Dr. Peterson joined us in 2017 and serves as our Executive Vice President of Process Sciences and Manufacturing. Dr. Peterson also served as Senior Director, Manufacturing at MabVax Therapeutics, a biotechnology company, from 2015 to 2017 and as Senior Director, Upstream Process Development and Manufacturing at Ambrx, a biotechnology company, from 2014 to 2015. Dr. Peterson has also served in manufacturing, scientific and leadership positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Celgene and Shire. Dr. Peterson received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. He also completed a post doctorate at the University of Minnesota, BioProcess Technology Institute.