People: Exelixis, Inc. (EXEL.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Papadopoulos, Stelios 60 1998 Chairman of the Board
Scangos, George 60 1996 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Karbe, Frank 40 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Morrissey, Michael 48 2007 President - Research and Development
Simonton, Pamela 59 2008 Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Schwab, Gisela 52 2008 Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Heller, Frances 42 2008 Executive Vice President - Business Development
Lamb, Peter 48 2007 Senior Vice President - Discovery Research, Chief Scientific Officer
Rivera, Lupe 42 2007 Senior Vice President - Operations
Cohen, Charles 58 1995 Director
Willsey, Lance 47 1997 Director
Marchesi, Vincent 73 2001 Director
McCormick, Frank 58 2003 Director
Wyszomierski, Jack 53 2004 Director
Poste, George 64 2004 Director
Garber, Alan 53 2005 Director
Feldbaum, Carl 65 2007 Director
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Name Description
Papadopoulos, Stelios Stelios Papadopoulos, Ph.D. a co-founder of Exelixis, has been a director of Exelixis Inc. since December 1994 and the Chairman of the Board of the Company since January 1998. Dr. Papadopoulos retired as Vice Chairman of Cowen & Co., LLC in August 2006 after six years as an investment banker with the firm, where he focused on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. Prior to joining Cowen & Co., he spent 13 years as an investment banker at PaineWebber, Incorporated, where he was most recently Chairman of PaineWebber Development Corp., a PaineWebber subsidiary focusing on biotechnology. He joined PaineWebber in April 1987 from Drexel Burnham Lambert, where he was a Vice President in the Equity Research Department covering the biotechnology industry. Prior to Drexel, he was a biotechnology analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Before coming to Wall Street in 1985, Dr. Papadopoulos was on the faculty of the Department of Cell Biology at New York University Medical Center. He continues his affiliation with New York University Medical Center as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Cell Biology. Dr. Papadopoulos is a member of the board of directors of Biogen Idec, Inc. He is a co-founder and member of the board of directors of Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Cellzome, Inc. He is vice-chairman of the board of directors of BG Medicine, Inc., a privately-held life sciences company, a member of the board of directors of Joule Biotechnologies, Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company, and a member of the Board of Directors of Regulus, Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company. In the not-for-profit sector, Dr. Papadopoulos is a co-founder and Chairman of Fondation Santé, a member of the board of visitors of Duke University Medical Center and a member of the board of directors of the National Marrow Donor Program. Dr. Papadopoulos holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics and an M.B.A. in Finance, both from New York University.
Scangos, George George A. Scangos, Ph.D. has served as a director and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Exelixis Inc. since October 1996. From September 1993 to October 1996, Dr. Scangos served as President of Biotechnology at Bayer Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, and was responsible for research, business and process development, manufacturing, engineering and quality assurance. Dr. Scangos is a member and Chairman of the board of directors of Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a member of the board of directors of Entelos, Inc. and a member of the board of directors of Company's former subsidiary, TaconicArtemis GmbH (previously known as Artemis Pharmaceuticals GmbH). Dr. Scangos was a Jane Coffin Childs Post-Doctoral Fellow at Yale University and a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Scangos currently holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor of Biology at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Scangos is a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy, the Board of Overseers of the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, and the Advisory Board for the Cornell University Life Sciences Initiative. Dr. Scangos also serves as a member of the Board of the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development and as a director of Fondation Santé. Dr. Scangos holds a B.A. in Biology from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Massachusetts.
Karbe, Frank Frank L. Karbe has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Exelixis Inc. since July 2007. From February 2004 to July 2007, Mr. Karbe served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. From 1997 to January 2004, Mr. Karbe worked as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs & Co., where he served most recently as Vice President in the healthcare group focusing on corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions in the biotechnology industry. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Karbe held various positions in the finance department of The Royal Dutch/Shell Group in Europe. Mr. Karbe holds a Diplom Kaufmann from the WHU-Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, Koblenz, Germany (equivalent to a U.S. Masters of Business Administration).
Morrissey, Michael Michael M. Morrissey, Ph.D., has served as President of Research and Development of Exelixis Inc. since January 2007. From January 2006 until December 2006, Dr. Morrissey served as Executive Vice President, Discovery. From January 2003 to December 2005, Dr. Morrissey served as Senior Vice President, Discovery. Previously, he served as Vice President of Discovery Research from February 2000 through December 2002. From 1991 to 2000, Dr. Morrissey held several positions at Berlex Biosciences, last holding the position of Vice President, Discovery Research. From 1986 to 1991, he served as a Senior Scientist and Project Team Leader in Medicinal Chemistry at CIBA-Geigy Corporation, a pharmaceutical company. He is the author of numerous scientific publications in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery and an inventor on 68 issued U.S. patents and 25 additional published U.S. patent applications. Dr. Morrissey holds a B.S. (Honors) in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University.
Simonton, Pamela Pamela A. Simonton, J.D., LL.M., has served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Exelixis Inc. since January 2008. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President, Patents and Licensing from January 2004 until December 2007. In addition, she served as Vice President of Corporate Technology Development from April 2000 through December 2003. From July 1996 to April 2000, Ms. Simonton served as Vice President, Licensing and Acquisitions for Bayer Corporation’s Pharmaceutical Division. From September 1994 to July 1996, Ms. Simonton served as Vice President of Patents and Licensing for Bayer’s Pharmaceutical Division, North America. Ms. Simonton is admitted to practice in California (RIHC), the District of Columbia and Florida and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Ms. Simonton holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Barry College, an M.S. in Physics from the University of Miami, a J.D. from Nova University and an LL.M. in Patent and Trade Regulation from George Washington University.
Schwab, Gisela Gisela M. Schwab, M.D., has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Exelixis Inc. since January 2008. She joined Exelixis in 2006 as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. From 2002 to 2006, she held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Abgenix, Inc., a human antibody-based drug development company. She also served as vice president, clinical development, at Abgenix from 1999 to 2001. Prior to working at Abgenix, from 1992 to 1999, she held positions of increasing responsibility at Amgen Inc., most recently as Director of Clinical Research and Hematology/Oncology Therapeutic Area Team Leader. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Heidelberg, trained at the National Cancer Institute and is board certified in internal medicine and hematology and oncology.
Heller, Frances Frances K. Heller, J.D., has served as Executive Vice President, Business Development of Exelixis Inc. since August 2008. From December 2003 until she joined Exelixis, Ms. Heller was head of Strategic Alliances at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), the global research organization for Novartis AG. Prior to NIBR, from 2001 to 2003, Ms. Heller served as Vice President of Corporate Development & Legal Affairs at Signature BioScience, Inc., an oncology drug discovery company, where she oversaw all business development and legal activities. Prior to Signature Bioscience, from 1998 to 2001 Ms. Heller held positions of increasing responsibility at Celera Genomics, most recently serving as Corporate and Intellectual Property Counsel and head of the legal department with responsibility for corporate and business transactions and gene discovery collaborations. Ms. Heller is a member of the California State Bar and is licensed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She received her J.D. degree from the Golden Gate University School of Law, her M.A. in biology from American University, and her B.S. in biology from Tulane University.
Lamb, Peter Peter Lamb, Ph.D., has served as Senior Vice President, Discovery Research and Chief Scientific Officer of Exelixis Inc. since January 2007. Previously, he served as Vice President, Discovery Pharmacology from December 2003 until January 2007 and Senior Director, Molecular Pharmacology and Structural Biology from October 2000 until December 2003. From June 1992 until September 2000 he held positions of increasing responsibility at Ligand Pharmaceuticals, most recently serving as Director of Transcription Research. During this time, he led teams that implemented novel drug discovery approaches that led to the identification of the first small molecule activators of cytokine receptors. Dr. Lamb has held post-doctoral research fellowships at the Carnegie Institution, Department of Embryology, with Dr. S.L. McKnight and the University of Oxford with Dr. N.J. Proudfoot, working in the field of gene regulation. He has authored numerous articles in the fields of gene expression, signal transduction and oncology, and is an author on multiple issued and pending US patents. He has a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the ICRF/University of London and a B.A. in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge.
Rivera, Lupe Lupe M. Rivera has served as Senior Vice President, Operations of Exelixis Inc. since July 2007. Ms. Rivera served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Communications from January 2007 through June 2007. Ms. Rivera served as Vice President, Human Resources from July 2004 through December 2006, and she served as Exelixis’ Human Resources Director from January 2002 through June 2004. She joined Exelixis in 2002 from AT&T’s Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) unit where she held the position of District Manager, Human Resources. Prior to joining AT&T, she was Director, Human Resources for NorthPoint Communications, and prior to that she held various positions with Deltanet, an information technology company. Ms. Rivera also spent twelve years in banking with Valley National Bank of Arizona and Bank One, Arizona. Ms. Rivera holds a Masters Degree in Human Resources & Organization Development from University of San Francisco. Ms. Rivera is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the Human Resource Certification Institute and a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) from World at Work (formerly known as the American Compensation Association).
Cohen, Charles Charles Cohen, Ph.D., has been a director of Exelixis Inc. since November 1995. Since May 2007, Dr. Cohen has been a managing director of Advent Healthcare Ventures, a venture capital firm. Currently, Dr. Cohen is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Cellzome AG, a post-genomics biotechnology company. From 2003 to 2007, Dr. Cohen was Vice President of Advent International, a global private equity firm. From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Cohen was the Chief Executive Officer of Cellzome AG. Prior to that, Dr. Cohen co-founded Creative BioMolecules, Inc., a biotechnology company, in 1982 and was a director and its Chief Executive Officer from 1985 to 1995. Dr. Cohen serves on the board of directors of several private companies. Dr. Cohen has been the Chief Executive Officer of several companies. Dr. Cohen received his Ph.D. from New York University School of Medicine.
Willsey, Lance Lance Willsey, M.D. has been a director of Exelixis Inc. since April 1997. Dr. Willsey has been a founding partner of DCF Capital, a hedge fund focused on investing in the life sciences, since July 1998. From July 1997 to July 1998, Dr. Willsey served on the Staff Department of Urologic Oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard University School of Medicine. From July 1996 to July 1997, Dr. Willsey served on the Staff Department of Urology at Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard University School of Medicine, where he was a urology resident from July 1992 to July 1996. Dr. Willsey is a member of the board of directors of Exact Sciences Corporation, a biotechnology company. Dr. Willsey holds a B.S. in Physiology from Michigan State University and an M.S. in Biology and an M.D., both from Wayne State University.
Marchesi, Vincent Vincent T. Marchesi, M.D., Ph.D. has been a director of Exelixis Inc. since May 2001. Since 1973, Dr. Marchesi has been a Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Yale University and, since 1991, the Director of the Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine at Yale University. In 1982, Dr. Marchesi co-founded Molecular Diagnostics, Inc., a diagnostic development company. Dr. Marchesi was formerly Chair of Pathology at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Marchesi holds an M.D. from Yale University and a Ph.D. from Oxford University, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.
McCormick, Frank Frank McCormick, Ph.D. FRS, has been a director of Exelixis Inc. since July 2003. Since 1998, Dr. McCormick has been Director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and he is currently the Associate Dean, School of Medicine, UCSF. Dr. McCormick is the David A. Wood Professor of Tumor Biology and Cancer Research in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UCSF as well as the E. Dixon Heise Distinguished Professor in Oncology. From 1992 to 1998, Dr. McCormick was the founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company. From 1991 to 1992, he served as Vice President of Therapeutic Research at Chiron Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, and from 1981 to 1990, he served as Vice President of Discovery Research with Cetus Corporation, a biotechnology company. Dr. McCormick is on the editorial board of some of the most prestigious international cancer publications and serves as a board member or advisor to multiple cancer research organizations. Dr. McCormick currently serves as a member of the Exelixis, Inc. Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. McCormick was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Dr. Allen Smith at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, England, and with Professor Seymour S. Cohen at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. McCormick holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham, England and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, England.
Wyszomierski, Jack Jack L. Wyszomierski, has been a director of Exelixis Inc. since February 2004. Since 2004, Mr. Wyszomierski has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of VWR International, LLC, or “VWR,” a supplier of laboratory supplies, equipment and supply chain solutions to the global research laboratory industry. Mr. Wyszomierski will retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of VWR, effective June 30, 2009. From 1982 to 2003, Mr. Wyszomierski held positions of increasing responsibility within the finance group at Schering-Plough Corporation, a health care company, culminating with his appointment as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1996. Prior to joining Schering-Plough, he was responsible for capitalization planning at Joy Manufacturing Company, a producer of mining equipment, and was a management consultant at Data Resources, Inc. Mr. Wyszomierski holds a M.S. in Industrial Administration and a B.S. in Administration, Management Science and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University.
Poste, George George Poste, D.V.M., Ph.D., has been a director of Exelixis Inc. since August 2004. Since February 2009, Dr. Poste has been the Chief Scientist at Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative and Regents’ Professor and Del E. Webb Distinguished Professor of Biology at Arizona State University. From May 2003 to February 2009, Dr. Poste served as the director of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. Dr. Poste has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Health Technology Networks, a consulting company that specializes in the application of genomic technologies and computing in healthcare, since 1999. From 1992 to 1999, he was the Chief Science and Technology Officer and President, R&D of SmithKline Beecham Corporation, a pharmaceutical company. Dr. Poste serves on the Defense Science Board of the U.S. Department of Defense (and chairs the Task Force on Bioterrorism) and is a member of other organizations dedicated to advance the defense against bioweapons and biowarfare. Dr. Poste is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Orchid Biosciences, Inc., a DNA forensics company, and a member of the board of directors of Monsanto Company, a provider of agricultural products and solutions. Dr. Poste is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and various other prestigious organizations and has been awarded honorary doctorates from several universities. Dr. Poste holds a D.V.M. in veterinary medicine and a Ph.D. in Virology from the University of Bristol, England.
Garber, Alan Alan M. Garber, M.D., Ph.D., has been a director of Exelixis Inc. since January 2005. Dr. Garber has been the Henry J. Kaiser Jr. Professor and a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University since 1998. Dr. Garber is also a Professor (by courtesy) of Economics, Health Research and Policy, and of Economics in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Dr. Garber is the Director of the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research at Stanford University School of Medicine, the Center for Health Policy at Stanford University and the Health Care Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and a staff physician at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Dr. Garber is a member of the Institute of Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and the Association of American Physicians. Dr. Garber is on the editorial board of acclaimed scientific journals and has received numerous awards and honors. Dr. Garber holds an A.B. summa cum laude, an A.M. and a Ph.D., all in Economics, from Harvard University, and an M.D. from Stanford University.
Feldbaum, Carl Carl B. Feldbaum, Esq. has been a director of Exelixis Inc. since February 2007. Mr. Feldbaum is also member of the board of directors of Actelion, Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Feldbaum is president emeritus of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), which represents more than 1,000 biotechnology companies, academic institutions and state biotechnology centers internationally. Mr. Feldbaum served as president of BIO from 1993 until his retirement in 2005. Prior to joining BIO, Mr. Feldbaum was chief of staff to Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. He also was president and founder of the Palomar Corporation, a national security “think tank” in Washington, D.C. Before founding Palomar Corporation, Mr. Feldbaum was assistant to the Secretary of Energy and served as the Inspector General for defense intelligence in the U.S. Department of Defense. Mr. Feldbaum received an A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Papadopoulos, Stelios 0 0
Scangos, George 3,412,500 3,216,999
Karbe, Frank 510,000 461,500
Morrissey, Michael 787,500 948,950
Simonton, Pamela 568,124 451,000
Schwab, Gisela 0 0
Heller, Frances 0 0
Lamb, Peter 0 0
Rivera, Lupe 0 0
Cohen, Charles 0 0
Willsey, Lance 0 0
Marchesi, Vincent 0 0
McCormick, Frank 0 0
Wyszomierski, Jack 0 0
Poste, George 0 0
Garber, Alan 0 0
Feldbaum, Carl 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
RIVERA LUPE M 3,125 $7.56
RIVERA LUPE M 3,125 $5.04
HELLER FRANCES K 1,400 $6.19
HELLER FRANCES K 1,129 $6.19
HELLER FRANCES K 1,270 $5.00
SCHWAB GISELA M 2,800 $5.01
HELLER FRANCES K 3,257 $5.01
SCHWAB GISELA M 4,197 $5.01
HELLER FRANCES K 4,900 $5.01
SCHWAB GISELA M 1,200 $5.00
HELLER FRANCES K 1,182 $5.02
WILLSEY LANCE 2,600 $3.41
WILLSEY LANCE 7,000 $3.39
WILLSEY LANCE 100 $3.40
WILLSEY LANCE 1,400 $3.42
KARBE FRANK 2,500 $3.30
WILLSEY LANCE 35,800 $3.40
WILLSEY LANCE 2,000 $3.38
WILLSEY LANCE 300 $3.40
WILLSEY LANCE 300 $3.42
KARBE FRANK 5,000 $3.40
WILLSEY LANCE 200 $3.40
WILLSEY LANCE 300 $3.40
PAPADOPOULOS STELIOS B 25,000 $3.20
KARBE FRANK 2,500 $3.25
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