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Jasper Therapeutics Announces Appointment of Matthew Ford as Vice President, Human Resources
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jasper Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: JSPR) (Jasper), a biotechnology company focused on development of
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[{"type":"text","content":"REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jasper Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: JSPR) (Jasper), a biotechnology company focused on development of briquilimab, a novel antibody therapy targeting c-Kit (CD117) to address diseases such as chronic spontaneous urticaria, lower to intermediate risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) as well as novel stem cell transplant conditioning regimes, today announced the appointment of Matthew Ford as the Company’s Vice President, Human Resources. “Matthew is a seasoned human resource professional with a successful track record of helping to build high performing organizations in the pharma industry, and we are pleased to welcome him to the Jasper team,” said Ron Martell, CEO of Jasper Therapeutics. Mr. Ford joins Jasper from Tricida, where he served as Senior Vice President for Human Resources and Operations reporting directly to the CEO. In this role he helped build the human resource and other business functional teams following the company’s initial public offering. Prior to Tricida, Mr. Ford was with Jazz Pharmaceuticals, where he served in roles such as Global Head of Human Resource Business Partners and Human Resource Business Partner for Research and Development. Prior to his time at Jazz, Mr. Ford served as Associate Director of Worldwide Human Resource Operations for Gilead Sciences, a position he held following a series of roles of increasing responsibility in Gilead’s global organization. Prior to Gilead, Mr. Ford was a Human Resource Manager at GlaxoSmithKline. Mr. Ford earned his B.S. degree in Biochemistry and Genetics from the University of Sheffield. “Jasper’s leadership team has already assembled a strong organization to support the development of a promising asset in briquilimab, and I am very pleased to join this team at such an exciting time,” said Mr. Ford. “I look forward to playing a role in Jasper’s continued growth and success.” About Jasper Jasper is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing briquilimab, a monoclonal antibody targeting c-Kit (CD117) as a therapeutic for chronic mast and stem cell diseases such as chronic urticaria and lower to intermediate risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and as a conditioning agent for stem cell transplants for rare diseases such as sickle cell disease (SCD), Fanconi anemia (FA) and severe combined immunodeficien...