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Mr. Sherman joined Chimerix in 2019 as Chief Executive Officer. Before joining the Company, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Endocyte and led it from a $200 million market capitalization to its $2.1 billion acquisition by Novartis in 2018. Mr. Sherman repositioned the company by re-prioritizing the pipeline, acquiring an external asset, and aggressively executing a phase 3 regulatory and clinical strategy. He joined the company in 2006 and as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer and was instrumental in Endocyte’s IPO and four subsequent financings. Prior to joining Endocyte, Mr. Sherman served in various executive roles, including as vice president of finance and strategic planning for Guidant Corporation, a cardiovascular device manufacturer acquired by Boston Scientific Corporation. Mr. Sherman holds a BA in economics from DePauw University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, graduating as a Tuck Scholar. Mr. Sherman currently serves on the Board of Biospecifics Technologies, Inc, and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. He also served on the Board of Directors at Mead Johnson Nutrition until the company’s acquisition by Reckitt Benckiser.

Douglas 'Doug' Ingram is a CEO and President at SAREPTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.; Board Member at SAREPTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.; and Board Member at Relay Therapeutics Inc and is based in Irvine, California. He has worked as Assistant General Counsel at Actavis, President at Actavis, and Board Member at Volcom. Douglas works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Allergan Foundation and Board Member at Pacific Life. He studied at James E Rogers College of Law until 1988, Arizona State University between 1980 and 1985, and University of Arizona.

Maxwell Stock has the primary responsibility of spearheading Signum's business development efforts in combination with developing strategic plans to advance the company's mission and objectives. An inventor on Signum patents and a co-founder of the company, his extensive laboratory experience and familiarity with our science have been critical in executing and maintaining Signum's strategic partnerships. He majored in molecular biology at the University of Colorado, conducted research efforts at Synergen, Inc., and founded several startups before founding Signum and joining professor Stock's Princeton laboratory to develop the technologies upon which Signum is built.

Lawrence M. Blatt, Ph.D., has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since February 2018. Prior to co-founding the Company, Dr. Blatt served as the Global Head of Infectious Diseases and Vaccines at Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, a pharmaceutical company, from November 2014 to February 2018. Dr. Blatt co-founded Alios BioPharma, Inc., a biotechnology company, and served as its Chief Executive Officer, President and Director from January 2009 until its acquisition by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson in November 2014. Prior to Alios, he served as Chief Scientific Officer at InterMune, Inc., a biotechnology company, from 2002 to 2008. Dr. Blatt currently serves on the board of directors of ReViral Ltd. and previously served on the boards of directors of Alveo Technologies, Inc., which he co-founded in 2014, and Meissa Vaccines, Inc. Dr. Blatt received a B.S. in Microbiology from Indiana University Bloomington, an M.B.A. from California State University, Northridge, and a Ph.D. in Public Health Administration from the University of La Verne. We believe that Dr. Blatt’s extensive experience as an executive of several companies in the biopharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, his extensive knowledge of our company and his educational background provides him with the qualifications and skills necessary to serve as a member of our board of directors.