Dr. James A. Hayward has been our Chief Executive Officer since March 17 2006 prior to which he was acting Chief Executive Officer since October 5 2005. Since June 2004 Dr. Hayward has been the Chairman of Evotope Biosciences Inc. a drug development company based in Stony Brook New York. Since 2001 Dr. Hayward has been a director of Q-RNA Inc. a biotech company based in New York New York. Since 2000 Dr. Hayward has been a General Partner of Double D Venture Fund a venture capital firm based in New York New York. Between 1990 and July 2004 Dr. Hayward was the Chairman President and CEO of The Collaborative Group Ltd. a provider of products and services to the biotechnology pharmaceutical and consumer-product industries based in Stony Brook New York. Dr. Hayward received his bachelor's degree in Biology and Chemistry from the State University of New York at Oneonta in 1976 his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1983 and an honorary Doctor of Science from Stony Brook in 2000. Dr. Hayward has served on the boards of the Council on Biotechnology the Long Island Association the Stony Brook Foundation The Research Foundation of State University of New York Board of Directors and the New York Biotechnology Association and the Long Island Life Sciences Initiative |