Corporate Board Profile
Tech Score: 56/100
5 mention(s) identify ROBERT B. CHESS as having software/technology expertise.
| Company | Filing Date | Evidence | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS | 2014-04-30 | Mr. Chess has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM)... Mr. Chess received his B.S. degree in Engineering with honors from the California Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. | Has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM), indicating exposure to technology companies; holds a B.S. degree in Engineering from Caltech, and teaches technology-based business courses at Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS | 2018-04-30 | Mr. Chess was previously the co-founder and President of Penederm, Inc., ... He has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM), and was a member of the first President Bush’s White House staff as a White House Fellow and Associate Director of the White House Office of Economic and Domestic Policy. ... Mr. Chess received his B.S. degree in Engineering with honors from the California Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. | Has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM), indicating experience in technology and software-related fields; holds a B.S. degree in Engineering. |
| NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS | 2019-04-30 | Mr. Chess received his B.S. degree in Engineering with honors from the California Institute of Technology and has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM). | Has a B.S. degree in Engineering and has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems, indicating technical and software-related background. |
| NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS | 2020-04-29 | He has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM), and was a member of the first President Bush's White House staff as a White House Fellow and Associate Director of the White House Office of Economic and Domestic Policy. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology where he chairs the Technology Transfer Committee. Mr. Chess is the co-founder and a member of the board of directors of Biota Technology, a private company developing applications of DNA-sequencing for the energy industry, and also serves on the board of directors and is a lead director of Twist Biosciences, a publicly-traded company in the synthetic DNA production field. | Mr. Chess has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM), and is involved with companies in synthetic DNA production, indicating a technical background likely including programming skills. |
| NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS | 2024-04-26 | Mr. Chess was previously the co-founder and President of Penederm, Inc.... He has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM)... Mr. Chess serves on the board of directors and is the lead director of Twist Biosciences, a publicly-traded company in the synthetic biology field. He is Chairman of two private companies: Bighat Biosciences, which does ML-guided biologics design, and Issio Solutions, which is in the labor productivity software field. | Has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM), indicating technical experience. Also serves on boards of companies in synthetic biology and software fields, suggesting familiarity with software and technical skills. |
| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
|---|---|
| 2013-04-30 | Mr. Chess received his B.S. degree in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. |
| 2014-04-30 | Mr. Chess has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM)... Mr. Chess received his B.S. degree in Engineering with honors from the California Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. |
| 2015-04-30 | Mr. Chess received his B.S. degree in Engineering with honors from the California Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. He has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM), and was a member of the first President Bush’s White House staff. |
| 2016-04-29 | Mr. Chess received his B.S. degree in Engineering with honors from the California Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. |
| 2018-04-30 | Mr. Chess was previously the co-founder and President of Penederm, Inc., ... He has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM), and was a member of the first President Bush’s White House staff as a White House Fellow and Associate Director of the White House Office of Economic and Domestic Policy. ... Mr. Chess received his B.S. degree in Engineering with honors from the California Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. |
| 2019-04-30 | Mr. Chess received his B.S. degree in Engineering with honors from the California Institute of Technology and has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM). |
| 2020-04-29 | He has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM), and was a member of the first President Bush's White House staff as a White House Fellow and Associate Director of the White House Office of Economic and Domestic Policy. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology where he chairs the Technology Transfer Committee. Mr. Chess is the co-founder and a member of the board of directors of Biota Technology, a private company developing applications of DNA-sequencing for the energy industry, and also serves on the board of directors and is a lead director of Twist Biosciences, a publicly-traded company in the synthetic DNA production field. |
| 2021-04-30 | He has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM)... Mr. Chess received his B.S. degree in Engineering with honors from the California Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. |
| 2024-04-26 | Mr. Chess was previously the co-founder and President of Penederm, Inc.... He has held management positions at Intel Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems (now part of IBM)... Mr. Chess serves on the board of directors and is the lead director of Twist Biosciences, a publicly-traded company in the synthetic biology field. He is Chairman of two private companies: Bighat Biosciences, which does ML-guided biologics design, and Issio Solutions, which is in the labor productivity software field. |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-10-11