Katrin Holzhaus

Biography

 Katrin Holzhaus co-founded PixarBio Corp as Chief Operating Officer, leveraging her 23 years of experience in operations, corporate development, program management, entrepreneurship and communications. Having worked in the executive suite with PixarBio co-founder and CEO Frank Reynolds for over 15 years she has had a front row view to revolutionary neurological R&D models that have led to breakthrough treatments for spinal cord injury and pain. Initially with Expand the Knowledge, InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp (NVIV), and now with PixarBio Corp, Holzhaus brings complimentary leadership skillsets to PixarBio’s operations team and a proven record of success. At PixarBio, she oversees the company’s administrative and resource allocations including long-range financial planning and budgeting, business and contractual services, research support, human resources, facilities planning and management across several states, and management information systems ensuring accountability across the organization by measuring results under established SOP’s, systems, and metrics. A critical partner to the CEO, her career has been focused on operational execution, organizational design, application of technology to the business, and financial accountability. As a key member of the management team she enables the organization’s rapid growth and development based on her strong track record of rapidly developing corporate capabilities. She leads the execution of strategies developed by the top management team to keep the business performing at its peak, making the CEO’s vision a reality. Her current focus is PixarBio Corporation’s facilities and HR functions supporting mission-critical rapid growth objectives. The company has operations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New Jersey and is targeting to add a number of new manufacturing sites over the next few years. Holzhaus also leads the company’s project management training program which ensures that company strategies are implemented efficiently across the growing organization. From 2004-2012, Holzhaus served as Director of Operations at Magnum Group, Inc., a leading global communications company supporting clients in the life sciences sector. Katrin Holzhaus received her MBA and MS in Management Information Systems from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts from Leipzig University, Germany.

Research Interest

 Medical Sciences