Taleen Barsoumian

Taleen Barsoumian is Vice President of Client Development at Forge Biologics, where she leads Forge’s commercial team drawing on extensive experience in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry. As US Director of Sales and Business Development for Cell and Gene at Barkey Corporation, she was directly responsible for leading and executing many noteworthy partnerships with FDA approved CAR-T cell therapy teams, as well as closely collaborating with study sponsors in their ongoing Phase I, II and III clinical research trials. Prior to joining Barkey, Ms. Barsoumian was the BioScience Western Regional Sales Manager for North America at Greiner Bio-One, leading a team with high profile accounts in academia, biotech, pharma, government and diagnostics. She launched her career in therapeutics with Novartis Pharmaceuticals, launching seven FDA approved products into the Anti-Hypertensive market. Ms. Barsoumian earned her B.S. from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies/Epidemiology, and also holds a Pharmacy Technician License from the California State Board of Pharmacy.