Biography

Mr. Henderson has been our President since February 2010 and is a Founder of Rhythm. Previously, he was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at MPM Capital and Chief Business Officer of Radius, where he was a founding employee and led the acquisition of four pipeline programs. Mr. Henderson founded sales and marketing at Vertex when the company launched its first product, broadened its product pipeline, signed corporate partnerships valued at $1.2 billion, and raised $715 million in financing. He founded business development at Microbia (now Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc.), which signed its first corporate partnerships and significantly expanded its pipeline during his tenure. In addition, Mr. Henderson held marketing management positions at Amgen and Merck. He holds an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and a B.A. from Amherst College.