• ALEXZA PHARMACEUTICALS INC Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 468,909.00
    Thomas B. King has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board since June 2003. From September 2002 to April 2003, Mr. King served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Cognetix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical development company. From January 1994 to February 2001, Mr. King held various senior executive positions, including President and Chief Executive Officer from January 1997 to October 2000, and was a member of the board of directors at Anesta Corporation, a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, until it was acquired by Cephalon, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company. Mr. King received an M.B.A. from the University of Kansas and a B.A. in chemistry from McPherson College.
    Total Compensation: $ 303,750.00
    August J. Moretti has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since February 2005 and as our Secretary since December 2005. From August 2004 to February 2005, Mr. Moretti was our part time Chief Financial Officer. From January 2001 to January 2005, Mr. Moretti served as Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel at Alavita, Inc. (formerly known as SurroMed, Inc.), a biotechnology company. From January 1982 to December 2000, Mr. Moretti was a member of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP, an international law firm. Mr. Moretti received a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in economics from Princeton University.
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    Deepika R. Pakianathan, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board since November 2004. Since 2001, Dr. Pakianathan has served as a general partner at Delphi Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on healthcare investments. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Pakianathan was a senior biotechnology banker at JPMorgan. Prior to joining JP Morgan, Dr. Pakianathan was a research analyst at Genesis Merchant Group, a private investment partnership, from 1997 to 1998 and a post-doctoral scientist at Genentech, Inc. from 1993 to 1997. Dr. Pakianathan is a director of various private healthcare companies. Dr. Pakianathan received a Ph.D. in immunology and an M.S. in biology from Wake Forest University, and an M.Sc. in biophysics and a B.Sc from the University of Bombay.
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    J. Leighton Read, M.D. has served as a member of our Board since November 2004. Since 2001, Dr. Read has served as a general partner of Alloy Ventures, a venture capital firm. Dr. Read founded Aviron, a biopharmaceutical company, and served as its Chief Executive Officer until 1999. In 1989, Dr. Read co-founded Affymax NV, a biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Read is a member of the board of directors of various private companies. Dr. Read has received several awards for co-inventing the technology underlying the Affymetrix GeneChip. Dr. Read received an M.D. from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and a B.S. in psychology and biology from Rice University.
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    Gordon Ringold, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board since June 2001. Since March 2000, Dr. Ringold has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alavita, Inc. From March 1995 to February 2000, Dr. Ringold served as Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director of Affymax Research Institute where he managed the development of novel technologies to accelerate the pace of drug discovery. Dr. Ringold is also a member of the board of directors of Maxygen, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, and Oxonica plc, a publicly traded nanotechnology company. Dr. Ringold received a Ph.D. in microbiology from University of California, San Francisco in the laboratory of Dr. Harold Varmus before joining the Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology. Dr. Ringold also received a B.S. in biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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    Isaac Stein has served as a member of our Board since June 2001. Since November 1982, Mr. Stein has been President of Waverley Associates, Inc., a private investment firm. He is also the emeritus Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Stanford University and is the Chairman of the board of directors of Maxygen, Inc. Mr. Stein is also a director of American Balanced Fund, Inc. and The Income Fund of America, Inc., each a publicly traded investment company. Mr. Stein received an M.B.A. and J.D. from Stanford University and a B.A. in mathematical economics from Colgate University.
    Alan D. Frazier - Director
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    Alan D. Frazier has served as a member of our Board since September 2002. In 1991, Mr. Frazier founded Frazier Healthcare Ventures, a venture capital firm, and has served as the managing principal since its inception. From 1983 to 1991, Mr. Frazier served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Immunex Corporation, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company. From 1980 to 1983, Mr. Frazier was a principal in the audit department of Arthur Young & Company, which is now Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Frazier is a member of the board of directors of Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, and various privately held biopharmaceutical companies. Mr. Frazier received a B.A. in economics from the University of Washington.
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    Samuel D. Colella has served as a member of our Board since September 2002. In 1999, Mr. Colella co-founded Versant Ventures, a venture capital firm, and has served as a managing member since its formation. Prior to founding Versant Ventures, Mr. Colella has served as general partner of Institutional Venture Partners, a venture capital firm, since 1984. Mr. Colella is a member of the board of directors of Genomic Health, Inc., a publicly traded molecular diagnostics company, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded pharmaceutical medicine company, and various private companies. Mr. Colella received an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.S. in business and engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
    Anthony G. Tebbutt - Senior VP, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ 404,554.00
    Anthony G. Tebbutt has served as our Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development since March 2007. From September 1996 to October 2006, Mr. Tebbutt served as Senior Vice President and President at UCB, SA (Belgium), a pharmaceutical company, and from 1983 to 1995 Mr. Tebbut served in various Vice President positions in New Product Planning and Marketing for Syntex Laboratories, a publicly traded pharmaceutical company. Prior to Syntex, Mr. Tebbutt was also Marketing Manager for Eli Lilly Canada, Inc. from 1974 to 1983. Mr. Tebbutt holds an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.S. from Santa Clara University.
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    Hal V. Barron, M.D., FACC has served as a member of our Board since December 2007. Since December 2003, Dr. Barron has served as Senior Vice President of Development and as Chief Medical Officer since March 2004 at Genentech, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company. Dr. Barron joined Genentech in 1996 as a clinical scientist and in 2002 he was promoted to Vice President of Medical Affairs. Dr. Barron"s academic positions include Associate Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine/Cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Barron received his B.S. in physics from Washington University in St. Louis, his M.D. from Yale University and completed his training in medicine and cardiology at the University of California San Francisco.
    Dr. Robert S. Fishman, M.D. - Vice President, Divisional
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    Robert S. Fishman, M.D., F.C.C.P. has served as our Vice President, Medical Affairs since September 2007. Dr. Fishman was most recently Senior Vice President, Clinical Development for Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company, from 2005 to 2007. Previously, he was Vice President, Scientific Affairs for Aerogen, Inc., a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical company, where he served in various capacities from 1998 to 2005. Prior to Aerogen, he was Director of Clinical Affairs for Heartport, Inc., a publicly traded medical device company, from 1995 to 1998. Dr. Fishman was Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, at Stanford University School of Medicine from 1993 to 1995. He completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1989 to 1992. Dr. Fishman holds an M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine and an A.B. in biology from Harvard University.
    Michael J. Simms - Senior VP, Divisional
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    Michael J. Simms has served as our Senior Vice President, Operations and Manufacturing since February 2008. From May 2007 to February 2008 Mr. Simms served as Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Operations and from June 2004 to May 2007 served as Vice President, Manufacturing of Nektar Therapeutics, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company. From August 2002 to June 2004, Mr. Simms worked as an independent consultant to develop manufacturing strategies and business plans for various early stage and small commercial stage companies. Prior to this, Mr. Simms held executive level positions at various life science companies. Mr. Simms holds an M.B.A from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
    Total Compensation: $ 272,911.00
    Dr.William C. Houghton, M.D. - Divisional Vice President
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    William C. Houghton, M.D. has served as our Vice President, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs since November 2005. From June 2005 to November 2005, Dr. Houghton served as Vice President of Clinical Development at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. From August 1998 to June 2005, Dr. Houghton held various management positions, including Chief Operating Officer from August 1998 to May 2002, at Orphan Medical, Inc., a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, until it was acquired by Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. From 1995 to 1998, Dr. Houghton was Chief Scientific Officer of Iotek, Inc., a biomedical company. Dr. Houghton received an M.D. from Sydney University. Dr. Houghton completed a fellowship at Sydney University in anesthesia in 1971 and practiced full time in clinical critical care medicine and anesthesiology until joining the pharmaceutical industry in 1984.
    Emily Lee Kelley - Divisional Vice President
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    Emily Lee Kelley has served as our Vice President, Human Resources since October 2002. From October 2001 to October 2002, Ms. Kelley provided human resources consulting services to us and Versicor, Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of Sepracor Inc., a publicly traded pharmaceutical company. From 1995 to 2001, Ms. Kelley served as Vice President of Human Resources, Finance and Operations at Affymax Research Institute, a pharmaceutical company, and oversaw human resource matters for Maxygen, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company. Ms. Kelley received a B.S. in organizational behavior and industrial relations from the University of California, Berkeley.
    Dr. William L. Leschensky, M.D., J.D. - Divisional Vice President
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    William L. Leschensky, M.D., J.D. has served as our Vice President, Intellectual Property since November 2005. From December 2004 to October 2005, he was our Senior Director, Intellectual Property. From May 2000 to December 2004, Dr. Leschensky was in-house intellectual property counsel at Alavita, Inc., and from September 1992 to May 2000, Dr. Leschensky was an intellectual property attorney at the law firms of Fish & Neave LLP and Morrison & Foerster LLP. Dr. Leschensky received an M.D. from the University of Illinois, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in biochemistry from Iowa State University.
    Joseph L. Baker - Vice President, Divisional
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    Joseph L. Baker has served as our Vice President, Commercial Manufacturing and Global Supply Chain since November 2006. From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Baker was General Manager for Watson Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical company, where he was responsible for all activities for the Salt Lake City manufacturing facility. He was previously Director, Oral Product R&D and Director, Operations Technical Services for Theratech, Inc., a publicly traded medical device company, from 1995 to 1999. Prior to Watson Laboratories and Theratech, Mr. Baker held various management and technical positions with Lohmann Therapy Systems from 1993 to 1995 and Lederle Laboratories from 1974 to 1993. Mr. Baker holds an undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences, with a concentration in chemistry, from Thomas A. Edison College.
    Dr. Michael J. Taylor, Ph.D. - Vice President, Divisional
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    Michael J. Taylor, Ph.D., DABT has served as our Vice President, Preclinical Development since August 2006. From January 2005 to August 2006, Dr. Taylor was Sr. Director, Preclinical and Clinical Development Sciences for Protein Design Labs, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company. From April 2000 to January 2005, Dr. Taylor was Vice President, Non-Clinical Research and Development and Executive Director, Drug Safety and Evaluation for DURECT Corporation a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical company. From 1996 to 2000, Dr. Taylor was Toxicology Department Head for the Urology and CNS Division of Roche Biosciences. Dr. Taylor is a board certified toxicologist and holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in toxicology from Utah State University.
    James V. Cassella, Ph.D. - Divisional Senior VP
    Total Compensation: $ 327,828.00
    James V. Cassella, Ph.D. has served as our Senior Vice President, Research and Development since June 2004. From April 1989 to April 2004, Dr. Cassella held various management positions at Neurogen Corporation, a publicly traded biotechnology company, including Senior Vice President of Clinical Research and Development from January 2003 to June 2004. Prior to Neurogen, Dr. Cassella was Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Oberlin College. Dr. Cassella received a Ph.D. in physiological psychology from Dartmouth College, completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and received a B.A. in psychology from the University of New Haven.