Sharon Surrey-Barbari

Sharon has served as our Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer since September 2004.

Prior to joining Cytokinetics, Sharon served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration at InterMune for two years. Previously, she worked at Gilead Sciences, Inc. for four years serving most recently as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Earlier, Sharon served as Vice President, Strategic Planning at Foote, Cone and Belding Healthcare in San Francisco, a leading international advertising and marketing firm. Sharon initiated her career at Syntex Corporation, where she held various management positions in corporate finance, financial planning, marketing and commercial planning over more than twenty years.

Sharon is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Bioscience Finance Officers – Northern California Chapter.

Ms. Surrey-Barbari holds a B.S. in accounting from San Jose State University.