Fate Therapeutics

Mr. Wolchko is the chief financial officer and chief operations officer of Fate Therapeutics and is responsible for financial, business development, intellectual property and administration activities. Mr. Wolchko began his career as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley & Co., where he served for six years in the firm's New York City and Menlo Park, California offices. As a member of the firm's Investment Banking Health Care Group, he assisted emerging growth companies in the health care technology sector complete capital-raising and M&A transactions.

Prior to joining Fate Therapeutics, Mr. Wolchko served as the chief financial officer of Bocada, Inc., where he oversaw all corporate service-related operations, and was previously the senior director of corporate development at drugstore.com, where he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing financial and business development opportunities. Mr. Wolchko holds an M.S. in biochemical engineering from the University of Virginia, and a B.S. in biomedical engineering from the University of Vermont.