John Albert - Director Information Technology Infrastructure, Geron Corporation
Hired May 2022
4/21/2022 - FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN) reported that it has granted non-statutory stock options to purchase an aggregate of 505,800 shares of Geron common stock as inducements to newly hired employees in connection with commencement of employment with the Company. John Albert is one of these newly hired employees.
John Albert's former employers include: Prolong Pharmaceuticals and Chameleon Network Services, Inc., as well as being an independent Information Technology Consultant and Strategist
"Skilled in providing Consulting Services, IT Strategy and Leadership, Team Building, Infrastructure Design, Cloud Computing, Cyber-Security, Training, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery Planning and Business Process. I excel at fostering teamwork and creative problem solving in any engagement. I provide the most value when I am working with focused like minded people who enjoy getting the job done.
I am experienced with technologies such as Identity Management, Cyber Security, Amazon AWS, Okta, Centrify, 8x8 VOIP, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Barracuda Networks, Cisco Systems, Aruba Networks, BeyondTrust, VMWare and Ruckus Wireless."
*Geron continues expanding it's team to meet their ultimate goal of multiple approvals and commercialization. Expect to see more Regulatory, Clinical and Manufacturing hires in the very near future. -Kmall
Geron keeps building it's workforce..........
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Re: Geron keeps building it's workforce..........
Known current Geron Employees as of 5/16/2022 and their initial hiring dates –
* Former Janssen employee
+ Part-time or Consultant
Management:
1 - CEO – Dr. John A. Scarlett, MD - 2011
2 - CFO – Olivia K. Bloom - 1994
3 - CAO – Melissa A. Kelly Behrs – 1998
4. – CBO – Edward Koval - 2021
5 - COO – Andrew J. Grethlein - 2012
6 - CCO* – Anil Kapur - 2019
7 - CMO* – Aleksandra Rizo, MD - 2019
8 - CLO – Stephen N. Rosenfield - 2011
Clinical – Operations, Science, Development:
Aleksandra Rizo*(6), MD – CMO – 2019
9 - Laurie Sherman* – VP Clinical Operations – 2019
10 - Faye Feller* - VP Clinical Development – 2019
11 - Souria Dougherty* - Ex Director Clinical Science - 2019
12 - Tymara Berry – Ex Director Clinical Development - 2020
13 - Sheetal Shah – Sr Director – 2020
14 - Denise Redding – Director - 2021
15 - Jeff Ryel – Director Clinical Operations - 2020
16 - Karie Arnold – Director Clinical Operations – 2021
17 - Brandie Jonas – Director Program Management – 2019
18 - F Matthew Bakthasekaran - Sr Manger, Clinical Program Management - 2022
19 – Carolina Jacobs – Sr Project Manager - 2012
20 - Daria Zielinska – Sr Scientist – 2001
21 - Ron Pruzan – Principal Scientist – 2010
22 – Yelena Polonskaya – Sr Research Associate - 2001
23 - Barbara Mandelkow (Germany) Lab Assistant - 2017
24 - Mebratu Gebreyesus(+) - Sr Development Associate - 2010
(currently employed at Bayer, Celtheon and Geron)
25 - Kerry Mundt(+) – CT Assistant – 2010
(currently employed by Pharmacyclics/Abbvie and Geron)
Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety/Information:
26 - Patti N. – Ex Director Drug Safety – 2020
27 – Annat Ikin - Director Medical Writing – Nov 2021
Business Development:
Melissa A. Kelly Behrs (3) – Chief Alliance Officer – 2014
Edward Koval (4) – CBO - 2021
Anil Kaur* (6) - COO - 2019
28 - Lynn Bodarky – VP Business Development – 2019
29 - Denise Meyer – VP Medical Affairs – 2021
30 - Helen Lee – Sr. Reporting Analyst - 2012
31 - Anthony Kuczynski – Analyst - 2019
32 - Aron Feingold - VP Investor Relations & Corporate Communication - 2022
Finance:
Olivia K. Bloom (2) – CFO – 1994
33 - Karen Boyce – VP -2008
34 - Andrew Good – Ex Director – 2006
35 - Gilian Fong – Director – 2021
36 - Vivian Pham – Sr. Accountant – 2006
37 – Iasko Cable – Sr. Clinical Trial Accountant – 2019
38 – Dave Clark – CPA, Corporate Controller - 2022
Data Management:
39 - Dan Miller – Sr. Director – 2019
40 - Rana F.* – Director, Statistical Programming - 2020
41 - Sridevi Sridhar, CCDM – Associate Director – 2021
Manufacturing:
42 - Patrick Murphy – VP Manufacturing – 2019
43 - Eric Mueller – Director – 2019
44 - Leslie C. – CMC Director - 2021
45 - Bharat Baral* – CMC Manager – 2021 & 2011
46 - William Garzon-Rodriguez* - Associate Director Drug Product Manufacturing – April 2021
47 - Tim Tickner – Director, Supply Chain Management – Jan 2022
Regulatory:
48 - Sharon McBain* - VP Global - 2019
49 - Shirin Mirshamsi* – Director EU – 2019
50 - Ilesh Sanathra* - Director Global – 2020
51 - Nick Lyon – Director – 2020
52 – Ronan Balicanta* - 2022
53 - Tarin Araujo - Senior Manager US - 2022
Biostatistics:
54 - Ying Wan* – VP - 2019
55 - Libo Sun* – Director - 2019
Quality Assurance and Quality Control:
56 - Denise Grippo – VP Quality and Compliance – 2019
57 - Samantha Taylor – QA Manager, Document Control – 2007
58 - Joe Denton – Director – 2019
59 - Damanjit Singh – Sr Manager – 2018
60 - Willie Mobley – Materials/Document Specialist - 2007
61 - Leah Wood – Manager – 2021
62 - Murugappa Vedachalam (+) – QA/QC/CMC Consultant - 2019
Legal and Intellectual Property:
Stephen L. Rosenfield (8) – CLO – 2011
63 - Pamela Smith – Associate General Counsel - 1999
64 - Christopher Johnson – Director - 2019
65 - Laura Reederson – Director - 2020
66 - Leslie Mooi – VP IP – 2007
67 - Abby B. – Sr Patent Paralegal - 2014
68 - Cheryl Northern – Sr. Contracts Manager – 2007
69 – Brittney Hernandez – Contracts Manager – 2021
Facilities Operations and Information Technology:
70 - Michael Yamada – VP -2007
71 - Jyoti Shetty – Sr Director IT – 2021
72 - John Albert - Director Information Technology Infrastructure - 2022
73 - Miguel Hundelt – Systems Administrator – 2018
74 – Julian Cornejo - Systems Administrator - 2021
75 - Briana Martinez – Ex Assistant - 2006
76 - Julia Mensing – Ex Assistant – 2011
77 - Stacie W. – Ex Assistant - 2020
78 - Mia Pham – Office Manager - 2020
Human Resources:
79 - Shannon Odam – HR Executive -2019
80 - Stephanie Dellari – Director - 2004
81 - Susan Finan – Employee Benefits – 2021
82 - Marisa Cerniglia - Manager, People Operations – Oct 2021
83 – Jennifer Allen - Associate Director, Talent Acquisition – Jan 2022
84 – Fiona McAuliffe – Talent Acquisition Associate – March 2022
**The following employees from the previous "known" employee list (5/9/2022)......
35 - Lilly Huang – Ex Director, CPA - 2019
60 - John Brenner – Director, GXP, QA – 2020
......are no longer with Geron.
As with all previous employees of Geron, we thank them for their contributions and wish them the best of luck in all future endeavors. -Kmall
* Former Janssen employee
+ Part-time or Consultant
Management:
1 - CEO – Dr. John A. Scarlett, MD - 2011
2 - CFO – Olivia K. Bloom - 1994
3 - CAO – Melissa A. Kelly Behrs – 1998
4. – CBO – Edward Koval - 2021
5 - COO – Andrew J. Grethlein - 2012
6 - CCO* – Anil Kapur - 2019
7 - CMO* – Aleksandra Rizo, MD - 2019
8 - CLO – Stephen N. Rosenfield - 2011
Clinical – Operations, Science, Development:
Aleksandra Rizo*(6), MD – CMO – 2019
9 - Laurie Sherman* – VP Clinical Operations – 2019
10 - Faye Feller* - VP Clinical Development – 2019
11 - Souria Dougherty* - Ex Director Clinical Science - 2019
12 - Tymara Berry – Ex Director Clinical Development - 2020
13 - Sheetal Shah – Sr Director – 2020
14 - Denise Redding – Director - 2021
15 - Jeff Ryel – Director Clinical Operations - 2020
16 - Karie Arnold – Director Clinical Operations – 2021
17 - Brandie Jonas – Director Program Management – 2019
18 - F Matthew Bakthasekaran - Sr Manger, Clinical Program Management - 2022
19 – Carolina Jacobs – Sr Project Manager - 2012
20 - Daria Zielinska – Sr Scientist – 2001
21 - Ron Pruzan – Principal Scientist – 2010
22 – Yelena Polonskaya – Sr Research Associate - 2001
23 - Barbara Mandelkow (Germany) Lab Assistant - 2017
24 - Mebratu Gebreyesus(+) - Sr Development Associate - 2010
(currently employed at Bayer, Celtheon and Geron)
25 - Kerry Mundt(+) – CT Assistant – 2010
(currently employed by Pharmacyclics/Abbvie and Geron)
Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety/Information:
26 - Patti N. – Ex Director Drug Safety – 2020
27 – Annat Ikin - Director Medical Writing – Nov 2021
Business Development:
Melissa A. Kelly Behrs (3) – Chief Alliance Officer – 2014
Edward Koval (4) – CBO - 2021
Anil Kaur* (6) - COO - 2019
28 - Lynn Bodarky – VP Business Development – 2019
29 - Denise Meyer – VP Medical Affairs – 2021
30 - Helen Lee – Sr. Reporting Analyst - 2012
31 - Anthony Kuczynski – Analyst - 2019
32 - Aron Feingold - VP Investor Relations & Corporate Communication - 2022
Finance:
Olivia K. Bloom (2) – CFO – 1994
33 - Karen Boyce – VP -2008
34 - Andrew Good – Ex Director – 2006
35 - Gilian Fong – Director – 2021
36 - Vivian Pham – Sr. Accountant – 2006
37 – Iasko Cable – Sr. Clinical Trial Accountant – 2019
38 – Dave Clark – CPA, Corporate Controller - 2022
Data Management:
39 - Dan Miller – Sr. Director – 2019
40 - Rana F.* – Director, Statistical Programming - 2020
41 - Sridevi Sridhar, CCDM – Associate Director – 2021
Manufacturing:
42 - Patrick Murphy – VP Manufacturing – 2019
43 - Eric Mueller – Director – 2019
44 - Leslie C. – CMC Director - 2021
45 - Bharat Baral* – CMC Manager – 2021 & 2011
46 - William Garzon-Rodriguez* - Associate Director Drug Product Manufacturing – April 2021
47 - Tim Tickner – Director, Supply Chain Management – Jan 2022
Regulatory:
48 - Sharon McBain* - VP Global - 2019
49 - Shirin Mirshamsi* – Director EU – 2019
50 - Ilesh Sanathra* - Director Global – 2020
51 - Nick Lyon – Director – 2020
52 – Ronan Balicanta* - 2022
53 - Tarin Araujo - Senior Manager US - 2022
Biostatistics:
54 - Ying Wan* – VP - 2019
55 - Libo Sun* – Director - 2019
Quality Assurance and Quality Control:
56 - Denise Grippo – VP Quality and Compliance – 2019
57 - Samantha Taylor – QA Manager, Document Control – 2007
58 - Joe Denton – Director – 2019
59 - Damanjit Singh – Sr Manager – 2018
60 - Willie Mobley – Materials/Document Specialist - 2007
61 - Leah Wood – Manager – 2021
62 - Murugappa Vedachalam (+) – QA/QC/CMC Consultant - 2019
Legal and Intellectual Property:
Stephen L. Rosenfield (8) – CLO – 2011
63 - Pamela Smith – Associate General Counsel - 1999
64 - Christopher Johnson – Director - 2019
65 - Laura Reederson – Director - 2020
66 - Leslie Mooi – VP IP – 2007
67 - Abby B. – Sr Patent Paralegal - 2014
68 - Cheryl Northern – Sr. Contracts Manager – 2007
69 – Brittney Hernandez – Contracts Manager – 2021
Facilities Operations and Information Technology:
70 - Michael Yamada – VP -2007
71 - Jyoti Shetty – Sr Director IT – 2021
72 - John Albert - Director Information Technology Infrastructure - 2022
73 - Miguel Hundelt – Systems Administrator – 2018
74 – Julian Cornejo - Systems Administrator - 2021
75 - Briana Martinez – Ex Assistant - 2006
76 - Julia Mensing – Ex Assistant – 2011
77 - Stacie W. – Ex Assistant - 2020
78 - Mia Pham – Office Manager - 2020
Human Resources:
79 - Shannon Odam – HR Executive -2019
80 - Stephanie Dellari – Director - 2004
81 - Susan Finan – Employee Benefits – 2021
82 - Marisa Cerniglia - Manager, People Operations – Oct 2021
83 – Jennifer Allen - Associate Director, Talent Acquisition – Jan 2022
84 – Fiona McAuliffe – Talent Acquisition Associate – March 2022
**The following employees from the previous "known" employee list (5/9/2022)......
35 - Lilly Huang – Ex Director, CPA - 2019
60 - John Brenner – Director, GXP, QA – 2020
......are no longer with Geron.
As with all previous employees of Geron, we thank them for their contributions and wish them the best of luck in all future endeavors. -Kmall
Re: Geron keeps building it's workforce..........
This is such an important position as the company moves to commercialization.
All the pieces coming together! Only 2 more Quarterly Calls pre-MDS data…
All the pieces coming together! Only 2 more Quarterly Calls pre-MDS data…
Re: Geron keeps building it's workforce..........
Ryan.......you hit the nail on the proverbial head.
From what I can see Mr. Albert can write his own ticket, being the owner of a Cyber Networking Company for almost 2 decades.
Most recently, he has been a "freelance" Consultant and Strategist.
Corporate Information Technology Infrastructure with regards to security is extremely important, especially with clinical data and business development/negotiations.
Mr. Albert represents the company moving forward and firing on all cylinders.
Let's hope for the patients sake that "all of the pieces" start falling into place in an expedited manner. -Kmall
From what I can see Mr. Albert can write his own ticket, being the owner of a Cyber Networking Company for almost 2 decades.
Most recently, he has been a "freelance" Consultant and Strategist.
Corporate Information Technology Infrastructure with regards to security is extremely important, especially with clinical data and business development/negotiations.
Mr. Albert represents the company moving forward and firing on all cylinders.
Let's hope for the patients sake that "all of the pieces" start falling into place in an expedited manner. -Kmall
Re: Geron keeps building it's workforce..........
More inducement grants today; looking forward to see the positions from KMall soon!