Mr. Easton is a co-founder of Easton Associates LLC, a strategic consulting firm specializing in evaluation and planning for pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and has served as their Chairman since May 2000. Prior to co-founding Easton Associates in May 2000, Mr. Easton served as Managing Director of IBM Healthcare Consulting from May 1996 to May 2000. In addition to his experience in management consulting, Mr. Easton has 12 years of managerial experience in a variety of positions in sales, marketing, planning, engineering, and operations with the industrial gas and medical products divisions of Union Carbide and Union Carbide Europe. He currently serves as a director of CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals. |