Biography

Mr. Burell has served as a member of our Board since October 2025. Mr. Burell is a seasoned healthcare finance executive with over two decades of experience leading public life sciences companies through complex transactions and growth phases. Mr. Burell previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Trailblazer Merger Corporation I (Nasdaq: TBMC) from April 2022 to March 2026. Mr. Burell currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of AIVITA Biomedical, Inc. (“AIVITA”), a personalized vaccine company, a position he has held since 2018. Prior to joining AIVITA, from 2006 to 2017, Mr. Burell served as Chief Financial Officer of CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq: CBMX) through its successful acquisition by Invitae Corporation (NYSE: NVTA) in 2017. He has a proven track record in leading public and private debt and equity financing transactions, corporate reorganizations, and complex merger and acquisition activities. Mr. Burell has also served on several Boards of Directors, including Microbot Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBOT), a medical device company specializing in the researching, designing, developing and commercializing of transformational micro-robotics medical technologies, since December 2016, where he also serves as chair of the audit committee. He also previously served on the board of directors of DIH Holding US, Inc., (Nasdaq: DHAI), a global provider of advanced robotic devices used in physical rehabilitation, from August 2025 to February 2026. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Finance from Central Washington University and is a certified public accountant (currently inactive).