
	Ms. Cynthia M. Butitta has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NextWave Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since May 2011. Ms. Butitta has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Kite Pharma, Inc. since January 8, 2014. She is an experienced fiscal and operational executive with more than 20 years of leadership in both the biotechnology and high-technology industries. Prior to joining NextWave, Ms. Butitta served as Chief Operating Officer of Telik Inc. from March 2001 to December 22, 2010 and its Chief Financial Officer from August 1998 to December 22, 2010. Ms. Butitta also served as Principal Accounting Officer of Telik, Inc. until December 22, 2010. From September 1997 to February 2001, she also provided financial consulting services as a partner in Altair Capital Associates LLC, which she co-founded in November 1998, and Butitta consulting Services LLC, which she founded in September 1997. From December 1995 to September 1997, Ms. Butitta served as Vice President of Finance and Administration and the Chief Financial Officer for Connetics, Inc., a biotechnology company. From June 1994 to December 1995, Ms. Butitta was the Vice president of Finance and Administration and the Chief Financial Officer for Insite Vision, Inc., a biotechnology company. She served as a Director of Catalyst Semiconductor Inc., a semiconductor products company, from June 2000 to February 25, 2003. Ms. Butitta holds a B.S. degree in Business and Accounting from Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin, and an MBA degree in Finance from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
