Mr. Noffke joined Aptinyx in 2021 and currently serves as the vice president of program management and chief of staff at Aptinyx. In his program management role, he is responsible for driving robust program management planning and execution of pipeline projects and other strategically important corporate initiatives. As chief of staff, he serves as an organizer and planner for the CEO and Leadership Team by fulfilling a variety of duties focused on efficient and effective time management, information management, communication, decision-making, strategy development, and goal setting. Prior to joining Aptinyx, Mr. Noffke served in a variety of role of increasing responsibility in research and development and operations program management across the biopharmaceutical industry. His most recent position was global head of program management for the Pfizer Upjohn division. While at Pfizer, he also served as the head of biologics program management focused on delivery of Pfizer’s biosimilars pipeline. Before Pfizer’s acquisition of Hospira, Mr. Noffke served as the head of program management and one of three key leaders of Hospira’s biosimilars business. Before joining Hospira, he spent several years building the Life Sciences practice at Integrated Project Management Company by applying project management leadership to the drug development process for several pharma and biotech companies. Mr. Noffke began his career in operations management in the Consumer Products Division of Procter & Gamble after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University.

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  Vice President, Program Management & Chief of Staff in Aptinyx

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