James is VP of strategy and operations at a Stealth NewCo. He was previously Senior Director of Business Development at Codiak BioSciences, where he focused on all aspects of business development and corporate strategy for Codiak’s platform and therapeutic assets. Prior to Codiak, he worked at a large law firm as an intellectual property technical specialist. James received a Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and completed research on RNA dynamics in development and disease at the Boston Children’s Hospital Stem Cell Program. He graduated with a B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Washington.