Vlad Vitoc, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Joseph F. McGuire
Chief Financial Officer
Sergei M. Gryaznov, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Mihail Obrocea, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Vlad Vitoc, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Dr. Vitoc is our Chairman of Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President. Dr. Vitoc has a broad array of experience across commercial strategic analysis and planning and medical affairs, in which he has 20 years of experience. During that time, Dr. Vitoc has managed and supported over 20 early, launch, and mature stage compounds, which have included targeted therapies and immune therapies across more than 25 tumor types, including colorectal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and renal cell carcinoma. Vlad received an M.D. from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and his M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina.
Joseph F. McGuire
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. McGuire is our Chief Financial Officer, and he brings over 30 years of experience to MAIA, having served as Chief Financial Officer for several privately held and publicly traded companies in the healthcare, financial services, investment, and manufacturing industries. In these roles, his responsibilities included SEC financial reporting, investor relations, corporate governance, legal and audit liaison, and team building. Most recently, Mr. McGuire was the Chief Financial Officer at Avadim Health, Inc. (“Avadim”) from October 2014 to May 2021. Mr. McGuire began his career with Price Waterhouse, where he was a certified public accountant, and later held management positions with Dean Witter Reynolds and Paine Webber, Inc. Joe received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame.
Sergei M. Gryaznov, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Gryaznov is our Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Gryaznov is an internationally recognized scientist and expert in the areas of modern drug discovery and development, oncology, telomerase, immune-regulatory therapeutics, nucleosides, nucleotides, DNA and RNA analogues, lipid and other conjugates, small molecules, and nucleic acid based therapeutic agents. Dr. Gryaznov is the co-inventor of a novel telomere-by-telomerase-targeting therapeutic approach to potential cancer treatment and responsible for leading the research team that characterized THIO’s telomere targeting activity, our lead compound in development. Dr. Gryaznov obtained an M.S., with Honors, in Organic Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Chemistry of Natural Products from M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Dr. Gryaznov also completed a post-doctoral fellowship program in Chemistry at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
Mihail Obrocea, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Obrocea is our Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Obrocea is a hematologist/oncologist with over 20 years of experience in drug development in both academia and the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry with expertise in the development of cell therapy, cancer vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and small molecules. Dr. Obrocea’s research has been published in oncology peer-reviewed literature, has co-authored published books related to cancer vaccines and immunology, and holds several patents in the field of biotechnology. Dr. Obrocea received an M.D. from the Carol Davila University of Medicine & Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania.
