10 chief business officers
Chief business officers at Vir Biotechnology, Recursion, Kyverna Therapeutics and FUJIFILM Biotechnologies sit alongside CBOs at Duolingo, iHeartMedia, Fiverr, Opnova, Bonsai Robotics and Machina Labs. Their earlier titles differ: chief revenue officer for two, CEO or COO for three, and corporate development, business development, transactions or strategic finance for the other five, which helps a CEO scoping a first CBO hire or an executive weighing the role.
Professionals to explore
Bob Meese
LinkedInExperience: Chief Business Officer · Duolingo
Bob Meese moved from Chief Revenue Officer at Duolingo (2016-2021) to Chief Business Officer there in March 2021, having joined Duolingo in 2016 to lead monetization. Director, Global Head of Games BD, Google Play (2012-2016) and Principal, New Business Development at Google (2008-2012) make Bob a good pick for questions on when a revenue role grows into a CBO role.
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Brendan Dowdle
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Business Officer · Bonsai Robotics
Brendan Dowdle took the Chief Business Officer title at Bonsai Robotics in July 2025, after Chief Executive Officer (2024-2025) and Chief Operating Officer (2023-2024) at Farm-ng, which their LinkedIn profile says was acquired. Vice President (GM) (2021-2023) and Senior Director (2019-2021) titles for Matterport Capture Services add an operating view, a fit for questions on moving from CEO to CBO.
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Christiane Bardroff
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Business Officer · FUJIFILM Biotechnologies
Christiane Bardroff moved into Chief Business Officer at FUJIFILM Biotechnologies in June 2026 from Chief Operating Officer at Rentschler Biopharma (2022-2026), and describes leading commercial strategy, sales and program design. SVP Clinical and Commercial Manufacturing & SVP Client Program Management (2022) and Senior Director Operations Biotech at Teva Biotech GmbH (2020-2022) suit questions on a CBO role that grows out of manufacturing and client program management.
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Dan Maziasz
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Business Officer · Kyverna Therapeutics
Dan Maziasz has held the Chief Business Officer title twice, at Atara Biotherapeutics (2018-2024) and at Kyverna Therapeutics since December 2024. VP, Corporate Development at Gilead Sciences (2017-2018) and VP, Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Kite Pharma (2015-2017) fit Dan's listed specialties in licensing, M&A, alliance management and commercialization.
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Jeff Calcagno, MD
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer · Vir Biotechnology, Inc.
Jeff Calcagno, MD has been Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Vir Biotechnology, Inc. since May 2023. Johnson & Johnson titles include Head, Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JLABS, Bay Area (2019-2023), New Venture Transactions Lead (2014-2018) and Principal at Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (2013-2014), and Jeff describes being a physician and investor, a fit for biotech dealmaking questions.
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Jinjin Qian
LinkedInExperience: Chief Business Officer · Fiverr
Strategic finance and investor relations shaped Jinjin Qian's path at Fiverr: VP Strategic Finance and Investor Relations (2018-2022), EVP Strategic Finance and Investor Relations (2022-2026) and Chief Business Officer since March 2026. Vice President, Internet Equity Research at Needham & Company (2015-2018) adds an analyst's view, useful for a CBO role that faces investors.
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Lisa Coffey
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Business Officer · iHeartMedia
Lisa Coffey became Chief Business Officer at iHeartMedia in August 2025, after Global Chief Revenue Officer at LoopMe (2023-2025). Amazon titles include Head of Business Development, NA - Hub (2021-2023), Head of Business Development - Agency Development (2017-2021) and Telco Sales Lead (2012-2017), and Lisa describes ad tech, digital media and mobile advertising revenue work.
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Matthew Kinn
LinkedInExperience: Chief Business Officer · Recursion
Every title shown for Matthew Kinn is at Recursion, from Senior Director - Strategy & Business Development (2017-2018) through vice president and senior vice president business development titles to Chief Business Officer since November 2024, with a seat on the Executive Leadership Team since February 2024. Matthew describes partnerships and mergers in the role and lists BCG and UBS investment banking backgrounds.
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Ronen Lebi
LinkedInExperience: Chief Business Officer · Machina Labs
Ronen Lebi has been Chief Business Officer at Machina Labs since August 2024, describing work on robotics and AI for producing metal structures across aerospace, defense and automotive. Stratasys titles span Director of Corporate Development (2015-2018), Vice President of Corporate Development (2018-2021), Vice President, Head of P3 Business Unit (2021-2022) and Vice President, Head of Stratasys Dental (2022-2024).
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Ted Tabacco
LinkedInExperience: Chief Business Officer · Opnova
At Opnova, Ted Tabacco has been Chief Business Officer since June 2024, leading the go-to-market function for an agentic AI platform for identity governance and compliance operations. Founder & CEO at SpacePlace Inc (2021-2023), Business Development Manager - Alibaba Cloud - US (2016-2021) and Operating Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) since 2024 fit early-stage CBO questions.
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Choose the right perspective
If the CBO will own partnerships and deals, talk to Dan Maziasz, Matthew Kinn, Jeff Calcagno, MD or Ronen Lebi; if it is mainly a revenue job, Bob Meese and Lisa Coffey held chief revenue officer titles first. Brendan Dowdle and Christiane Bardroff moved into the role from CEO or COO titles, Ted Tabacco describes leading go-to-market for an agentic AI platform, and Jinjin Qian brings a strategic finance and investor relations path.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which functions should report to a new chief business officer, and which should stay with the CEO or a chief revenue officer?
- 02How should a biotech or tech company measure a chief business officer's first year when deals and partnerships take longer than a year to close?
- 03What does a CEO get wrong most often when writing the job description for a first chief business officer?
About this directory
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