Overview

Gender

male

Dr. Palay is one of our founders and has served as Vice Chairman of the Board and as President since 2007.

Dr. Palay previously served as vice chairman of the board and president of each of our predecessors from their founding until 2008.

He also co-founded NimbleGen Systems, Inc. and served as its vice chairman of the board, vice president and chief operating officer from 1999 to 2007.

Since their inception, Dr. Palay has served as a manager of the general partner or manager of each of the Tactics II entities.

Dr. Palay joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1980.

He retired as the Foley & Lardner–Bascom Professor of Law in 2010.

Dr. Palay received a B.A., summa cum laude, from Tufts University, a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

We selected Dr. Palay to serve on our board of directors due to his in-depth understanding of our business, operating experience with business startups and experience in academia.