Brian has over 25 years of pharma biotech experience. He co-founded Ironwood Pharmaceuticals in 1998 where he held leadership roles across R&D and corporate development and helped drive the company’s transformation from an early discovery stage startup to a commercial stage company with a market leading gastrointestinal (GI) disease product (Linzess®) and a diverse pre-commercial pipeline. Brian also led the investor engagement and financing efforts that enabled the creation of Cyclerion, an Ironwood spinout, in 2019. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Jnana Therapeutics, a role he has held since 2018. He holds a BS from Cornell University, a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Whitehead Institute.