Roderick de Greef has served as a director of the Company since June 19, 2000. From March 2001 to September 2005, Mr. de Greef has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Cardiac Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCX). In October 2005, Mr. de Greef became the Chief Financial Officer of Cambridge Heart, Inc., a medical device manufacturer located in Bedford, MA. Since 1995, Mr. de Greef has provided corporate finance advisory services to a number of early-stage companies, including the Company, where he was instrumental in securing the Company�s equity capital beginning in June 2000, and advising on merger and acquisition activity. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. de Greef was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BioAnalogics, Inc. and International BioAnalogics, Inc., publicly held, development stage medical technology companies located in Portland, Oregon. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. de Greef was Controller and then Chief Financial Officer of Brentwood Instruments, Inc., a publicly held cardiology products distribution company based in Torrance, California. Mr. de Greef has a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from California State University at San Francisco and an MBA from the University of Oregon. |