I have over 35 years of operational, financial, capital markets and transactional experience in life sciences and SaaS, with particular expertise in biotechnology, life science tools and diagnostics. As CFO, I have overseen finance at R&D- and commercial-stage enterprises, consummated financing and M&A transactions, and contributed to operations and strategy at private and public companies. As an investment banker, I completed over 30 transactions, raising over $5 billion in capital for companies ranging from emerging start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. I am a partner of FLG Partners, a leading CFO services and board advisory firm. I have served as interim and full-time CFO for companies such as:PUBLIC* Adverum, a biotech company that aims to establish gene therapy as a new standard of care for highly prevalent ocular diseases* Alector, a biotech company pioneering immuno-neurology and innate immuno-oncology* Five Prime, a biotech company with multiple clinical-stage immuno-oncology programs* Solexa, manufacturing and selling genetic analysis instrumentation* Prepared multiple VC-backed companies for IPOVENTURE BACKED* Sublimity Therapeutics, a biotech company developing an orally dosed calcineurin inhibitor for ulcerative colitis and advancing its proprietary SmPill® formulation technology * Apexigen, a biotech company developing antibody therapeutics to activate immunity in cancer* Kezar Life Sciences, a biotech company developing small molecule therapeutics for autoimmunity and cancer* True North, a biotech company developing novel therapies that selectively target the Complement pathway * PaxVax, a specialty vaccine company, where I executed financings totaling up to $62 million, was instrumental in the acquisition of vaccine assets from J&J / Crucell and designed the company's international tax structureACQUIRED* ArmaGen, a biotech company delivering protein drugs across the blood brain barrier to address orphan and neurodegenerative diseases; sold to JCR Pharmaceuticals * iPierian, a biotechnology company developing novel therapies for neurodegenerative disease; sold to BMS * Ingenuity Systems, a SaaS company serving life science research and diagnostics; sold to QIAGEN * Solexa -- see aboveI capped a decade in investment banking as SVP of Lehman Brothers’ Healthcare Investment Banking Group. Current and former board seats include Biocept, a molecular diagnostics company, and Sensorin, an analytical instrument company.Contact me at linda@flgpartners.com.