Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> March 17, 2009

Julia M. Eastland – Vlst Corporation

JULIA M. EASTLAND joined VLST Corporation as its Vice President, Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer in February 2006. Prior to VLST, Ms. Eastland was employed at Dendreon Corporation from 2000 to 2005, where she held various finance positions, most recently as the Vice President of Strategic Planning. From 1996 to 1998, Ms. Eastland was employed at Amgen, Inc., as Area Finance Manager for its Colorado operations and Assistant Controller of Amgen BioPharma. Ms. Eastland also held positions as Director of Finance at Biovail Corporation, Director of Finance & Planning for Encore Media Group, International Finance & Business Manager for Science magazine and Financial Manager for the Discovery Channel. Ms. Eastland received a BS, Finance from Colorado State University and an MBA from Edinburgh University. Profile
TWST: Please begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and give us the

picture of the things you're doing at the present time.

Ms. Eastland: VLST is a Seattle biotech that was