About Robert Chess
Rob Chess chairs BigHat Biosciences, Nektar Therapeutics and Issio Solutions. He is also Twist Bioscience's lead director and a Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer.
He previously led Nektar, OPX Biotechnologies and Penederm, and co-founded Biota Technologies. Earlier roles included Intel, Metaphor Computer Systems and the White House. His board service has included Caltech, Bio Ventures for Global Health and the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
Experience
This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Robert Chess in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.
Key Colleagues at Startups
The people Robert Chess works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.




