Brian Frenzel has served as president and chief executive officer of Tosk, Inc., since co-founding the Mountain View, California pharmaceutical company in 2008. He also maintains advisory roles with SanBio, Ltd. and a number of other biomedical companies and investment organizations. Beyond his various professional responsibilities, Brian Frenzel is an avid supporter of San Francisco-based sports teams, including the Golden State Warriors.
The Golden State Warriors joined professional basketball as the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1946-1947 Basketball Association of America (BAA) season. The franchise joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1949 and relocated to San Francisco 12 years later, taking on the Golden State moniker in 1971. The Warriors won the BAA championship in their first year as a team and added NBA titles in 1956 and 1975. The team would go on to suffer a number of notable playoff droughts after these early successes, including only a single playoff appearance from 1994 to 2012. The 2012-2013 Warriors, led by sharpshooters Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, would win 47 games, a 24-game improvement from the prior season, and reach the Western Conference Semifinals, signaling a turnaround in the franchise's championship fortunes. Following a competitive six-game series with the San Antonio Spurs in 2013, the 2013-2014 Warriors would continue to improve, this time winning 51 regular season games. The win total marked the franchise’s highest since 1992. The Golden State dynasty began in earnest the following season, as the 67-15 Warriors cruised through the Western Conference and overcame a LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers squad to claim the franchise’s first championship in four decades. Golden State advanced to five consecutive NBA Finals from 2015 to 2019. The Warriors won three of their four titles during this run against the Cavaliers, with Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors prevailing over an injury-riddled Warriors team in 2019. The team averaged 64 regular season wins during this period, including an all-time NBA record 73 wins during the 2015-2016 season.
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AuthorAt Genelabs Technologies in the 1980’s, Brian Frenzel served on the front lines in the war on HIV/AIDS and championed projects to identify and diagnose new hepatitis viruses. Archives
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