Mr. Winger was appointed as a director of Cell Genesys in January 2004. Mr. Winger currently serves as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Applera Corporation and was previously senior vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer at Chiron Corporation. Prior to this, Mr. Winger held senior financial management positions including chief financial officer in various divisions of the Cooper Companies. In these positions, Mr. Winger has overseen multiple stock and debt security offerings, including one of the largest single offerings for cash in the history of the biotechnology industry, and played a key role in several major merger and acquisition and divesture transactions. Mr. Winger holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in New York, NY and a B.A. from Siena College in Albany, NY. |