Paul Biondi — Head of Business Development and Senior Vice President at Bristol Myers Squibb

Mr. Paul Biondi has been Head of Business Development and Senior Vice President at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company since October 15, 2015. Mr. Biondi leads the development of strategic partnerships and pursue scientific innovations across commercial, development, discovery and technology platforms to complement the company's internal R&D pipeline. Mr. Biondi served as Head of R&D Operations at Bristol-Myers Squibb. He led an organization focused on optimizing delivery of the Bristol-Myers Squibb's pipeline, managing its R&D portfolio and project management as well as early- and late-stage clinical operations providing strategic insights and operational excellence across R&D. He also had responsibility for cross R&D efforts around strategy, analytics, continuous improvement, learning and collaboration. Mr. Biondi joined Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2002 and served as its Vice President of R&D Operations since May 2005. He served as Senior Vice President of R&D Operations at Bristol-Myers Squibb since 2010 and has taken on increasing levels of responsibility. He is a member of the board of directors of Transcelerate Biopharma Inc. Mr. Biondi served as a member of Bristol-Myers Squibb R&D Senior Leadership Team, Deal Review Committee. Mr. Biondi holds a bachelor's degree in government and economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.