Company: RNAC
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001453687-25-000075
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Company: Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnology company, from February 2020 to September 2022. Before joining Protara Therapeutics, Inc., Mr. Davis served as Vice President, Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications for Insmed Incorporated from July 2017 to January 2020. Previously, Mr. Davis held multiple executive leadership positions at Endo International plc, including Senior Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Pharmaceuticals; President of Endo Ventures; and Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications. Prior to his tenure at Endo International plc, Mr. Davis held senior positions in corporate and business development and investor relations at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Mr. Davis holds a B.A. in Biology and Psychology with a minor in Economics from Middlebury College.

3 Metin Kurtoglu, M.D., Ph.D. has served as the Chief Technology Officer of the Company since March 2024, prior to which Dr. Kurtoglu served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer from November 2023 to March 2024. Prior to becoming the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Kurtoglu served as the Chief Operating Officer from 2021 to November 2023, Chief Medical Officer and Chief GMP Manufacturing from 2019 to 2021 and Chief Medical Officer from 2016 to 2019 of Old Cartesian. Dr. Kurtoglu’s clinical and basic science research career spans over 20 years and has focused on developing novel targets for drug-resistant cancer cells and cancer stem cells, including multiple myeloma. He has also been an investigator in various cancer immunotherapy trials. Dr. Kurtoglu is a medical oncologist board certified in internal medicine. He completed his residency and graduate training at the University of Miami, and clinical and research fellowship at the NCI / NIH.

4 Christopher Jewell, Ph.D. has served as the Chief Scientific Officer of the Company since November 2023. Prior to assuming his role as the Company’s Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Jewell served as the Chief Scientific Officer of Old Cartesian from January 2023 to November 2023 and previously collaborated with Old Cartesian through sponsored research. Dr. Jewell established his laboratory at the University of Maryland in 2012, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2017 and to Full Professor in 2020, a position he served until April 2024. His expertise in bioengineering, immunology, and nanotechnology spans two decades of experience, including