Heather L. Franklin was named Senior Vice President Business Development in June 2008. Prior to that she was Vice President Business Development from January 2005 to June 2008 Senior Director Strategic Alliance Management from July 2003 to January 2005 and Director Strategic Alliance Management from January 2002 to July 2003. In these roles she was instrumental in negotiating and managing major partnerships with Novo Nordisk Merck Serono and Bayer. Ms. Franklin joined ZymoGenetics in January 2001 as Director Research Project Management to establish a research project management system after holding roles of increasing responsibility in clinical and research project management at Amgen and Targeted Genetics from 1994 to 2001. She started her career in research roles at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute and Targeted Genetics. Ms. Franklin received a B.S. from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill M.S. from the University of Washington and an M.B.A from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.