Robert Chess - Lecturer @ Stanford Graduate School of Business

Overview

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

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Primary Job Title Lecturer
Primary Organization
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Location San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
Regions West Coast, Western US
Gender Male
Also Known As Rob Chess

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Rob Chess is a Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was a Co-founder and Chairman at Biota Technology. He attended Harvard Business School.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Robert Chess

has

current jobs as

Lead Independent Director, Board Member

Twist Bioscience

and

Lecturer

Stanford Graduate School of Business

. Additionally,

Robert Chess

has had

past jobs including

Co-founder and Board Member

Biota Technology

Twist Bioscience Lead Independent Director, Board MemberJun 2014
Stanford Graduate School of Business Lecturer2004

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Biota Technology	Co-founder and Board Member	Aug 2013	Jul 2020
Nektar Therapeutics	Acting President and Chief Executive Officer	Mar 2006	Jan 2007
Nektar Therapeutics	Co-Chief Executive Officer	Aug 1998	Apr 2000
Nektar Therapeutics	President	Dec 1991	Aug 1998
Penederm	Co-founder and President	1986	1989
Metaphor Computer Systems	Business Segment Manager	1983	1985
Intel	Product Manager	1980	1983
Stanford Graduate School of Business	Member	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Robert Chess

holds

board and advisor roles including

Member Board of Trustees, Chairman Technology Transfer Committee

Caltech

Chairman of the Board of Directors

BIO Ventures for Global Health

, and

Board Member

BigHat Biosciences

Caltech Member Board of Trustees, Chairman Technology Transfer CommitteeJul 2007
BIO Ventures for Global Health Chairman of the Board of Directors
BigHat Biosciences Board Member

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Pharsight	Member of the Board of Directors	2000	2006
Nektar Therapeutics	Chairman of the Board of Directors	1991	1992
Pelvalon	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
NanOasis, Inc	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
OPX Biotechnologies	Chairman of the Board of Directors	—	—
Germitec SAS	Chairman of the Board of Directors	—	—
Caltech	Member of the Board of Trustees	—	—
OPX Biotechnologies	Member of the Board of Directors	2007	—
The Biotechnology Industry Organization	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—

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Education

Robert Chess

studied at

Caltech

and

Harvard Business School

Caltech BSEngineering19741978
Harvard Business School MBAunknown19781980