Bio
Ann DeWitt joined Flagship Ventures in June of 2009 as a Senior Associate. Previously, Ann was a consultant to the Venture Center at the University of Minnesota and interim Director of Business Development at Leuko Bioscience. Ann also worked with 3M Company (St. Paul, MN) as a research specialist, program/project manager, and supervisor in the Pharmaceutical Division and Optical Systems Division. She led the creation of the DISH knowledge management system for 3M Pharmaceuticals R&D, providing chemistry and biology information and tools to over 100 distinct 3M researchers monthly. In 2003, she received the 3M Circle of Technical Excellence Award. Ann is also a member of the Springboard All Things Life Science 2010 Investment Committee. Ann has a BS from the University of Illinois, Urbana and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT (2001). Her research focused on quantitatively understanding autocrine versus paracrine signaling and its impact on cell behavior from both mathematical and experimental perspectives and was advised by Doug Lauffenburger. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School (2009).
Career
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The EngineStartup accelerator sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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Flagship VenturesVenture capital firm |