Robert J. Perez, M.B.A.
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Robert J. Perez, M.B.A. has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since August 2007. Prior to this, he was our Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations since July 2004. From August 2003 to July 2004 he served as our Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing. 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, Mr. 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. Mr. Perez is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Citizen School of Massachusetts, a director of the Biomedical Science Careers Program (BSCP), and AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceuticals company, and the Biomedical Enterprise Program, a graduate degree program that is jointly administered by the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and the MIT Sloan School of Management. Mr. Perez received a B.S. from California State University, Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from The Anderson School at UCLA.