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| The Flagship Team |
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Noubar Afeyan, PhD, Managing Partner and CEO -- Noubar is a technologist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He has founded and helped build 15 successful life science and technology startups during the past two decades. In addition, he is a Senior Lecturer at MIT in both the Sloan School of Management and the Biological Engineering Department. Noubar has authored numerous scientific ... More |
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Ed Kania, Managing Partner and Chairman -- Ed has 24 years of experience in the venture capital industry. Prior to co-founding Flagship Ventures in 1999, he spent 14 years as General Partner of OneLiberty Ventures and of its predecessor firm, Morgan, Holland Ventures. From 1983-1984 he served as an Investment Officer at First Capital Corporation of Boston, the venture capital ... More |
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Doug Cole, MD, General Partner -- Doug joined Flagship in 2001 where he focuses on Life Science investments. He came to Flagship with significant industrial experience and a strong academic background. He obtained post-graduate medical training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and neurological training at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1992, Doug ... More |
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Jim Matheson, General Partner -- Jim joined Flagship Ventures in 2000, after previously serving for 15 years as an Officer and Fighter Pilot in the US Navy. His duties included being stationed on aircraft carriers flying combat missions in Iraq and Bosnia, as a TOPGUN Instructor, and as the Officer-in-Charge of the Navy's West Coast adversary training and evaluation squadron ... More |
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Harry Wilcox, Chief Financial Officer and Partner -- Harry joined Flagship Ventures in 2006, bringing a rich set of experiences and expertise in financial management, operations, fund management and strategy. His career spans 28 years and has involved many different roles and functions including Controller, CFO, Sr. VP BD, and CEO. He has also served on several Boards ... More |
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Doug Levinson, PhD, Partner -- Doug joined Flagship in 2006, bringing to Flagship’s venture investment and new venture creation activities over fifteen years of experience in the biotech industry. Prior to Flagship, Doug was with TransForm Pharmaceuticals since 2000 as part of its scientific founding-team joining Professors Bob Langer and Michael Cima of MIT. Most recently, he was ... More |
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Chris Varma, PhD, Partner -- Chris joined Flagship in 2007 as Partner and focuses primarily on Life Science investments. He came to Flagship with significant management experience in sales, marketing, business development, clinical development, and regulatory strategy. Prior to Flagship, Chris was with Novartis Pharmaceuticals since 2004 where he served most recently ... More
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David Berry, MD, PhD, Principal -- David Berry is a Principal at Flagship Ventures. He joined Flagship in 2005 while completing his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. David was previously awarded a Ph.D. through the MIT Biological Engineering Division, where he studied the biological effects of complex sugars with advisors Professor Ram Sasisekharan and Professor Robert Langer. ... More |
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Kevin Greene, Principal -- Kevin is a Principal at Flagship Ventures. He joined Flagship in 2006 from IBM’s Software Group. As a manager at IBM, Kevin was responsible for establishing, retaining and growing relationships with IBM business partners. Kevin also held a variety of product marketing positions at IBM including managing the WebSphere Application Server product portfolio ... More |
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Peter Rothstein, Executive-In-Residence -- Peter joined Flagship in 2007 as an Executive-in-Residence, expanding Flagship’s investment and venture creation focus on emerging Sustainability opportunities, and bringing many years of deal experience, startup venture development and industry relationships in the cleantech venture market. Peter works with several of Flagship’s ... More |
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Steve Ricci, Senior Partner -- Steve is a senior partner with the firm. He has over 30 years of experience in the venture capital industry and has been directly involved in the financing of over 125 companies. Prior to the formation of Flagship Ventures, Steve was a General Partner at OneLiberty Ventures, a predecessor firm to Flagship. Prior to joining OneLiberty in 1994, he was a General ... More |
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Bill Strecker, Partner -- Bill is currently a partner with the firm. He joined the firm in 2000. Prior to Flagship, he served as Senior Vice President, Technology & Corporate Development and CTO of Compaq Computer Corp. Before that, he was with Digital Equipment Corporation for 28 years in various executive and senior technical positions, most recently as SVP Corporate Strategy & Technology... More |
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Dick Farrahar, Sr. VP, Executive Operations -- Dick is a veteran of over 30 years overseeing operations, human resources, organizational development, team building, and workforce strategy. Before joining Flagship in 1999, he was Vice President of Applera Corporation, where he was responsible for the integration of PerSeptive Biosystems with Applera Corporation following the merger of ... More |
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Bill Koteff, VP Operations & Communications -- Bill joined Flagship from Compaq Computer Corporation in late 2000, where he was most recently the Chief of Staff for the Corporate Research Group. He began his high-tech career at Digital Equipment Corporation in 1973, and held technical and product marketing positions before moving to the engineering side of the company in 1983. There, ... More |
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