Peter DiLaura
Strategic Advisor at Sonoma Biotherapeutics
Peter DiLaura
Strategic Advisor at Sonoma Biotherapeutics
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
President and CEO
2024 - Current
Strategic Advisor
2024
Chief Business and Strategy Officer
2020 - 2024
Member of the Executive Team, responsible for all elements of company operations and strategy, including financing, corporate development and partnering, financial operations, program and portfolio management, legal, and HR. - Led financing efforts, including $265M Series B financing - Led corporate development efforts, including principal sourcing and negotiation of multi-indication discovery, development, and commercialization collaboration with Regeneron, with $75M upfront, $45M in early milestones, and 50/50 cost and profit sharing structure - Built and managed Finance, Legal, HR, and Program Management functions
Member Board of Directors
2020
Entrepreneur In Residence
2018 - 2020
Led and supported incubation efforts for multiple early company concepts.
Strategic Advisor
2017 - 2019
Advisor
2017 - 2017
President & CEO
2010 - 2016
CEO and Director of Second Genome, a South San Francisco biotechnology company developing novel drugs from microbiome science. Led the company from an early team of founders to 30 employees.
Senior Vice President
2001 - 2010
Commercial roles with increasing responsibility at Ingenuity Systems, a Bay Area systems biology company.
Vice President, Business Development
1999 - 2001
Responsible for corporate strategy, business development, and marketing activities for publicly traded life sciences e-commerce pioneer.
Consultant
1995 - 1999
Strategic consulting to clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and diagnostic industries, focused on opportunity assessment, merger and acquisition advisory, and strategic planning.
Education
BS
1991 - 1995