Nima Shiva

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Mr. Shiva has been in the life science industry since 1990 as a scientist, entrepreneur and investor.
As a Managing Director of Convergent Ventures, a life science venture investment and development group, he contributed to the formation of Neurion Pharmaceuticals and ORFID Corporation.
Mr. Shiva is also the Chairman, President and CEO of Encode Bio, a privately-held company which he spun out of Neurion in 2006.
Prior to joining Convergent Ventures, Mr. Shiva was an equity research associate in biotechnology and medical devices at Wedbush Morgan Securities.
From 1990 to 1998, Mr. Shiva held technical and research management positions at UC San Diego and Sequana Therapeutics.
Mr. Shiva holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BS in Physiology and Neurosciences from UC San Diego.

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Companies	Position	End
Encode Bio, Inc. Encode Bio, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Engages in pharmaceutical research and development	Chief Executive Officer	01/01/2015
Convergent Ventures LLC Convergent Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Convergent Ventures focuses on early-stage equity investments in the life sciences sector. The firm is particularly interested in drug discovery and development, R&D platforms and research services. They may also consider opportunities in other fields when they feel they have special expertise in that field. Convergent Ventures focuses on investments in California and Israel. In addition to creating and running new life-science companies, the firm also provides strategic and management consulting services to life-science start-up companies and larger, more established businesses.	Private Equity Investor	01/01/2012
ORFID Corp. ORFID Corp. Electronic Production EquipmentElectronic Technology Develops organic electronic displays and smart labels	Corporate Officer/Principal	30/11/2010
Neurion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Neurion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Provides pharmaceutical products	Director/Board Member	01/01/2009
University of Southern California University of Southern California Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2000

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Sequana Therapeutics, Inc. Sequana Therapeutics, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Develops proprietary gene therapy products	Commercial Services
ORFID Corp. ORFID Corp. Electronic Production EquipmentElectronic Technology Develops organic electronic displays and smart labels	Electronic Technology
University of Southern California University of Southern California Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of California San Diego University of California San Diego Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Neurion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Neurion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Provides pharmaceutical products	Health Technology
Convergent Ventures LLC Convergent Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Convergent Ventures focuses on early-stage equity investments in the life sciences sector. The firm is particularly interested in drug discovery and development, R&D platforms and research services. They may also consider opportunities in other fields when they feel they have special expertise in that field. Convergent Ventures focuses on investments in California and Israel. In addition to creating and running new life-science companies, the firm also provides strategic and management consulting services to life-science start-up companies and larger, more established businesses.	Finance
Encode Bio, Inc. Encode Bio, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Engages in pharmaceutical research and development	Commercial Services

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