otu also gained experience at bluebird bio as a QA Compliance Specialist II from July 2014 to April 2016 and at Sanofi Genzyme as a Compliance Specialist II from February 2011 to July 2014. Their career in the industry began as a Manufacturing Associate at Lonza, where they worked from May 2007 to February 2011.

Otu Akpan completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Business Administration and Management from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, from 2021 to 2023. Prior to this, from 2015 to 2019, Otu earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in Law from New England Law | Boston. Details about Otu's Bachelor's degree from Worcester State University are not provided. Otu also attended Saint John's High School, but information regarding a degree or field of study is not available.