Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001213900-25-118817
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Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-1
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 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 Fore Biotherapeutics since August 2024. Previously, Mr. Byrnes served as the Chief Financial Officer of eFFECTOR Therapeutics from December 2020 to June 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Byrnes was Senior Vice President of Finance at Principia Biopharma, Inc. from January 2020 until its acquisition by Sanofi in September 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Byrnes served as the Chief Financial Officer of Alkahest, Inc. from May 2018 to January 2020 and Chief Financial Officer of Ocera Therapeutics, Inc., from December 2014 until its acquisition by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals in December 2017. Mr. Byrnes served as Corporate Controller of Maxygen, Inc. from March 2010 to December 2014 and prior to that, held finance positions of increasing responsibility from 2000 to 2010 with NeurogesX, Inc., Lipid Sciences, Inc. and ADAC Laboratories, Inc., a Philips Medical Systems company. Mr. Byrnes received his B.S.C. in Finance from Santa Clara University and an M.B.A. from California State University, Hayward. Mr. Byrnes was selected to serve on our board of directors based on his substantial leadership and management experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Kathleen LaPortehas served as a member of our board of directors since February 2024, and previously served a member of PBAX’s board of directors from October 2021 until the closing of the Business Combination in February 2024. Ms. LaPorte is an experienced executive, founder and board member, focused on life sciences. She co-founded New Leaf Ventures, served as a General Partner of The Sprout Group, and was Chief Business Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Nodality Inc. Ms. LaPorte has served on eighteen public company boards and sixteen public company audit committees and numerous private company boards. Ms. Laporte currently serves as an independent director for Bolt Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: BOLT), Precipio Diagnostics (NASDAQ: PRPO), 89Bio (NASDAQ: ENTB), Elysium Therapeutics, and Q32 Bio Inc. (NASDAQ: QTTB). Ms. LaPorte