Intensity Therapeutics Inc.

Lewis H. Bender is our founder and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2012. Prior to our founding, Mr. Bender was the CEO of publicly traded (AMEX & OTC) Interleukin Genetics, Inc. from 2008 until 2012. Interleukin was a personalized medicine company. Mr. Bender was successful in raising capital for us via a direct placement with institutional investors and partnered with the insurance industry for development of an IG product. Prior to joining Interleukin Genetics, Mr. Bender held numerous positions at Emisphere Technologies, Inc. at the time a publicly traded (Nasdaq) drug delivery company specializing in the development of oral delivery of poorly absorbed molecules. While at Emisphere from 1993 to December 2007, Mr. Bender held positions including Interim President & CEO, Chief Technology Officer, Senior Vice President of Business Development, and Vice President of Manufacturing and Process Development. Mr. Bender has over 26 years of biotech and pharmaceutical executive management experience. He has led development teams taking products from discovery to Phase 3 for compounds using novel drug delivery techniques. Mr. Bender has a both a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and an MA in International Studies also from the University of Pennsylvania. He is fluent in French and German.

James M. Ahlers has served as Chief Financial Officer since January 2022 through a consulting agreement with Mr. Ahlers’ employer, Danforth Advisors LLC, a company that provides strategic and operational finance and accounting services to life science companies. From February 2002 to November 2019 Mr. Ahlers served as Chief Financial Officer of Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Ahlers is an accomplished finance leader with 25 years of experience building life science businesses. During his career, he has managed capital raising transactions, including IPOs, that have raised in excess of $2 billion. In addition, he has developed and implemented international operations and global tax strategies. Mr. Ahlers holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of San Francisco. Mr. Ahlers replaces Greg Wade, who left Danforth at the end of 2021 to pursue a full time position in business development at a third party biotech firm.

Dr. Ian B. Walters has served as our Vice President and Chief Medical Officer since August 2014. Dr. Walters brings over 15 years of oncology/immunology drug development experience to our team. Dr. Walters has clinical development experience with 30+ compounds, and has been a consultant to biotech, pharma and investment companies specializing in the evaluation, prioritization, and development of innovative technologies in the treatment of severe diseases. He has worked in multiple biotech companies on corporate development, translational medicine, clinical development and medical affairs including BMS, Millennium, PDL and the Rockefeller University. Dr. Walters spent seven years at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), where he led clinical research and matrix development teams. During his tenure there he contributed to the development of multiple immuno-oncology products, Yervoy® (ipilimumab) and Opdivo (nivolumab, an anti-PD-1 drug), as well as the licensing and partnering strategy for other immuno-oncologic agents. Before entering the private sector, Dr. Walters was a lead investigator at the Rockefeller University and initiated cutting edge immunology research to understand the mechanism of action of several compounds. Dr. Walters received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an MBA from the Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Syed Mahmood has served as our Senior Vice President of Clinical Development since September 2020. He is a physician-scientist with over 13 years of experience in the US and Global pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry, in leading strategic, translational medicine, clinical development, medical affairs, and operations teams. Prior to joining Intensity Therapeutics, Dr. Mahmood was the Vice President and Head, Global Medical Affairs, Research and Development at Progenics Pharmaceuticals in New York City. Previously, he has held US and global leadership positions of increasing levels of responsibility at Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Daiichi Sankyo, and GE Healthcare. Over the course of his career, he has successfully built and led teams and departments responsible for Phase I to III clinical programs for small molecules, biologics and radiopharmaceuticals across many therapeutic areas, including oncology. He has played critical roles in multiple development programs and launches including Progenics's AZEDRA and PyL, and GSK's/Novartis's Tafinlar, Mekinist, Votrient, Luminespib and Buparlisib programs. Dr. Mahmood received his MD from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC. He completed a medical internship from Aria–Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA, and a residency in Nuclear Medicine from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. He also served as a PET fellow and an Assistant Professor/Attending Physician in Nuclear Medicine at the Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, an Attending Physician in Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, and an Attending Physician in Jacobi Medical Center- New York City’s Health and Hospitals Corporation Bronx, NY. He is board-certified by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine.

John Wesolowski has served as our Principal Accounting Officer and Controller since March 2017. Prior to joining Intensity Therapeutics, from 1998 to 2016 Mr. Wesolowski was Director of Costing in the Yale University Controller’s office. In that role Mr. Wesolowski conducted financial reporting, property tax management, was responsible for calculations of overhead and benefit rates, and was involved in numerous special projects related to accounting process and controls. Also, at Yale, he was involved in financial reporting and the accounting matters related to clinical trials and other organized research. Prior to joining Yale Mr. Wesolowski was the Vice President and Controller for Automatic Fastener Corporation in Branford, CT from 1988 to 1998. In this role, Mr. Wesolowski oversaw all accounting, purchasing and human resource functions. John also has 5 years of experience in public accounting and auditing from working at KMG Main Hurdman, now KPMG. Mr. Wesolowski received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State at University Park) and an MBA from the University of Connecticut in Management Science. He is a Certified Public Account since 1983.

Rebecca Drain has served as our Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Quality since August 2021 and prior to that as our Executive Director of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance since July 2019. Prior to joining Intensity Therapeutics, Ms. Drain has over 25 years of experience with Bristol Myers Squibb, where most recently, between January 2015 and December 2018, she served as Director, Submission Management, Global Regulatory Safety and Biometrics, a position in which she was responsible for global oncology regulatory submissions. Prior to BMS, she was a research scientist with a drug discovery company. Ms. Drain earned a B.S. in Pathobiology from the University of Connecticut.