MIT World Speakers

Cynthia Fisher

Cynthia Fisher was a co-founder and President of ViaCell, Inc., a cellular medicines company developing pharmaceutical grade cord blood stem cell products and human cellular therapies to treat diseases. Fisher also founded Viacord, Inc., now part of ViaCell, and served as President and CEO for eight years. Viacord, established in 1993, provides umbilical cord blood stem cell banking services for expectant families. In 2002, Fisher founded BioMed 20/20 Technologies, Inc., a healthcare and medical information products company.

Previously, Fisher was Marketing Manager for Haemonetics Corporation in charge of the Blood Bank Division and its blood cell separation products. She started her career with IBM Corporation and over seven years held various positions in sales and marketing.

Fisher is a trustee of Ursinus College and a member of the National Advisory Council of Harvard Medical School for Systems and Cell Biology. Cynthia received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's in Biophysics from Ursinus College.