People: Dendreon Corp (DNDN.O)

Gregory T. Schiffman joined Dendreon Corp. in December 2006 as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to that time, Mr. Schiffman was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Affymetrix, Inc., a manufacturer of genetic analysis products. He served as Affymetrix’s Vice President of Finance from March 2001 and was appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in August 2001. At Affymetrix, Mr. Schiffman was promoted to Senior Vice President in October 2002 and to Executive Vice President in February 2005. Prior to joining Affymetrix, Mr. Schiffman was Vice President, Controller of Applied Biosystems, Inc. from October 1998. From 1987 through 1998, Mr. Schiffman held various managerial and financial positions at Hewlett Packard Company. Mr. Schiffman serves as a director of Entelos, a biopharmaceutical company and Vnus Technologies, Inc., a medical device company. Mr. Schiffman received a B.S. from De Paul University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.