Peter S. Garcia
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Garcia joined MDRNA in July 2009 as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Garcia has been Chief Financial Officer of both public and private life science and high technology companies for the past 13 years. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Garcia served as Chief Financial Officer of Nanosys Inc., a privately held nanotechnology company based in Palo Alto, California, where he was responsible for finance, facilities, information technology, and investor and government relations. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Garcia was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nuvelo Inc., a publicly held biopharmaceutical company. During his tenure at Nuvelo, he helped raise over $150 million, acquired development stage products, and led the merger and acquisition strategy. Mr. Garcia has also served as Chief Financial Officer at Novacept, IntraBiotics, and Dendreon; and held senior financial roles at Amgen. Mr. Garcia has an M.B.A. from the Anderson School at University of California Los Angeles and a B.A. in Economics and Sociology from Stanford University.