Robert Perez

Robert Perez, M.B.A. has served as our President and Chief Operating Officer since July 2012. From 2007 to 2012, Perez served as EVP and COO. He joined Cubist in 2003 as Senior Vice President of Cubist’s sales and marketing team and then served as SVP of Commercial Operations from 2004 to 2007. Prior to joining Cubist, he served as Vice President of Biogen, Inc.'s CNS Business Unit where he was responsible for leading the U.S. neurology franchise. From 1995 to 2001 he served as a Regional Director, Director of Sales, and Avonex® Commercial Executive at Biogen. From 1987 to 1995, Perez held various sales and marketing positions at Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, ultimately serving as Regional Business Director, responsible for sales, marketing and national accounts for the Western Regional Business Unit. Perez is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Citizen School of Massachusetts. Perez is a director of the Biomedical Science Careers Program (BSCP), AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Biomedical Enterprise Program, a graduate degree program that is jointly administered by the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, the MIT Sloan School of Management, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. Perez received a B.S. from California State University, Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from The Anderson School at UCLA.