# Alexander Kamb

> Alexander Kamb is a startup investor at Amgen (San Francisco Bay Area). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Amgen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amgen-2)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-sasha-kamb-438a693/

Alexander Kamb is a startup investor at Amgen in San Francisco Bay Area. Alexander Kamb is senior vice president, Discovery Research. In 2006, Kamb joined Amgen to direct Oncology Research at their South San Francisco site. He took over the leadership of the Neuroscience Therapeutic Area and was promoted to vice president, Research, and was given the remit to build a specialized department within Amgen Research (GenomeAnalysis Unit) focused on cross-disease-area applications of next-generation sequencing.Prior to joining Amgen, Kamb worked in the biotechnology field specializing in the genetics of cancer, then in the Pharmaceutical sector where he led the Novartis Oncology Research Group.Kamb received his A.B. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from Caltech after a postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF.

## About Amgen

VC Fund · Thousand Oaks, United States

Amgen is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures human therapeutics for various illnesses and diseases. The company is values-based and deeply rooted in science and innovation to transform new ideas and discoveries into medicines for patients with serious diseases. They offer products for treating illness in the areas ofoncology/hematology, cardiovascular, inflammation, bone health, nephrology, and neuroscience.

5 contacts available at Amgen.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vance Coffman | Board of Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vance-d-coffman |
| Alexander Kamb | Senior Vice President, Discovery Research | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-kamb |
| David Haddad | Director of Product Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-haddad-2 |
| Elliott Sigal | Co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elliott-sigal |
| Esteban Santos | Executive Vice President, Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/esteban-santos |

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