Seattle-based Dendreon Corp. announced that Gregory Schiffman has joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO).

Schiffman joins Dendreon from Affymetrix Inc., where he served as CFO and executive vice president for the last five years. In that position, Schiffman was responsible for finance, tax, treasury, investor relations and information technology. At times, during his tenure at Affymetrix, he has been responsible for procurement, manufacturing, human resources and facilities.

“With over 20 years of operations and management experience, Greg has created and implemented successful financial, compliance and capital market strategies for a range of companies, most recently at Affymetrix,” said Mitchell Gold, M.D., president and CEO of Dendreon. “His comprehensive experience will be invaluable to us as we progress toward becoming a fully integrated commercial organization.”

Posted on January 28, 2007 02:49 PM