MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
Mr.Jun Yan
Chair, Board of Directors, and President
Mr. Yan has over 20 years of experience specializing in cell signal transduction and cancer biology. He has expertise in high throughput screening against validated enzyme targets including protein kinases. Prior to co-founding SignalChem Pharmaceuticals Inc. in 2004, Mr. Yan held senior research positions at Kinetek Pharmaceuticals Inc. and QLT Inc., where he was playing leading roles in novel drug target validation and pipeline development of kinase inhibitors. With his leadership, Jun has built SignalChem Pharmaceuticals Inc into a very profitable business with higher than 20% annual increase in revenue which has been a leading supplier of cell signaling bioreagents for drug discovery and biomedical research. In 2010, Mr. Yan co-founded MetaSignal Therapeutics Inc., a company focusing on developing and commercializing anti-cancer drugs targeting CAIX, a well-known cancer related enzyme. Mr. Yan brings to SLC expertise in kinase biology and has been the driving force of the SLC’s kinase-focused drug discovery platform.
Dr. Zaihui Zhang, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Vice President, R&D
Dr. Zaihui Zhang is a co-founder of Signalchem Lifesciences Corporation. He has over 25 years of experience in the development of novel targeted therapies. He has successfully led a wide range of therapeutic programs across different disease areas and has experience working with different classes of biological targets including protein kinases, metallo-enzymes, sodium channels, and transporters. Dr. Zhang has led several therapeutic programs that have been successfully acquired by or partnered with top tier multinational pharmaceutical companies and biotech companies during his tenures at Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Kinetek Pharmaceuticals Inc.. He has played pivotal roles in advancing four small molecules from the discovery stage to the clinical stage. He is a co-author of more than 30 scientific publications and is an inventor/co-inventor of more than 80 patents and patent applications. He brings to SLC expertise in all stages of drug discovery including hit-to-lead, lead optimization, preclinical development, project management and leadership, and intellectual property. Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of British Columbia.
Mr. Harvey Quan, CMA
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Quan has senior management experience in private and publicly traded companies for over 25 years. He has served as Senior Financial officer in many biotechnology companies and government funded institutes including Kinetek Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genome BC, Aquinox, Welichem Biotech and SignalChem. Harvey brings to SLC expertise in financial operations management for drug development and biotechnology companies.
Dan Zekzer, MD
Chief Business officer & Corporate Strategy
Dan has more than 25 years’ experience in drug development, business planning, funding, partnerships, and licensing. First as an executive with Daiichi Sankyo, later with Novo Nordisk, Dan was the founder and CEO of ChemoMab, a startup raising capital successfully and later with a successful exit. Dan was an Assistant Professor of Immunology at UCLA, completed his residency and fellowship at Yale University school of medicine. Dan received his medical degree in Israel.