Nicole O’Brien is the Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations for Arranta Bio, responsible for technical program design, business development, and marketing. Nicole has over 20 years of experience in the biologics industry. She recently held the role as Vice President of Commercial Operations for Brammer Bio, a viral vector CDMO for the cell and gene therapy industry, where she was responsible for business development, technical scope design and proposals. Through the acquisition of that CMO by Thermo Fisher Scientific, she subsequently served as the Subject Matter Expert and Head of Program Design. Dr. O’Brien holds a B.S. in biology and a Ph.D. in cell/molecular biology from UC San Diego.