Raj manages the CMC and manufacturing functions within Seal Rock Therapeutics in the areas of process development, manufacturing, and drug supply. He has over 20 years of experience in product development and bringing biologics and pharmaceutical candidates from research laboratory into clinical development and commercialization. He was most recently Vice President, Pharmaceutical Operations at Alder Bio-Pharmaceuticals where he oversaw all the process development, manufacturing and supply chain management functions for their monoclonal antibody based products. Prior to that, he was Senior Director of Product Development at Trubion Pharmaceuticals and Director of Process and Assay Development at Xcyte Therapies. He received his PhD at the University of Georgia and his MBA at the University of Washington. He has published several scientific articles and is the inventor on numerous patents.