Andrew Perlman, M.D., Ph.D. has served as a member of the Board since December 2020. Dr. Perlman currently serves as Managing Director and Head of non-clinical Development of X-37, LLC, an artificial intelligence-enabled drug discovery company since November 2018. He was previously Managing Director and Chief Medical Officer of Velocity Pharmaceutical Development LLC, a pharmaceutical company that acquires attractive drug candidates and rapidly advances them through a commercially relevant clinical proof-of-concept, from 2011 to 2018. Dr. Perlman also served as President of Vitesse Biologics, LLC, a biotech company focused on the development of antibody and protein-based therapeutics in the areas of immunology, hematology, and oncology, which was a joint collaboration among Velocity Pharmaceutical Development LLC, Shire plc and the Mayo Clinic, until its acquisition in December 2020. From 2004 to October 2016, Dr. Perlman was Chief Executive Officer at Innate Immune Inc., a biotech company focused on developing therapies for asthma and autoimmune diseases. From 1993 to 2004, Dr. Perlman served as Vice President and then Executive Vice President of Tularik Inc. (acquired by Amgen Inc.), except for nine months in 2002 when he served as Chief Executive Officer of Affymax Inc. At Tularik Inc., Dr. Perlman s responsibilities included clinical trial design and implementation, business development and financing activities, culminating with Tularik Inc.'s acquisition by Amgen Inc. in 2004 for $1.3 billion. Dr. Perlman began his notable career in drug development at Genentech, Inc., where he played a key role in the development, FDA approval, and marketing of Nutropin, a human growth hormone, and was responsible for the development of Genentech s portfolio of endocrine drugs and drug candidates. Dr. Perlman also serves as an advisor to various companies, including venture capital firms 8 VC, Avestria Ventures Management LLC and V2M Capital LLC, and biotechnology companies Hexagon Bio, Inc., Hinge Bio, Inc., Shasqi, Inc., Acelot Inc. and Escalante, Inc. Dr. Perlman has a B.S. in Physics from MIT and an M.D. and Ph.D. in physiology from New York University. He did his Ph.D. research in the laboratory of Nobel laureate Professor Eric Kandel and received postgraduate clinical training at Stanford School of Medicine and NYU. From 1984 to 1987 he was an assistant professor at Stanford University where he engaged in clinical work, teaching and research on hypertension. We believe Dr. Perlman is able to make valuable contributions to the Board due to his extensive business, finance and development experience in the biopharmaceutical industry.