Management Team
Our management team has a proven track record of successfully developing and commercializing pharmaceuticals while maintaining a distinct focus on efficient, entrepreneurial business processes.
Michael Martino has extensive experience in the life sciences, spanning a 35-year career. He was previously acting-CEO and Director of HemaFlo Therapeutics, a start-up developing a novel therapy for Acute Kidney Injury, and serves on the board of Caravan Biologix, a start-up developing novel drugs, primarily for oncology.
Prior to HemaFlow, Martino was President and CEO of Ambit Biosciences, a San Diego-based company developing a drug to treat Acute Myeloid Leukemia, from November 2011 to November 2014. Under his leadership, Ambit initiated a large, multi-national Phase 3 study; secured $25 million in private financing; completed a $90 million IPO; and ultimately sold the company to a large, Japanese pharmaceutical company for $450 million in cash plus future milestone payments.
Mr. Martino previously served as CEO, President, and Director of Arzeda, a synthetic biology company, and Sonus Pharmaceuticals, an oncology drug development company. He was also a founding Director at Excision Biotherapeutic,
Martino’s career began with Mallinckrodt, where he held over 20 discreet assignments in planning, business development, marketing, and general management over his 17-year tenure.
Martino has a BBA from Roanoke College, where he served as a Trustee from 2016 to 2020, and an MBA from Virginia Tech.
Daniel G. Stokely has more than 30 years of experience in finance and accounting. Daniel began his career at Deloitte & Touche and since that time, he has spent the majority of his career in positions of financial leadership within both publicly traded and privately-held pharmaceutical companies. Most recently, since 2012, Daniel served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sentynl Therapeutics Inc., a privately-held specialty pharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, acquisition, marketing and distribution of development stage and commercially marketed prescription pain products, which was sold to Cadila Healthcare Ltd. in January 2017. From 2004 to 2012, Daniel served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Victory Pharma, a privately-held specialty pharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, internal product development, marketing and distribution of pain specialty products, which was sold to Shionogi, Inc., a Japanese pharmaceutical company, in 2011. From 2001 to 2004, Daniel served as the Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Wireless Facilities, Inc. (currently Kratos Defense & Security Solutions), a publicly traded, global provider of communications and security services for the wireless communications industry. From 1994 to 2001, Daniel served as Corporate Controller of Dura Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded pharmaceutical company that was sold to Elan Pharmaceuticals in late 2000. Daniel has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from San Diego State University and is a Certified Public Accountant (licensed in California).
Dr. Howard Levy has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, working with both public and private biotechnology companies on clinical and drug development strategy and execution. He was most recently Chief Medical Officer of Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. Prior to that, Dr. Levy was the Senior Global Medical Program Director at CSL Behring; Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals; Chief Medical Officer at Sangart, Inc.; Associate Vice President, Clinical Research, Medical and Regulatory Affairs, at Novo Nordisk; Clinical Research Physician and Medical Director, Acute Care in the U.S. Medical Division of Eli Lilly and Company. He was also Chief of Critical Care Medicine at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque for 11 years.
Lane Hapke began his 30+ year career performing contract research and development for membrane separations, first at Bend Research Inc. and then SRI International. He then worked in the pharmaceutical industry at Roche Colorado for over 23 years as a process development engineer, the clinical supply pilot plant manager, and the maintenance and facilities manager.