Effective November 5, 2024, Mr. Kirby joined the company as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Verrica, Mr. Kirby served as an independent consulting Chief Financial Officer to publicly traded, development stage life science companies. Previously, Mr. Kirby served as the Chief Financial Officer of Aceragen, Inc. (formerly known as Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Idera”)) from September 2022 to April 2023 after serving as Idera’s Chief Financial Officer from July 2019 to September 2022, Vice President of Finance from 2018 to 2019 and Vice President of Corporate Accounting from 2015 to 2018. Prior to joining Idera, Mr. Kirby served as Assistant Controller at Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2014 to 2015 and Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller at ViroPharma Incorporated from 2012 to 2014. Mr. Kirby began his career at KPMG, LLP in its Healthcare and Life Science Practice and served as a Regional Audit Director at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals L.P. prior to joining ViroPharma Incorporated. Mr. Kirby earned his BS in Accountancy from Villanova University and is a licensed certified public accountant in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.