Richard P. Eno has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director since March 2008. Mr. Eno has more than twenty five years of professional experience in the chemicals and energy business. Prior to joining Metabolix, Mr. Eno served as Vice President, Leader Global Oil & Gas Sector at CRA International, a leading provider of management consulting services and economic and financial expertise to global companies. Earlier in his career, he held various roles at Arthur D. Little and Chevron Corporation. Mr. Eno holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Houston and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Oliver P. Peoples, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer, Vice President, Research
Oliver P. Peoples, Ph.D., a co-founder of Metabolix, has served as our chief scientific officer and vice president of research since January 2000, and was previously our director of research and vice president. Dr. Peoples has served as a director since June 1992. Prior to founding Metabolix, Dr. Peoples was a research scientist with the Department of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he emerged as a pioneer of the new field of metabolic pathway engineering and its applications in industrial biotechnology. The research carried out by Dr. Peoples at MIT established the fundamental tools and methods for engineering bacteria and plants to produce PHA Natural Plastics. Dr. Peoples has published numerous peer reviewed academic papers and is an inventor of over 90 patents and patent applications worldwide. Dr. Peoples received a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Joseph Hill Chief Financial Officer
Joseph Hill has been our Chief Financial Officer since April 2008. Mr. Hill has more than twenty years of professional experience in finance, including more than fifteen years of experience at the executive level. Prior to joining Metabolix, Mr. Hill served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Amicas, Inc., the leading independent provider of radiology image and information management solutions. At Amicas, Mr. Hill was responsible for all finance, accounting, investor relations, treasury, tax, administration, IT and infrastructure. Prior to that, he was vice president and CFO at Dirig Software, a privately held provider of application performance management software systems. And Mr. Hill previously served as vice president, CFO and Director of Maconomy, a publicly traded provider of web-based business management solutions with more than 70,000 users worldwide. In this role, Hill was responsible for all finance, accounting, treasury, tax, administration, and infrastructure of this public company with offices in eight countries. Mr. Hill has a B.S. in Business Administration from Bryant College and a M.S.F. from Bentley College.
Sarah P. Cecil General Counsel
Sarah P. Cecil has served as legal counsel to Metabolix since July 2005 and as general counsel since the Company's initial public offering in November 2006. Previously she was corporate counsel at Vertex Pharmaceuticals from 1992 until 2001, and at Biogen from 1985 until 1991. Ms. Cecil's legal practice has also included clients in the food ingredients, computer services and clinical research industries, as well as several biotechnology companies. Ms. Cecil received an A.B. from Brown University, and she was a C.P.A. with Price Waterhouse before obtaining a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Robert C. Findlen Vice President, Marketing
Robert C. Findlen has served as our vice president of marketing since June 2006. Prior to joining Metabolix, from March 2002 to June 2006, Mr. Findlen worked at GE Plastics, first from June 2003 to June 2006 as product market director, LNP Plastics, and then from March 2002 to May 2003 as vice president and director, LNP Americas Commercial Business. LNP Engineering Plastics was acquired by GE Plastics in March 2002. Prior to the acquisition, Mr. Findlen held a number of positions at LNP Engineering Plastics, most recently, from 1998 to 2003, as vice president of sales and marketing. Mr. Findlen received a B.S. in Plastics Engineering from University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
Brian Igoe Vice President, Chief Brand Officer
Brian Igoe has served as our vice president and chief brand officer since August 2006. Prior to joining Metabolix, from February 2005 to August 2006, Mr. Igoe was executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Oco, Inc., a managed software company. Prior to that, Mr. Igoe was vice president of Alloy Marketing and Promotions from February 2002 until January 2005, and from January 1993 to January 2002 he served as executive vice president of Target Marketing and Promotions (TMP) which was acquired by Alloy Marketing and Promotions. Prior to TMP, Mr. Igoe was the owner and president of Igoe Marketing and Development, where he worked with clients such as Canada Dry and ASICS Corporation. Prior to founding Igoe Marketing and Development, Mr. Igoe served as director of product development for the Keds Corporation from February 1990 to January 1992 and served as director of advanced technologies at Reebok International Ltd. from February 1984 to January 1990. He also worked in marketing and product development from January 1980 to January 1984 with Nike, Inc. Mr. Igoe received a B.S. in Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration and Marketing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
