Codiak BioSciences Inc. announced the first members of its core executive team: Ariel Jasie, Esq., chief business officer, Linda Bain, chief financial officer and Konstantin Konstantinov, Ph.D., senior vice president, manufacturing and process sciences. Ariel Jasie joined Codiak from Celgene Corporation, where he led the Strategy and Operations Group in the Research and Early Development franchise. He previously served on the Celgene Business Development team, leading numerous deals including M&A, in-licensing, collaborations, strategic equity investments, seeding, syndicating and constructing "build to buys," and serving as Board Observer to certain collaboration partners/equity investments.

Linda Bain joined Codiak from Avalanche Biotechnologies where, as chief financial officer, she led a successful IPO and follow-on financing. She previously served as vice president of finance, business operations and treasurer at bluebird bio, where her tenure included a Series D financing and IPO. Ms. Bain has held senior roles at Genzyme Corporation, including vice president of finance, global manufacturing and operations and vice president of finance of Genzyme Genetics, where she was a member of the team that divested the business unit to LabCorp for $925 million.

Earlier in her career, she served in senior finance roles at Fidelity Investments and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche. Before joining Codiak, Konstantin Konstantinov was responsible for the late-stage bioprocess and technology development at Sanofi's Boston Hub, including all functions, from cell banking to fill/finish/lyophilization. Prior to Sanofi, Dr. Konstantinov worked for Bayer in Berkeley, Calif.

for 14 years, advancing to the position of Head of Process Sciences. He has published 60 peer reviewed papers and has more than 15 patents and patent applications. During the last 23 years, Dr. Konstantinov has worked on the development and commercialization of various products, including monoclonal antibodies, blood factors and enzymes expressed in mammalian cells.

Most recently, he has pioneered the development of an end-to-end integrated continuous biomanufacturing platform, which is becoming a strategic technological trend for the biomanufacturing industry worldwide.