Ironwood Pharmaceuticals CEO and leadership

Tom McCourt joined Ironwood as chief commercial officer and senior vice president of marketing and sales in 2009. He was drawn to Ironwood by the quality and values of the people and by the potential he saw in our first product. Since coming on board, Tom has designed and implemented Ironwood’s commercial strategy, leading the hiring of a sales force and bringing our first medicine to patients. Prior to joining Ironwood, Tom led the U.S. brand team for denosumab at Amgen Inc. Before that, he held a number of senior commercial roles with Novartis AG, where he directed the launch and growth of Zelnorm® (tegaserod maleate) for the treatment of patients with IBS‐C and chronic constipation and held a number of senior commercial roles, including vice president of strategic marketing and operations. Tom was also part of the founding team at Astra Merck Inc., leading the development of the medical affairs and science liaison group and serving as brand manager for Prilosec® (omeprazole). He has a degree in pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin.

Jason Rickard is a SVP & COO at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals.

Michael Shetzline is a Senior VP/Chief Med OFC/Head:Drug Dev at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals. He has worked as Assistant Professor:Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Michael works or has worked as VP & Head:Gastroenterology Clinical Sciences at Takeda Pharmaceuticals Intl, FELLOW at American College of Physicians, and FELLOW at American College of Gastroenterology. He attended Ohio State University.

Gina Consylman is a President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals and is based in United States.

Tom McCourt joined Ironwood as chief commercial officer and senior vice president of marketing and sales in 2009. He was drawn to Ironwood by the quality and values of the people and by the potential he saw in our first product. Since coming on board, Tom has designed and implemented Ironwood’s commercial strategy, leading the hiring of a sales force and bringing our first medicine to patients. Prior to joining Ironwood, Tom led the U.S. brand team for denosumab at Amgen Inc. Before that, he held a number of senior commercial roles with Novartis AG, where he directed the launch and growth of Zelnorm® (tegaserod maleate) for the treatment of patients with IBS‐C and chronic constipation and held a number of senior commercial roles, including vice president of strategic marketing and operations. Tom was also part of the founding team at Astra Merck Inc., leading the development of the medical affairs and science liaison group and serving as brand manager for Prilosec® (omeprazole). He has a degree in pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin.

Mark Currie has led Ironwood’s R&D efforts since joining Ironwood in 2002. He co‐discovered the natural hormones (guanylin and uroguanylin) that activate guanylate cyclase‐C (GC‐C), a target thought to be useful in the treatment of a number of gastrointestinal diseases, and he brought a unique understanding of GC‐C pharmacology to Ironwood. This expertise in GC‐C and related cGMP pathways supported our team’s discovery and development of our first medicine. Prior to joining Ironwood, Mark directed cardiovascular and central nervous system disease research as vice president of discovery research at Sepracor, Inc. He also initiated, built and led discovery pharmacology and served as director of arthritis and inflammation at Monsanto Company, leading an effort that resulted in marketed Cox‐2 inhibitors for the treatment of pain in humans and animals. Mark earned a Ph.D. in cell biology from the Bowman‐Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University and a B.S. in biology from the University of South Alabama.