Our Team

Meet Crestone’s founders, senior management, and advisors.

Urs Ochsner, Ph.D.

Co-Founder / CEO

With over 20 years of experience in infectious diseases, Dr. Ochsner is a co-founder and Vice President, R&D, and CEO at Crestone.

Nebojsa Janjic, Ph.D.

Co-Founder

Previously a founder and CSO of Replidyne, Inc., Dr. Janjic is a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Crestone.

Thale Jarvis, Ph.D.

Co-Founder

With 25 years of experience in biotechnology, Dr. Jarvis is a co-founder, Science Advisor, and former Chief Scientific Officer at Crestone.

John Rohloff, Ph.D.

Co-Founder

With 25 years of experience in Medicinal and Process Chemistry, Dr. Rohloff serves as Senior Chemistry Advisor at Crestone.

Xicheng Sun, Ph.D.

Vice President

Prior to his current appointment, Dr Sun was an executive director of chemistry and CFTR modulator team leader at N30 Pharmaceuticals.

Donald Morrissey, J.D.

Vice President

Vice President, Corporate Development at Crestone, Don brings over 20 years of experience as a business executive and attorney in the life sciences.

Cliff Mason, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Pharmacology

Cliff has over a decade of professional experience in Pharmaceutical Sciences and has authored or co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications.

Aline Oliver

Consultant, Regulatory Affairs

Aline Oliver is a Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Consultant at Crestone and Owner/Principal Consultant for Oliver Consulting, LLC.

Arlee Kachensky

Consultant, Quality Assurance

With expertise is in cGMP/GLP compliance, Arlee has worked in the pharmaceutical industry since 1986 and with Crestone since March 2020.

John Bruss, M.D., M.B.A.

Medical Advisor

Dr. Bruss is an infectious disease specialist with over 20 years of experience in clinical drug development and research.

William Bracken, Ph.D., DABT

Consultant, Toxicology

Bill had a lengthy career at AbbVie where he had management responsibilities for their drug development portfolio and marketed products.

Wendy Ribble, PMP

Associate Director, Program Management

Wendy brings over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and cleantech industries as both a research scientist and project manager.

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