M. Scott Salka

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Scott Salka is the founder of Ambit Biosciences Corp.
(founded in 2001) and Rakuten Medical, Inc. (founded in 2010).
He is also the founder of Sequana Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Salka's current jobs include Chief Executive Officer positions at Vesper Biologics, Inc., CendR, Inc., and Arog Pharmaceuticals, Inc. where he holds the title of Co-Chief Executive Officer & Director.
He also holds Director positions at San Diego State University and BIOCOM, and a Director position at SDSU College of Business Administration.
Mr. Salka's former jobs include Chief Executive Officer & Director positions at AmpliPhi Biosciences Corp., Arcaris, Inc., and 454 Life Sciences Corp.
He also held the position of Independent Director at Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. Additionally, he held Principal positions at Goodrich Corp., Unisys Corp., Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Boehringer Ingelheim Corp., and Parke, Davis & Co. LLC.
Mr. Salka received an MBA degree from Carnegie Mellon University and an undergraduate degree from San Diego State University.