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Wave Life Sciences Company Culture

Wave Life Sciences Culture

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Wave Life Sciences CEO

Paul Bolno Wave Life Sciences' CEO
Paul Bolno

Company Information

Address
Cambridge, MA
United States of America
Website
wavelifesciences.com/
Founded
2009

Company Description

Wave Life Sciences develops next-generation nucleic acid drugs that achieve high systemic bioavailability.

Key Executives

Name & Title
Bio
Paul Bolno  CEO / President
Paul Bolno
CEO / President
Paul Bolno serves as the CEO / President of Wave Life Sciences.
Takeshi Wada Ph.D.  Scientific Advisor
Takeshi Wada Ph.D.
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Takeshi Wada, Ph.D., is a Professor at the Tokyo University of Science. Dr. Wada has been Scientific Advisor of WAVE Life Sciences Ltd. since January 31, 2017. Dr. Wada served as an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at The University of Tokyo since 1999 until 2014 and also served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is a Co-founder of WAVE Life Sciences Ltd. and served as its Director from July 2013 to January 31, 2016. Dr. Wada earned his Ph.D. from Tokyo Institute of Technology Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering Department of Life Chemistry. He earned his Master's Degree from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and completed his undergraduate studies at Tokyo University of Science Department of Applied Chemistry.
Keith C. Regnante MBA  Chief Financial Officer
Keith C. Regnante MBA
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Keith C. Regnante, MBA has been Chief Financial Officer of WAVE Life Sciences Ltd. since August 16, 2016. Mr. Regnante has more than 15 years of biotechnology experience and has held a number of senior financial leadership positions over that time. Prior to his current position, Mr. Regnante was a Vice President, Finance at Shire Pharmaceuticals serving on both the Finance and R&D leadership teams. Previously, Mr. Regnante held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Biogen including leading the Corporate Finance, R&D and Business Development finance teams. During this time, he served on teams that closed a number of high-profile deals including the merger with IDEC and the in-licensing and eventual acquisitions of two multiple sclerosis drugs, TYSABRI and TECFIDERA. Mr. Regnante was also a member of Biogen's Investor Relations function and served on the team charged with responding to a proxy challenge from a major shareholder activist. Prior to Biogen, Mr. Regnante was a Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Regnante received his MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tufts University where he earned his BA in Economics.
Anthony Murabito  Vice President Information Technology
Anthony Murabito
Vice President Information Technology
Anthony Murabito serves as the Vice President Information Technology of WAVE Life Sciences. Anthony started at WAVE Life Sciences in Oct of 2018. Anthony currently resides in the Greater Boston Area.
David Gaiero  Vice President, Corporate Controller
David Gaiero
Vice President, Corporate Controller
David Gaiero serves as the Vice President, Corporate Controller of WAVE Life Sciences. David started at WAVE Life Sciences in Jul of 2017. David currently resides in the Greater Boston Area.
Jose Juves  Vice President, Public Affairs
Jose Juves
Vice President, Public Affairs
Jose Juves serves as the Vice President, Public Affairs of WAVE Life Sciences. Jose started at WAVE Life Sciences in Oct of 2017. Jose currently resides in the Greater Boston Area.
Jennifer Panagoulias  Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Jennifer Panagoulias
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Jennifer Panagoulias serves as the Vice President, Regulatory Affairs of Wave Life Sciences.
Jennifer Sieczkiewicz  Vice President, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
Jennifer Sieczkiewicz
Vice President, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
Jennifer Sieczkiewicz serves as the Vice President, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel of WAVE Life Sciences. Jennifer started at WAVE Life Sciences in May of 2018. Jennifer currently resides in the Greater Boston Area.
Irina Antonijevic  VP Translational Medicine
Irina Antonijevic
VP Translational Medicine
Irina Antonijevic serves as the VP Translational Medicine of WAVE Life Sciences. Irina started at WAVE Life Sciences in January of 2018. Irina currently resides in the Greater Boston Area.
Chris Francis  SVP, Corporate Development & Head of Emerging Areas
Chris Francis
SVP, Corporate Development & Head of Emerging Areas
Chris Francis serves as the SVP, Corporate Development & Head of Emerging Areas of WAVE Life Sciences. Chris started at WAVE Life Sciences in July of 2016. Chris currently resides in the Greater Boston Area.

HR Leaders

Name & Title
Bio
Mary OBeirne  Director, Sr HR Business Partner
Mary OBeirne
Director, Sr HR Business Partner
Mary OBeirne serves as the Director, Sr HR Business Partner of Wave Life Sciences. Mary currently resides in the Greater Boston Area.

Wave Life Sciences Employee Reviews

Positive Reviews
83%
83%
17%
Constructive Feedback
17%

Positive Reviews from Employees

What do you like best about the leadership team?

They are available to you and open for questions

What is the best part about your compensation package?

100% Health insurance paid, Open Time Off, Maternity leave 12 weeks 100% pay, free lunch and snacks.

What are some of the best things about your team?

They are competent and like to accomplish work

Constructive Feedback from Employees

What's going wrong and how can it be improved?

Management, they do not promote people that want to have a work life balance and have just started a family. I think that for woman that just started motherhood is difficult to progress in this company.

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Leadership Score

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70
out of 100
Executive rating?
90
out of 100
CEO rating?
40
out of 100
Manager rating?

Team Score

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AnswerPercent
Yes100%
No0%
AnswerPercent
Yes100%
No0%
Coworker interaction?
60
out of 100
Quality of coworkers?

Environment Score

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AnswerPercent
7 or less0%
8100%
100%
120%
More than 120%
Work hours per day?
AnswerPercent
Extremely fast100%
Comfortably fast0%
Moderate0%
A bit slow0%
Bureaucratic0%
Pace at work?
AnswerPercent
Positive100%
Negative0%
Positive work environment?

Outlook Score

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80
out of 100
Future outlook?
AnswerPercent
Fantastic0%
Good0%
Neutral100%
Bad0%
Terrible0%
Customer perception?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No100%
Excited going to work?

Wave Life Sciences H1B Visa

In 2019, Wave Life Sciences applied for 8 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 100% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

8
Total Applied
  • 100% Granted (8 out of 8)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 8)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 8)
  • 0% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer ( out of 8)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Wave Life Sciences

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Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Wave Life Sciences

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eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
0
eNPS Score
50%Promoters
0%Passives
50%Detractors

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