Mark is Chief Executive Officer of Ikena Oncology and has nearly two decades of experience in cancer biology. Mark was previously Vice President, Oncology Biology at Takeda Pharmaceuticals where he led the Oncology Biology group and was a member of the senior R&D management team responsible for the global oncology R&D strategy. During his time at Takeda the Oncology organization put 8 novel mechanisms into the clinic with the most advanced compounds being in phase 3 clinical development. Mark received his BS from the University of Rhode Island and earned his PhD in Biology from Boston College.