RayzeBio Leadership

Deborah is the scientific Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Advisor of RayzeBio, Inc. Prior to RayzeBio, Deborah held a number of scientific leadership positions in biotech, focused on translational drug development. At Nektar Therapeutics, she conceived of and led the pre-clinical and early clinical development of an Immuno-Oncology pipeline, starting with NKTR-214, a next-generation IL-2 receptor agonist, currently in several pivotal Phase 3 oncology trials and later an IL-15 receptor agonist and TLR 7/8 agonist. At FivePrime Therapeutics, Deborah led a team that contributed to the clinical development of novel biologics for pan-FGF and CSF1 inhibition for oncology. While at Chiron Corporation she initiated and led a large proteomics effort to guide oncology target discovery, including the discovery of peptide-mimetic binders (‘peptoids’). At Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, she assumed an academic leadership role as a tenured Principal Investigator, focusing on new biomaterials. Deborah’s formal education is in Chemistry, earning a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.S. in Chemistry from Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA where she also learned to fly small airplanes.

Arvind has over 13 years of investment banking experience. Before joining RayzeBio, he was a Managing Director in the healthcare investment banking team at Bank of America Securities, advising biopharmaceutical companies on strategic and financing transactions. During his 13 years at Bank of America Securities, he executed over $100 billion in M&A transactions and over $12 billion in equity and equity-linked financings. Prior to joining Bank of America Securities, he was an engineer at Caritor India Pvt. Ltd.

Arvind holds a Bachelor in Engineering in Computer Science from Visvesvaraya Technological University and an MBA from Goizueta Business School, Emory University.

Susan has over 20 years of combined industry and academic experience, successfully leading programs through IND clearance to full regulatory approval. Susan has led development, registration, and post-marketing support of products for bile duct, urothelial, gastric, breast, prostate, and thyroid cancer and pediatric low-grade glioma. Before joining RayzeBio, she was Chief Medical Officer at QED Therapeutics, an affiliate of BridgeBio Pharma, where she oversaw the clinical development of infigratinib for oncology and skeletal dysplasia indications, leading to the approval of Truseltiq. Prior to QED, Susan was VP and Head of Clinical Development for Puma Biotechnology, contributing to the approval of Nerlynx. Before Puma, she held senior positions at Millennium and Genzyme. Susan also serves on the board of directors of BioAtla.

Susan is a board-certified internist and previously held faculty appointments at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. Susan received her BA from the University of Virginia, MD from Duke University, and MS in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Deborah is the scientific Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Advisor of RayzeBio, Inc. Prior to RayzeBio, Deborah held a number of scientific leadership positions in biotech, focused on translational drug development. At Nektar Therapeutics, she conceived of and led the pre-clinical and early clinical development of an Immuno-Oncology pipeline, starting with NKTR-214, a next-generation IL-2 receptor agonist, currently in several pivotal Phase 3 oncology trials and later an IL-15 receptor agonist and TLR 7/8 agonist. At FivePrime Therapeutics, Deborah led a team that contributed to the clinical development of novel biologics for pan-FGF and CSF1 inhibition for oncology. While at Chiron Corporation she initiated and led a large proteomics effort to guide oncology target discovery, including the discovery of peptide-mimetic binders (‘peptoids’). At Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, she assumed an academic leadership role as a tenured Principal Investigator, focusing on new biomaterials. Deborah’s formal education is in Chemistry, earning a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.S. in Chemistry from Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA where she also learned to fly small airplanes.