John Brancaccio was appointed to the Alfacell Board of Directors in January 2004. Mr. Brancaccio has been the chief financial officer of Accelerated Technologies, Inc., an incubator for venture backed medical device companies. He also serves on the boards of Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and FermaVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. both of which are publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies where he is chairman of their respective Audit Committees. He was the secretary and treasurer of Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation from December 2003 to March 2004 after serving in the capacity of their acting chief financial officer from May 2002 to December 2003. Prior to Memory Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Brancaccio held the positions of chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Eline Group, a publicly traded entertainment and media company, where he oversaw the roll up of several related companies into the group and completed private equity financing placements. Prior to joining Eline Group, he held a number of senior executive positions in public and private companies including Atlantic Pharmaceuticals, Zalnbon Corporation, Deven International and Health Learning Systems. During his tenure with these companies lieparticipated in initial public offerings and the negotiating of licensing and development agreements within both the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. He is a retired Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of Seton Hall University.
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