Profile Type: Leadership

Kyle Piskel is the Chief Financial Officer at Adaptive Biotechnologies, a commercial-stage biotech company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease. Since joining Adaptive in 2015, Kyle has held various positions of ascending responsibility within finance and accounting, including Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Adaptive, Kyle worked at Expedia Group and Ernst & Young, LLP.  Kyle is a Certified Public Accountant. 

Mary Pat Lancelotta is currently the Senior Vice President of the MRD BioPharma business at Adaptive Biotechnologies, a commercial-stage biotech company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease. Mary Pat brings over 20 years of commercial and strategy experience in life sciences and diagnostics with a focus in oncology, and she has held leadership roles in both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. She previously served as Vice President Strategic Marketing at Foundation Medicine where she launched FoundationOne and FoundationOne Heme, and also led strategic communications through several rounds of financing, including the IPO and acquisition by Roche. She came to FMI from Quest Diagnostics where she led commercial strategic planning for the company’s $5B laboratory services business and served as chief-of-staff to the Chief Medical Officer. Earlier in her career, Mary Pat spent seven years in consulting with Accenture and The Frankel Group, a boutique life sciences consulting firm. She has been a strategic consultant to several early stage oncology/early detection diagnostic companies. Additionally, she serves or has served on the board of directors for two private companies, Molecular Match and Ultivue, as well as Target Cancer Foundation, a non-profit advancing clinical research for rare cancers. Mary Pat holds an MBA with honors from Columbia Business School and a BS in Biochemistry, magna cum laude, from Boston College.

Susan Bobulsky is the Chief Commercial Officer, MRD, at Adaptive Biotechnologies, a commercial-stage biotech company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease. Before this, she served in commercial and strategic planning roles of ascending responsibility since joining Adaptive in September 2014. Prior to joining Adaptive, Susan was an Associate Principal with ZS Associates, a healthcare management consulting firm, where she worked for nine years specializing in commercialization strategy and execution for therapeutic and diagnostic products. Susan holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Science, Technology and Society from Stanford University.

Francis Lo is the Chief People Officer of Adaptive Biotechnologies, a commercial-stage biotech company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease. Francis brings a unique, multi-disciplinary perspective to leading People and Culture at Adaptive. Prior to joining Adaptive, Francis served as Vice President of Human Resources at Whole Foods Market. Previously, he also held leadership roles at Starbucks, including as Director of Global Talent Management and as Dean of Starbucks China University. In addition to his HR experience, Francis has worked in CPG Sales, Strategy, Consumer Insights, and Shopper Marketing, and he has served on the boards of multiple Non-Profit Organizations. Francis holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BA in the Plan II Honors Program from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Sharon Benzeno is the Chief Commercial Officer, Immune Medicine and leads the Drug Discovery group of Adaptive Biotechnologies, a commercial-stage biotech company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease. Before joining Adaptive in 2014, Sharon was Senior Director at Elsevier Inc., a healthcare informatics company. Prior to Elsevier, Sharon co-led the oncology business unit at Capgemini SE, a consulting and technology services company. Sharon came to Elsevier from Capgemini, where she served in a variety of management roles at AstraZeneca plc. Sharon holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from New York University School of Medicine, an MBA in Finance and Leadership from New York University Stern School of Business and a BA in Biochemistry from New York University. Sharon completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer biology at the University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center.

Julie Rubinstein is the President of Adaptive Biotechnologies, a commercial-stage biotech company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease. Since 2011, she has held a variety of leadership roles and currently oversees Life Sciences Research, Clinical Diagnostics, Drug Discovery, Corporate Marketing and Business Development functions. Julie was part of the executive team that took the company public in 2019.

Prior to joining Adaptive, Julie held various worldwide commercial development roles at Pfizer Oncology, primarily focusing on cancer immunotherapy. She also held multiple positions at Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Endo-Surgery division, where she helped commercialize a breast cancer diagnostic device in major European markets. She began her career in Morgan Stanley’s Global Health Care Group as a financial analyst. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for The Valerie Fund, a pediatric oncology organization in New Jersey and New York. Julie holds a dual degree, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Pennsylvania’s Undergraduate Wharton School and Annenberg School of Communications, with a minor in French. She also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Dr. Harlan Robins is the Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of Adaptive Biotechnologies, a commercial-stage biotech company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease.

Prior to co-founding Adaptive, Harlan served in various roles at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) in the Computational Biology Program, including Assistant Faculty Member, Associate, and Full Member and Head of the program.

Harlan holds a BS in Physics from Harvard University and a master’s degree and PhD in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, with a visiting appointment to the California Institute of Technology. Harlan received postdoctoral appointments in the particle theory group at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

Interested in the mathematics behind genetics and observing the potential utility of high-level mathematics to study problems in the biological sciences, Harlan took another postdoctoral appointment at the Institute for Advance Study in Princeton under famed biologist Dr. Arnold Levine. With Dr. Levine, he concentrated on developing bioinformatic algorithms for micro RNA targets and bacterial genome analysis, a precursor to his faculty appointment at FHCRC in the Computational Biology Group, Public Health Sciences and Human Biology Divisions.