Mr. Pickering, 57, is our co-founder and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2013. Mr. Pickering also served as our President from November 2013 until January 2021. From May 2013 to April 2015, Mr. Pickering served as Strategic Advisor at Atreca, Inc., a biotechnology company. Prior to joining Vaxcyte, Mr. Pickering was the Chief Executive Officer of Mymetics Corporation, a developer of virosomal vaccines for infectious diseases. Prior to that, Mr. Pickering was an Executive-in-Residence at Kleiner Perkins, a venture capital firm, and Senior Vice President of Operations of Dendreon Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Pickering served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Juvaris BioTherapeutics, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, from March 2008 to December 2023, and currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Athira Pharma, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, since January 2022. Mr. Pickering holds a B.S. in Marketing from Penn State University and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University. Mr. Pickering was selected to serve on our Board of Directors because of the perspective and experience he brings as our Chief Executive Officer and his operating and management experience in the healthcare industry.