Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: 10-K/A
Source: 0001213900-25-036075
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Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: 10-K/A
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 served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CERo from February 2024 to September 2024, and previously served as Chairman of PBAX from October 2021 until the closing of the Business Combination in February 2024. Mr. Atwood serves as a Managing Director for Versant Ventures, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm that he co-founded in 1999. In 2015, Mr. Atwood co-founded Cell Design Labs, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing human cell engineering technology for the treatment of multiple diseases, including cancer, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer until 2017, when it was acquired by Gilead Sciences. Mr. Atwood has served on several boards of directors including Atreca, Inc. (where he served as chairman) from December 2013 until April 2024, Clovis Oncology, Inc. from April 2009 until July 2023, Immune Design Corp. from May 2008 until June 2016 (acquired by Merck in 2019), Veracyte, Inc., from its founding in 2008 until December 2016, OpGen Inc., from July 2007 until December 2017, Five Prime Therapeutics, from 2002 until March 2016 (acquired by Amgen 2021), Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from March 2006 until its acquisition in March 2014 by Mallinckrodt, Helicos Biosciences from 2003 until September 2011, Pharmion Corporation from 2000 until its acquisition in March 2008 by CelGene, Trius Therapeutics, Inc. from February 2007 until its acquisition in September 2013 by Cubist Corporation, and Locust Walk Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: LWAC) from January 2021 until the consummation of its business combination in August 2021. Mr. Atwood holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine, a M.S. in Ecology from the University of California, Davis, and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Atwood was selected to serve on our board of directors because of his experience in the biotechnology industry, his years of business and leadership experience and his financial sophistication and expertise. Michael Byrneshas served as a member of our board of directors since February 2024. Mr. Byrnes has served as the Chief Financial Officer of