Joyce Abad

Quality Assurance Supervisor, Records

Wa'el Al Rawashdeh

Vice President, Orthopedic Business Development

Dr. Al Rawashdeh has an interdisciplinary career focusing on the clinical translation of cell therapies and development of molecular imaging platforms. Prior to joining Ossium, he held a number of critical roles at Miltenyi Biotec, a global market-leader in cell processing, that enabled the creation of a successful CAR T cell therapy program. Dr. Al Rawashdeh developed industry-leading non-clinical development (NCD) and molecular imaging platforms and led the in vivo NCD packages of the CAR T cell therapy program, which in 4 years resulted in 4 CIT approvals in Germany, 1 IND pivotal trial FDA application, and 1 successful approval of an ‘orphan drug’ by the EMA. Dr. Al Rawashdeh developed a novel animal model that permitted the approval of the first CAR T cell clinical trial in Europe targeting melanoma.

On the research front, Dr. Al Rawashdeh spearheaded the initiation of an industry-academia consortium that successfully secured a major grant of $1.6 million from the EU European Funding for Regional Development initiative to develop novel CAR T cell therapies against solid tumors and cell tracking strategies, and led the project up to the time of his departure in 2021, when he joined Ossium.

As a postdoc at RWTH Aachen University, Germany’s top engineering university, Dr. Al Rawashdeh co-developed novel optical imaging technology that convinced MiLabs, a global leader in molecular imaging, to adopt the technology and build and commercialize a hybrid tomography system that generated over $10 million in sales to date. Furthermore, on the basis of his original research and project design where he recruited industry partners from Germany, Italy and the UK, he secured a $1 million grant from the European Union’s European Commission in the highly competitive multi-country BioPhotonics call.

Dr. Al Rawashdeh completed his BS from California State University, Fresno, and his MSc and Ph.D. from RWTH Aachen University.

Emma Arndt

Operational Excellence Lead

Davis Belt

Sterile Processing Technician

Kevin Blankenberger

Quality Control Supervisor, CLIA General Supervisor

Kevin Blankenberger

Quality Control Supervisor, CLIA General Supervisor

Brennan Bochenek

Customer Success Specialist

Mary Boyajian

Business Strategist

Abby Brar

Associate Director, Donation Compliance

Andrew Bruhn

Floor Supervisor, Sterile Processing

Andrew Bruhn

Floor Supervisor, Sterile Processing

Sarah Bryan

Quality Assurance Associate Supervisor, Product Quality

Sarah Bryan

Quality Assurance Associate Supervisor, Product Quality

Kimberly Buchanan

Supervisor, Development; Lab Manager

Kimberly Buchanan

Supervisor, Development; Lab Manager

Kevin Caldwell

CEO, Co-Founder & President

As CEO, Co-Founder & President of Ossium Health, Kevin Caldwell has built Ossium from a small startup into a clinical stage bioengineering company.  Kevin set the company’s mission to improve human health through bioengineering and designed its platform-based model for cellular therapeutics development.  Kevin has led the company’s successful pursuit, negotiation, and execution of more than 50 business relationships, including 5 successful fundraisings and dozens of supply partnerships, clinical partnerships, and commercial contracts with biopharmaceutical companies.

Prior to founding Ossium, Kevin served as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey’s San Francisco office where he advised clients in the biotechnology and healthcare sectors. His projects ranged from due diligence of acquisition targets in the biotech startup ecosystem to restructuring distressed biopharma companies. Mr. Caldwell led more than 20 engagements with more than a dozen clients, leading teams that advised clients on revenue growth, go to market strategy, and organizational restructuring.

Before McKinsey, Kevin served as a Senior Investment Associate at Bridgewater Associates where he did quantitative research for the firm’s global macro investments. Mr. Caldwell studied Physics and Economics at MIT before receiving his JD from Harvard Law School. Mr. Caldwell is a member of the Young President’s Organization (YPO), and a Fellow of the Leaders in Tech Program.

Christopher Carpenter

Manager, Facilities

Andres Carranza

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Andres Carranza

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Carla Cochran

Material Handler

Carla Cochran

Material Handler

Ashley Collins

National Trainer

Kevin Cox

Supervisor, Product Fulfillment

Ryan Dobias

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Ryan Dobias

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Samantha Dusthimer

Quality Assurance Associate I, Operational Quality

Samantha Dusthimer

Quality Assurance Associate I, Operational Quality

Jason Eder

Manager, Supply Chain

Kali Garcia

Sterile Processing Technician II

Kali Garcia

Sterile Processing Technician II

Jay Gardner

Vice President, People & Talent

Ms. Gardner is a hands-on People leader with deep experience supporting high-growth startups across SaaS, cleantech, and fintech. Her focus is building scalable People and Talent infrastructure that emphasizes connection and engagement across multiple locations, teams, and levels.

Before joining Ossium, Ms. Gardner established the People team as employee #18 at Turntide Technologies, a cleantech electric motor startup with backing from Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Robert Downey Jr. During her tenure, she cemented the People team as the connective tissue for a before-its-time hybrid model of 6 offices and 40% remote staff, and drove 555% headcount growth across the company. At Turntide she rolled out multiple people-focused initiatives including introducing OKRs, creating a recruiting playbook, founding a DEBI (Diversity, Equity, Belonging, & Inclusion) team, and building out the onboarding program Turntide 101. Ms. Gardner also spent 4 years in HR Consulting, working with startups across the nation to implement HR systems and best practices. Her team supported between 30-40 clients at any given time to onboard companies’ first hires, create a foundational HR base, and set the company up for future success with a focus on proactive consultative HR.

Prior to finding her calling in the People space, Ms. Gardner worked in guest operations at San Francisco’s two science museums: The California Academy of Sciences (where she presented public engagement shows underwater as a scuba diver) and the Exploratorium. Ms. Gardner received her BA in Feminist Studies from Stanford University, where she won a national championship as a member of the women’s water polo team and was named to the All-American team all four years. She also spent six months playing professional water polo overseas in Greece.

W. Scott Goebel

Medical Director

W. Scott Goebel

Medical Director

Vicki Graves

Director, Quality Control and Bone Marrow Fulfillment, CLIA Technical Supervisor

Vicki Graves

Director, Quality Control and Bone Marrow Fulfillment, CLIA Technical Supervisor

Kerry Gray

Supervisor, Clinical Production

Matt Gregory

Sterile Processing Technician

Matt Gregory

Sterile Processing Technician

Jane Griffin

Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs

Dongsheng Gu

Principal Investigator, CLIA Technical Consultant

Dongsheng Gu

Principal Investigator, CLIA Technical Consultant

Valeria Guzman

Environmental Technician

Valeria Guzman

Environmental Technician

Elisa Hartman

Floor Supervisor, Clinical Production & Safety Officer

Elisa Hartman

Floor Supervisor, Clinical Production & Safety Officer

Omar Herrera

National Trainer II

Neal Hoffman

Supply Chain Buyer

Neal Hoffman

Supply Chain Buyer

Tyler Hoodlebrink

Clinical Production Specialist

Kenna Huber

Quality Assurance Specialist, Donor Quality

Kenna Huber

Quality Assurance Specialist, Donor Quality

Roxana Hunt

Senior Contracts Manager

Max Jacobs

Development Associate II

Max Jacobs

Development Associate II

Jie Jiang

Research Associate III

Brian Johnstone

Vice President, Research

For the past 20 years, Dr. Johnstone has been actively involved in translating adult stem cell therapies into treatments for a host of diseases affecting the major organs of the body. In 2004, he co-authored one of the first studies demonstrating the potential for treating cardiovascular diseases with novel adult stem cells isolated from fat.

Since then, Dr. Johnstone has continued to develop and test new medical uses for adult stem cells as part of his own research as well as in collaboration with international academic centers and pharma / biotech firms.

Outside of the research setting, Dr. Johnstone co-founded NeuroFx, an early-stage biotech firm developing a novel therapy for neurological disorders. Dr. Johnstone led the R&D program at NeuroFx for two years, where he was directly responsible for preclinical and chemistry, manufacturing, and controls development activities. He continues to act as an advisor for NeuroFx. Additionally, Dr. Johnstone has formed two other biotech companies, Chemigen, which is developing a small molecule drug for treating Lou Gehrig’s disease, and EmphyMab Biotech (now Allinaire), which is developing biologics to treat serious lung diseases.

Before becoming an entrepreneur, Dr. Johnstone was an early employee at Sangamo Biosciences for 6 years, where he managed the preclinical development program for their lead gene therapy candidate for cardiovascular diseases, which is currently in Phase II clinical testing. Dr. Johnstone received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Ed Jun

Vice President, Finance

Ed Jun is a thoughtful leader who empowers and inspires his teams to deliver exceptional performance in alignment with the company’s goals. He is a seasoned finance leader with a strong life sciences background who drives decision making based on the needs of the business and analytical acumen.

Before joining Ossium, Mr. Jun developed and led the Finance, Planning & Analysis team at Caribou Biosciences. As Caribou transitioned into a public company, he was instrumental in shaping new financial processes such as leading the budgeting, forecasting, board financials, and other financial analyses. Mr. Jun also led the FP&A function at Audentes Therapeutics, where he worked to integrate the company’s processes and financials into Astellas Pharmaceuticals. He also led the North America retail FP&A team at Activision Blizzard and spent 10 years at Pfizer in various commercial finance and FP&A roles. In 2016, Mr. Jun was recognized by the Asian American Business Development Center as one of the top 50 Outstanding Asian Americans in business. Mr. Jun received his BS in Mechanical Engineering and his MBA in Finance, both from Cornell University.

Shannon Knapp

Senior Donor Services Specialist

Shea Kreinbrink

Quality Control Associate II

Brian Legg

Director, Facilities

Courtney Littrell

Quality Assurance Associate Supervisor, Donor Quality

Courtney Littrell

Quality Assurance Associate Supervisor, Donor Quality

Brianna Lowery

Cell Therapy Associate I, Clinical Production

Brianna Lowery

Cell Therapy Associate I, Clinical Production

Kim Lusk

Quality Assurance Coordinator 3, Records

Melany Magrone

Senior Manager, Donor Services

Holden Martin

Cell Therapy Associate I, Clinical Production

Holden Martin

Cell Therapy Associate I, Clinical Production

Caroline McPhail

Cell Therapy Associate III, Clinical Production

Caroline McPhail

Cell Therapy Associate III, Clinical Production

Hannah Miller

Quality Auditor

Kileen Moore

Quality Control Lead Medical Technologist, CLIA General Supervisor

Kileen Moore

Quality Control Lead Medical Technologist, CLIA General Supervisor

Emma Morris

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Emma Morris

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Sagar Munjal

Chief Medical Officer, Senior Vice President

Dr. Sagar Munjal has more than eighteen years of experience in drug development and product strategy.  His expertise spans clinical development (phase I-IV), clinical operations, medical affairs, R&D, and global product launches. Dr. Munjal has worked in eight therapeutic areas and has brought four products to market. He has worked extensively with regulatory and government agencies, including the FDA, EMA, MHRA, ANVISA, and the DCGI. Dr. Munjal has drug development experience in small molecules, drug-device combination products, and biologics.

Dr. Munjal has managed global teams in  the US, Europe, and India. He has worked with CROs of all sizes, investors, and scientific advisors. Dr. Munjal successfully negotiated a complex failed phase 3 study with the FDA to achieve product approval.

Before joining Ossium, Dr. Munjal worked at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc (USA), and was Chief Medical Officer at Promius Pharma LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dr. Reddy’s. Previously, he worked at Johnson & Johnson, Altria, and in the clinic as an investigator. Dr. Munjal has published more than 30 manuscripts related to clinical studies, presented more than 60 abstracts at various scientific meetings, and was the recipient of the 2017 Harold G. Wolff award from the American Headache Society for key scientific contributions to the migraine field. Dr. Munjal received his MD from Karnataka University Dharwad and his MS in Clinical Research and Biostatistics from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Nicole Murray

Quality Assurance Specialist, Donor Quality

Nicole Murray

Quality Assurance Specialist, Donor Quality

Kelsey Musall

Director, Clinical Production

Scott Needham

Senior Manager, IT

Scott Needham

Senior Manager, IT

Zach Neighbors

Cell Therapy Associate I, Clinical Production

Zach Neighbors

Cell Therapy Associate I, Clinical Production

Nick Niehaus

Controller

Patrick Niekamp

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Hans Nowak

Vice President, Technical Operations

Hans Nowak is a seasoned executive known for his leadership and expertise in manufacturing and supply chain operations, engineering, and business analytics. His strategic business experience, grounded in a robust technical foundation, has enabled him to optimize operational excellence and drive transformative growth across multiple complex, regulated industries.

Currently serving as the Vice President of Technical Operations at Ossium Health, Mr. Nowak leads day-to-day manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering operations, overseeing production output, product quality, and distribution. He also shapes our strategic operational vision to expand the product range, innovate for company growth, bolster manufacturing capabilities, and drive continuous competitive improvement while maintaining a safety-first and quality-always mindset.

Prior to Ossium, Mr. Nowak served as a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, where he led pharmaceutical and medical device companies through their most challenging operations and analytics problems. His projects ranged from heading the operational, quality, and digital transformations of manufacturing networks and sites to building product development strategies that significantly reduced development time, leading to rapid approvals of new molecular entities.

Before joining McKinsey, Mr. Nowak spent over a decade in engineering and operations leadership positions in industries ranging from nuclear engineering and defense to manufacturing operations and pharma. In these roles, he directed operations and maintenance of a reactor plant, consulted on manufacturing strategy, implemented cutting-edge automation and robotics solutions, led teams to formulate and aseptically fill medicine, and created advanced analytics tools to optimize operations and supply chains for Fortune 100 companies.

Mr. Nowak is a Navy submarine veteran and a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where he received his BS in Applied Mathematics and BS in Quantitative Economics. He continued his education at MIT as a Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) Fellow and Siebel Scholar, graduating first in his class and receiving his MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT’s School of Engineering and his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Mr. Nowak is certified in nuclear engineering, operations research, and business analytics, and he has shared his expertise by teaching courses at prestigious institutions such as IUPUI and MIT.

Alyssa Ochoa-Mena

Senior Donation Compliance Specialist

Alyssa Ochoa-Mena

Senior Donation Compliance Specialist

Theodore Penn

Senior Quality Assurance Associate

Zak Piekarski

Quality Control Associate

Behdad Pournader

Associate Director, Technology

Preethi Prasad

Director, Clinical Operations

Jessica Pyclik

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Jessica Pyclik

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Lisa Quiroga

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Lisa Quiroga

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Sarah Roberts

Manager, Quality Assurance

Ethan Seiders

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Ethan Seiders

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Matt Shadday

Quality Assurance Specialist, Process Improvement

Matt Shadday

Quality Assurance Specialist, Process Improvement

Aubrey Sherry

Senior Manager, Quality Systems

Fred Sides

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Fred Sides

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Kaylee Smith

Supervisor, Clinical Production

Cydney Sobat

Quality Assurance Specialist, Donor Quality

Cydney Sobat

Quality Assurance Specialist, Donor Quality

Justin Souder

Equipment Technician

Justin Souder

Equipment Technician

Lucas Tabor

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Lucas Tabor

Cell Therapy Associate II, Clinical Production

Isabelle Tantoco

Staff Accountant

Anton Tkachenko

Senior Database Engineer

Laurenlee Tritle

Quality Assurance Specialist, Training

Laurenlee Tritle

Quality Assurance Specialist, Training

Kathleen Vasilopulos

Vice President, Donor Operations

Kathleen Vasilopulos

Vice President, Donor Operations

Chip Walker-Wilson

General Counsel & Senior Vice President

Chip Walker-Wilson is the General Counsel & Senior Vice President, and he is responsible for overseeing Ossium Health’s legal and corporate governance functions.

Prior to joining Ossium Health, Mr. Walker-Wilson served as legal counsel at Cytokinetics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with development programs in the areas of cardiovascular and neurological diseases.  At Cytokinetics, Mr. Walker-Wilson primarily supported the Research & Development Department, including the Clinical Operations, Non-Clinical Development, Research, Biometrics and Informatics groups.  Prior to Cytokinetics, Mr. Walker-Wilson served as legal counsel at Dynavax Technologies Corporation, a biotechnology company with development programs in vaccines, cancer immunotherapies and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.  At Dynavax, Mr. Walker-Wilson provided support across the company, including the Research & Development, Technical Operations, Corporate Governance, Business Development, Information Technology, Regulatory, Quality, Human Resources and Medical Affairs groups.  Prior to Dynavax, Mr. Walker-Wilson served as legal counsel at Abbott Laboratories.  Mr. Walker-Wilson supported Abbott Diabetes Care, which is a medical device manufacturer that develops and sells blood glucose monitoring products.  At Abbott, Mr. Walker-Wilson primarily worked with the Sales, Marketing, Strategic Partnership and Alliances, Business Development and Customer Service groups.  Prior to Abbott, Mr. Walker-Wilson worked at the law firms of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, where his practice focused primarily on corporate and securities law and finance law.

Mr. Walker-Wilson received his B.A. in Legal Studies (with a minor in Rhetoric) from the University of California, Berkeley and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Nick Weinstein

Supervisor, Clinical Production

Nick Weinstein

Supervisor, Clinical Production

Samuel Wetherald

Senior Floor Supervisor, Equipment

Chelsea Wheeler

People & Culture Generalist

Winston Woodfork

Cell Therapy Associate III, Clinical Production

Winston Woodfork

Cell Therapy Associate III, Clinical Production

Erik Woods

Chief Science Officer, Co-Founder, EVP, CLIA Laboratory Director

Dr. Woods has devoted his career to advancing cell selection, culture and cryopreservation to facilitate mainstream clinical use of cellular therapies.  Originally co-founding and leading General BioTechnology, LLC (GBT), a commercial cryobank, contract cell-manufacturing and R&D company, which he led for 15 years through successful acquisition by COOK Medical in 2012. During that time, he ran a continuously grant funded research program that created numerous successful technologies, including the first closed-system cryovial for cellular therapeutics, now marketed as CellSeal® by Sexton Biotechnologies, and the first mass produced human platelet lysate product, marketed as Stemulate®, both now used globally.

Following acquisition of GBT, Dr. Woods served as Senior VP of COOK Regentec and oversaw the scale up manufacturing of products in the US and Europe, and managed global projects involving multiple teams. Additionally, he served as an officer in Medistem, Inc., an early phase cell therapy company, where he developed isolation, manufacturing, and cryopreservation methods and prepared the CMC for their proprietary allogeneic Endometrial Regenerative Cell (ERC) technology IND and assisted in that company’s successful acquisition by Intrexon Corp.

Dr. Woods has a proven track record of developing new cell processing and banking technologies and translating them to the clinic. Over his career, he has been responsible for overseeing clinical laboratory operations as a board certified High Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director (HCLD), and in that capacity he ran the only FDA registered commercial sperm bank and the only umbilical cord blood bank in the state of Indiana, obtaining State Licensure, CLIA certification for testing, and American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) Accreditation.

Dr. Woods is a Fellow and Past President of the Society for Cryobiology and has published numerous peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters and holds multiple patents in the field. Dr. Woods received his BA from Indiana University, his PhD from Purdue University, and he completed his postdoctoral research at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

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