Joseph Newell — Executive VP & Chief Technical Operations Officer at Atara Biotherapeutics

Mr. Joseph Newell also known as Joe, has been Chief Technical Operations Officer and Executive Vice President of Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. since April 3, 2017. Mr. Newell leads Atara Bio's global technical operations team as Atara Bio's moves towards potential commercialization of its most advanced allogeneic T-cell product candidate, ATA129, as well as continued development of its broad and diverse cellular therapy pipeline in hematologic malignancies, solid tumors, autoimmune disorders and severe infectious disease. Prior to joining Atara, he served as the Vice President of North American Manufacturing at Alexion Pharmaceuticals. In that role, he oversaw a network of six drug manufacturing plants and served as a member of the Global Operations Leadership team. Mr. Newell also represented Alexion in Government Affairs activities, established global Environmental Health and Safety and Continuous Improvement programs while also leading due diligence efforts around partnership activities. Prior to this, he held leadership positions within global operations and manufacturing at Amgen both within Thousand Oaks, Calif., as well as other locations including Puerto Rico. During his tenure at Amgen, he was the leader for Operations and Strategic Planning, Global Supply Chain and Logistics, Global Distribution and Corporate Manufacturing. Mr. Newell was also a Plant Manager where he received multiple awards for reliability, effectiveness and lean six sigma execution. Prior to his tenure at Amgen, he held other Operations Leadership positions with both sponsor and contract manufacturing companies where he was highly accomplished and recognized for his contributions. Mr. Newell earned a BS degree in biology from California State Polytechnic University-Pomona.