Codex DNA R&D Day – Overview of SOLA Enzymatic DNA Synthesis

Dr. Nelson has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since July 2018. Prior to joining our company, Dr. Nelson served as the Chief Executive Officer of several life science companies through expansive phases of financial and commercial growth. From December 2014 to October 2017, Dr. Nelson served as Chief Executive Officer of DiscoverX Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of reagents intended for drug discovery. From September 2011 to October 2014, Dr. Nelson served as Chief Executive Officer of MP Biomedicals, LLC a global manufacturer and distributor of products and services for the life science, fine chemicals, diagnostics and dosimetry markets. From June 2007 to January 2011, Dr. Nelson served as Chief Executive Officer of eBioscience, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of immunology reagents used in pharmaceutical research. Dr. Nelson also previously served as Vice President of Global Corporate Development and Strategy at Life Technologies (now Thermo Fisher Scientific), as First Vice President Global Securities and Economics at Merrill Lynch & Co, and as Global Head of Life Sciences at RBC Capital Markets, LLC. Dr. Nelson currently serves on the board of directors of Tonbo Biosciences Corporation and TCRx Corporation. Dr. Nelson received a B.A. in Psychology, a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Minnesota and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Carlson School of Business at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Nelson also completed clinical fellowship training at Mayo Clinic in human genetics and laboratory medicine from 1996 to 1998.

Dr. Gibson has served as our Chief Technology Officer since August 2018. From February 2011 to August 2018, Dr. Gibson served in various roles at Synthetic Genomics, Inc., our former parent company and a biotechnology company focused on synthetic biology, including Principal Scientist and Vice President of DNA Technology. Since 2004, Dr. Gibson has also served as a professor in the synthetic biology group at the J. Craig Venter Institute, a non-profit genomics research institute. Dr. Gibson earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Southern California.

Ms. McNealey has served as our Chief Financial Officer since March 2021. From February 2015 to March 2021, she served as Vice President of Investor Relations and Strategy at Calithera Biosciences, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Prior to that, Ms. McNealey served as an advisor to other biotechnology companies, and founded Laurient, LLC, an independent research company focused on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Ms. McNealey has also served as a portfolio manager and biotechnology analyst at Franklin Templeton Investments, Amerindo Investment Advisors and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors. Ms. McNealey currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Antibe Therapeutics, Inc. Ms. McNealey received a B.A. and an M.H.A. from Cornell University.