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Management Team

Argos' senior management has extensive pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry experience including the clinical development, regulatory approval and commercial introduction of successful oncology products.

Jeffrey D. Abbey, M.B.A., J.D. President, Chief Executive Officer
Frederick M. Miesowicz, Ph.D. Chief Operating Officer
Charles A. Nicolette, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer, Vice President, Research and Development
Lori Harrelson, C.P.A. Vice President, Finance
Doug Plessinger, RPh Vice President, Clinical and Medical Affairs


Jeffrey D. Abbey, M.B.A., J.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey Abbey joined Argos Therapeutics in 2002. Before joining Argos, Mr. Abbey was Vice President of Business Development and Finance for Internet Appliance Network (IAN), a venture-backed information technology company based in New York City. Prior to joining IAN, he was a partner in Eilenberg and Krause, a boutique corporate law firm, where he acted as business counsel for a number of life sciences and other emerging technology companies. Mr. Abbey has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating licenses, joint ventures and other technology transfer agreements, as well as mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions. He holds an A.B. in Mathematical Economics from Brown University and received an M.B.A. and J.D. from the University of Virginia.
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Frederick M. Miesowicz, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer
Frederick Miesowicz joined Argos Therapeutics in 2003. Prior to this, Dr. Miesowicz was the Vice President of U.S. Operations for Gamida-Cell, a stem cell company. He was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Hybridon Specialty Products. He served as Vice President and General Manager of Cellcor, a subsidiary of Cytogen, Inc., from 1995 to 1998, where he directed all operations related to Cellcor’s cellular immunotherapy programs. He also served as Senior Vice President of Scientific Affairs at Cellcor from 1992 to 1995. Dr. Miesowicz has an extensive background in cellular therapies and medical devices. Prior to joining Cellcor, he managed the U.S. and European SteriCell Division of Terumo Medical Corporation after it was acquired from DuPont, and was with E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company for over 14 years managing both immunotherapy and immunodiagnostic R&D groups. Dr. Miesowicz holds a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Siena College and received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University.
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Charles A. Nicolette, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President, Research and Development
Charles Nicolette joined Argos Therapeutics in 2003. Dr. Nicolette has extensive experience in the field of cancer immunotherapy and is the inventor on dozens of patent applications and issued patents relating to the development of personalized immunotherapeutics for cancer and infectious diseases. He was formerly the Director of Antigen Discovery at Genzyme Molecular Oncology where he developed SPHERE technology, the subject of one of the largest biotechnology deals ever done in the field of tumor antigen discovery. He is an expert in cellular immunology and brings substantial immunological sophistication to Argos. Dr. Nicolette received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and cellular and developmental biology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, completing his doctoral dissertation and post-doctoral fellowship at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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Lori Harrelson, C.P.A.
Vice President, Finance
Lori R. Harrelson has served as our Vice President of Finance since July 2011. Ms. Harrelson served as our Director of Finance and Accounting from January 2007 to June 2011 and as our Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting from September 2004 to January 2007. Prior to joining us, Ms. Harrelson was Finance Manager at LipoScience, Inc., a diagnostic company, from 2001 to 2004. Prior to joining LipoScience, Ms. Harrelson worked in the audit department of Ernst & Young LLP from 1997 to 2001. Ms. Harrelson received her B.S. in finance from East Carolina University and is a C.P.A.
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Doug Plessinger, RPh
Vice President, Clinical and Medical Affairs
Doug Plessinger joined Argos Therapeutics in 2011 after serving as a clinical consultant for the company for the previous 4 years. Prior to joining Argos, Mr. Plessinger was an original founder and served as the Executive Vice President and Managing Director for Axcelo MSL Solutions, a Medical Affairs and MSL consulting company. Prior to this, he served as Senior Vice President of Client Services at The Navicor Group and in other roles with Navicor and affiliated inVentiv Health companies from 2003 to 2007. Mr. Plessinger also served as a lead Medical Science Liaison (MSL) for Millennium Pharmaceuticals and held various roles of increasing responsibility for Bristol-Myers Squibb in Oncology Medical Affairs and Oncology Global Marketing from 1997 - 2003. Overall, he has more than 20 years of clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical, and client-services related experience, including the development and launch of multiple oncology products across various solid and hematologic malignancies. Mr. Plessinger holds a B.S. degree in Pharmacy and graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University.
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