Ron has served as chief executive officer of Translate Bio since 2014. Formerly, Ron was at Idenix Pharmaceuticals (2007-2014), where he served as chief financial officer, chief business officer and finally, president and chief executive officer until its acquisition by Merck in August 2014. Prior to joining Idenix, Ron served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals. Before joining Keryx, Ron was a biotechnology equity research analyst at J.P. Morgan, Schwab Soundview and Bear Stearns. He also spent more than five years at Amgen, where he held positions in clinical research, investor relations and finance. Ron holds a BA from St. Anselm College and an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. In addition to serving on the Translate Bio board of directors, Ron is a board member of Ikena Oncology, Atara Biotherapeutics and Axial Biotherapeutics. Ron also serves on the Board of Trustees at Saint Anselm College.