Executive Officer

LIZ BUI, J.D. PH.D. 858-***-**** ******@*****.***

Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion Officer and IP Counsel Liz is a solution-based business executive who reports directly to the CEO and participates in Company Board meetings. Liz is ViaCyte’s first Diversity & Inclusion

(D&I) Officer. Through her over 2 decades of diversity and inclusion partnerships in the community, Liz knows first-hand successful cultures cannot be diverse if they are not first inclusive. Liz divides her time between D&I work and the company’s only in-house attorney as IP counsel. Liz oversees all intellectual property including patents trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. Liz has created a patent portfolio, based 99% from internal innovations, directed to a pancreatic cell therapy for diabetes. The formidable portfolio consists of over 780 patents and 250 pending applications worldwide, enabling the company to secure over $300M in financing. Over her 14 years at ViaCyte, Liz has also held titles such as Communications Director and Business & Corporate Development in addition to her IP and general legal responsibilities. Liz is also an Adjunct Faculty at USD School of Law and supervisor for the USD Patent Clinic, teaching, supervising and mentoring law students. 4/2007 - Present Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion Officer and IP Counsel Diversity & Inclusion

− First D&I Officer named for a privately-held biotech/pharmaceutical company and engaging executive leadership at the intersection of inclusion and innovation in a fast-pace technology driven company with 7 business units and clinical trials in 13 locations in the U.S., Canada and Europe.

− Created a strategic roadmap by first gathering baseline data including confidential self-identification surveys for executive leadership, management, individual contributors, Board of Directors, scientific advisors and vendors or contracted 3rd parties. Analyze, synthesize and evaluate all data for all D&I initiatives and continued use of response surveys to monitor success of all programs.

− Build confidential individual leadership and management profiles, and analyze and evaluate data to determine opportunities to incorporate more inclusive practices to leadership style across business functions and measure effectiveness of recommended behavioral changes on employee engagement and outcomes.

− Worked with a D&I consultants including human resource and employment attorneys to draft reasonably and measurable goals to improve company employee demographics to long-term be more representative of San Diego, for example, update hiring processes and procedures that are reflected internal company policies, in job descriptions, community partnership and outreach with institutions such as Black Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, regional government and city council, and local area universities and community colleges.

− Review and update employee performance management criteria to ensure expectations and core competencies reflect the company’s D&I objectives and goals.

− Partner with D&I counsel and consultants to deliver customized unconscious bias to conscious inclusion training in small groups based on leadership profile, leadership/management role and subsequent incorporation of a proprietary virtual inclusion app customized to each leader per their profile.

− Formed and launched the company’s first Employee Resource Group (ERG) including guidance on drafting ERG mission statements and goals, organization, engagement, how to measure data and deliver better programs. Company ERGs are based around shared interests as compared to shared self-identification, which has been shown to increase “tribalism” within corporations and produce less engagement. Company ERGs include ViaCyte Volunteers, ViaCyte Bibliophiles, #OptOutside Challenges and Learning Lunches, which include interviews of leading experts in the company’s mission.

− Planned and implemented a virtual onboarding of all ERGs and all new employees through the pandemic to maintain company culture.

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PROFILE

EXPERIENCE

IP - Legal/Contracts

− Manage all patents trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, including a patent portfolio of over 850 patents and 250 pending applications worldwide; and lead a legal department of 4 (attorney, agent and 2 paralegals) that performs all foreign prosecution in-house and collaborates directly with over 15 external associates worldwide, with an annual budget of over $3 million. Successful in obtaining product patents long before product clinical entry.

− Obtained a FTO from Series D capital equity investors in early 2020 without requiring any 3rd party license.

− Perform regular IP landscape reviews, 3rd party due diligence, product clearance, patentability & patent non-infringement analysis, validity, enforcement and defense.

− Responsible for all technology contracts and licenses including NDAs, MTAs, IP licenses, JDAs, consulting, vendor/supply, and all clinical agreements for 8 sites including U.S., Canada and Belgium.

- Developed, negotiated and/or assisted in key corporate partnerships with Nestle Institute for Health Sciences, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher, Cellular Dynamics International, R&D Systems, StemCell Technologies, Asterias Biotherapeutics, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, JDRF, Takara Bio (Japan), Johnson & Johnson, A.L. Gore and CRISPR Therapeutics.

- Lead successful company rebranding efforts from Novocell, Inc. to ViaCyte, Inc.. 6/2020 - Present Yulex LLC San Diego, California

Co-Owner & Entrepreneur, biomaterials & products company 8/2018 - Present San Diego University School of Law San Diego, California Supervising Attorney, USD Patent Clinic

Developed curriculum, advise and supervise law students. 8/2017 - Present San Diego University School of Law San Diego, California Adjunct Faculty, USD Entrepreneurship Clinic & guest speaker 10/2004-4/2007 DLA Piper LLP San Diego, California Associate, Life Sciences Intellectual Property Group 1/2000-5/2004 Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP Los Angeles, California Technology Specialist / Patent Agent

8/1999-1/2000 Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Los Angeles, California Scientific Advisor - Patent Assistant

8/1998- 6/2000 Mt. San Antonio College Walnut, California Professor of Biology

6/1997-7/1998 Institute of Brain Aging & Dementia, UCI Irvine, California NIH Postdoctoral Fellow

2020 Cornell University

Certification, Diversity & Inclusion

2004 Pepperdine University School of Law

Juris Doctor

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EDUCATION

Entrepreneurship and Technology Law Fellow

1997 University of California, Los Angeles

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Neurobiology/Anatomy & Cell Biology 1993 University of California, Los Angeles

Master of Science (M.S.) Anatomy & Cell Biology

1991 Tulane (Newcomb) University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology

Dean’s List, Honors Thesis, Tri Beta Honor Society 987,889 District of Columbia Registration No.

58,360 U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Registration No. 2020 Fiercest Women in Life Sciences Nominee

2016 Athena Pinnacle Life Sciences Award, Nominee, San Diego, CA 2012 Athena Pinnacle Life Sciences Award, Nominee, San Diego, CA 2009 San Diego Metro Magazine’s, 40 under 40 Award, San Diego, CA 2008 Women Who Mean Business Award, San Diego, CA

9/2020 IP Gorilla Virtual Conference, Moderator

6/2020 The IP Strategy Summit: COVID-19 & Beyond Moderator, Virtual Summit 10/2019 Increasing the Diversity of Legal & Corporate Leadership (Moderator), Los Angeles, CA 3/2018 Women in Law & Leadership Summit (Moderator), Costa Mesa, CA 3/2018 IP Strategy Summit, Building an IP Strategy: Leveraging the Favorable Landscape (Moderator), Costa Mesa, CA

5/2018 Women in STEM, Breaking the Glass Ceiling, San Diego, CA 6/2017 IP Strategies from an In-House Counsel Perspective, San Diego Startup Week (SDSW) 6/2017 Taped a 1hr MCLE for Attorney Credits, Topic: IP Strategies from an in-house life science counsel 2/2017 Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs, San Diego Entrepreneur Exchange 11/2016 (regular speaker) IP Basics for Entrepreneurs, University of California, Rady School of Business 11/2015 IP Law & Management, Speaker / Facilitator, Pasadena, CA 8/2013 National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys, Las Vegas, NV 12/2012 Consero Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Forum, West Palm Beach, FL 11/2012 Food and Drug Law Institute, Regenerative Medicine Conference, Washington, D.C. 11/2011 Stem cell on the Mesa Investor Conference, San Diego, Ca 11/2011 Commercial Translation of Regenerative Medicine, London, England 9/2010 Stem Cells USA & Regenerative Medicine Congress, Philadelphia, PA 5/2010 International Society for Cell Therapy (ISCT) 2010, Philadelphia, PA 1/2010 Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy Forum, Washington, D.C. Selected Publication:

6/2013 Wurster, A., Holley, G. & Bui, E., Getting Your Staff to Use Trademarks Properly and Effectively, International In-house Counsel Journal, Vol. 6, No. 23, Spring 2013, 1. 3 Bui, Liz

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS & HONORS

SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & PUBLICATIONS

2020-Present Newcomb (Tulane) Alumnae Association Board (college alma mater). Diversity & Inclusion & Mentor/Mentee Committee

2017-Present Board Member, Boz Institute (UCSD Extension). A research organization vertically integrated to provide exposure to high-achieving high school students in environmental sciences and cell and molecular biology. Each cohort hosts 3-4 students from under-represented communities. 2015-Present Co-founder, Giselle’s Pledge, a grass-roots philanthropy organization for mothers & daughters 2015-Present Women’s Symposium Committee, Academy of Our Lady of Peace (all-girls high school) 2014-Present Board Member, Vietnamese Bar Association of Southern California (VABASC) 2012-Present IP Committee, BIOCOM (biotech industry trade group) 2017-2018 Board Member, School for Entrepreneurship & Technology (San Diego public charter school) Created and developed Biotech college track course and AG course approval from the University of California. Liaison between school parents and the Board. 2014-2017 Advisor, GroupSolver (marketing company) 2013-2016 Board Advisor, Casas de Luz (non-profit organization building homes and communities in Tijuana, MX)

2006-2012 Board Member, Toussaint Academy of San Diego (Father Joe’s Village). Initiated & helped organize the main annual fundraiser and Towerthon competition raising over $400,000 each year. Mentored two Toussaint homeless teens at the Academy. Visiting all 62 National Parks (32 so far), reading & learning, travel, live concerts, running/races, biking, hiking, scuba diving & camping.

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