About Us

Mark Iwicki has more than 25 years of experience leading all aspects of R&D and commercialization in the biopharmaceutical industry. He is the Chairman and CEO of Kala Pharmaceuticals and was previously the CEO of Civitas Therapeutics which was acquired by Acorda Therapeutics. Prior to Civitas, Mark served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Blend Therapeutics and President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunovion Pharmaceuticals. He was President and Chief Operating Officer at Sepracor, which was acquired in 2009. During his tenure at Novartis he was Business Unit Head and managed the Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Arthritis, Bone, Gastrointestinal, HRT, Infectious Diseases and Urology therapeutic areas. Previously Mark held management positions at Merck and Astra Merck. Mark also serves on the boards of Kala Pharmaceuticals, Aimmune Therapeutics, Akero Therapeutics, Merus, Nimbus Therapeutics, and Pulmatrix. Mark holds a B.S. from Ball State University and an M.B.A. from Loyola University.

Dr. Brazzell has served as our Chief Medical Officer since February 2013. He has also served as a Principal of Acuity Advisors, LLC, an ophthalmic consulting company, since January 2014. Dr. Brazzell served as Chief Medical Officer of Mimetogen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company, from January 2012 until December 2015. Dr. Brazzell also held several executive positions at Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or Inspire, a specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on ophthalmic products, including Executive Vice President of Medical and Scientific Affairs from 2010 to 2011, Executive Vice President and Head of Ophthalmology Business from 2009 to 2010, and Senior Vice President of Ophthalmic Research and Development from 2004 to 2008. Prior to joining Inspire, Dr. Brazzell served as Global Head of Clinical R&D and Senior Vice President, U.S. R&D, of Novartis Ophthalmics AG from 2000 to 2004. Dr. Brazzell also served as Vice President, R&D at Ciba Vision Ophthalmics, Inc. and as Associate Director, R&D, at Alcon Laboratories, Inc. Dr. Brazzell received a B.S. in Pharmacy and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Kentucky.

Dr. Chen has served as our Chief Scientific Officer since October 2014. Prior to that, Dr. Chen served as our Executive Vice President of Research from October 2013 to October 2014 and our Vice President of Research from January 2010 to October 2013. Prior to joining us, Dr. Chen served as Director of Formulation Development at TransForm Pharmaceuticals Inc., or TransForm, from 2000 to January 2010. Before joining TransForm, Dr. Chen conducted vaccine delivery research and development at AstraZeneca plc from 1997 to 2000, and at Merck & Co., Inc. from 1996 to 1997. In 2015, Dr. Chen was elected to the College of Fellows at the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In 2018, Dr. Chen was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the highest professional distinction accorded to an engineer. Dr. Chen received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1992 and both an M.S. and a Sc.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ms. Reumuth has served as our Chief Financial Officer since July 2017, Senior Vice President, Finance from February 2017 to July 2017, our Vice President, Finance from December 2014 to February 2017, our Senior Director, Finance from February 2014 to December 2014, as our Corporate Controller from February 2014 to July 2017 and Treasurer since February 2014. Prior to joining us, Ms. Reumuth acted as an independent financial consultant from November 2012 to January 2014 and, prior to that, served as Corporate Controller for Enobia Pharma Corp., or Enobia, a global biopharmaceutical company acquired by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., from May 2011 to June 2012. Prior to Enobia, Ms. Reumuth served as Director of Finance at Verenium Corporation, or Verenium, a biotechnology company, from December 2007 to March 2011. Ms. Reumuth held a variety of finance and accounting positions at Genzyme Corporation, or Genzyme, (now a Sanofi Company), and ILEX Oncology, Inc., or ILEX (acquired by Genzyme) from 2001 to 2007. Prior to ILEX, Ms. Reumuth was an auditor at Ernst & Young LLP. Ms. Reumuth earned her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Bazemore is a biopharmaceutical executive with 23 years of experience spanning from ultra-rare orphan diseases to large primary care conditions. Prior to joining Kala Pharmaceuticals, Todd served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Santhera Pharmaceuticals (USA), Inc. since September 2016, where he was instrumental in building the U.S. operations to support the company’s regulatory and commercial strategy. Prior to joining Santhera U.S., Todd served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Dyax Corp., where he was responsible for global commercial strategy and oversight of all commercial functions. Dyax was acquired by Shire Plc in January of 2016. Prior to joining Dyax, Todd was at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (previously Sepracor Inc., prior to its acquisition by Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd), where he served in several roles of increasing responsibility including Vice President, Managed Markets, Vice President of Sales, and Vice President of Respiratory Business Unit. He began his career in sales at MURO Pharmaceuticals. Todd has a Bachelor’s of Science in Health from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

Mr. Trachtenberg has been practicing law for close to 20 years, most of which has been spent in the life sciences industry. Prior to joining Kala Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Trachtenberg served as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. since February 2016. Previously, Mr. Trachtenberg served in similar capacities for Pozen Inc., Aralez’s predecessor, which he joined in June 2015. Mr. Trachtenberg formerly served as Deputy General Counsel at Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., from 2012 through its acquisition by Endo Pharmaceuticals in February of 2015. Prior to Auxilium, he was Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Enobia Pharma, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Trachtenberg served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Sepracor Inc. (now known as Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.) and remained in that position following the acquisition of Sepracor by Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma. Mr. Trachtenberg also held a Senior Counsel position at Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. before its acquisition by Abbott. Mr. Trachtenberg began his career at Blank Rome LLP. He holds a Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration from Temple University and a Bachelor of Science in Management from Tulane University.

Mr. Kosewski has served as our Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management since July 2017. Prior to joining us, Mr. Kosewski served as Vice President, Supply Chain Operations at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. from October 2010 to June 2017. He was also Vice President and General Manager at Sunovion’s manufacturing subsidiary, Sepracor Canada Ltd., from 2010 to 2015. Prior to joining Sunovion, Mr. Kosewski held several positions at Sepracor, Inc., including Vice President, Supply Chain Operations from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Kosewski began his pharmaceutical career at Astra USA, Inc., holding positions in quality assurance, manufacturing, procurement and business development. Mr. Kosewski holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Fairfield University and an M.B.A.from Bryant University.