Dr. Himes was appointed Senior Vice President Technical Operations in May 2006. Dr. Himes joined ZymoGenetics in November 2005 as Vice President Commercial Manufacturing Operations. Previously Dr. Himes served as Vice President for Worldwide Manufacturing Operations for Corixa Corporation with responsibility for manufacturing operations process development and quality control in support of commercial and clinical supplies. From 2000 to 2003 Dr. Himes served as Vice President Manufacturing Operations for Targeted Genetics Corporation where he was responsible for manufacturing and clinical supply operations for gene delivery products. From 1999 to 2000 Dr. Himes served as Vice President Product Development for Genovo Inc. Prior to that Dr. Himes held positions of increasing responsibility over ten years with Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines including Associate Director of Biological Development Manager of Viral Vaccine Development and Clinical Production and Cell Culture Pilot Plant Supervisor. Dr. Himes received a Bachelors of Arts in Chemistry from Pomona College in California and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. |