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| Mari Baker |
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Mari Baker
CEO
Navigenics |
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Ms. Baker was most recently an Executive-in-Residence at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which she joined in 2006. Prior to that, she was President of BabyCenter, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company. Under her leadership, BabyCenter became the world's leading Web site for new and expectant parents, winning numerous online health awards and expanding significantly offline and internationally. Prior to her tenure with BabyCenter and Johnson & Johnson, she was a Senior Vice President at Intuit, Inc., which she joined in 1989 as product manager for Quicken. Ms. Baker led the growth of Quicken into the No. 1 personal finance product in the world, along with international expansion and the launch of Quicken.com. Ms. Baker also held executive or product management positions at Now Software, Migent Software and E.F. Hutton. |
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| Steve Basta |
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Steven L. Basta
Chief Executive Officer
BioForm Medical, Inc. |
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Mr. Basta has been CEO of BioForm Medical, Inc., a medical aesthetics company whose core product is Radiesse, an injectable dermal filler, since November 2002. Prior to joining BioForm, Mr. Basta served as President and CEO of Gliatech, Inc. a publicly-traded medical device and drug discovery company, and as Vice President Corporate Development and CFO of Creative BioMolecules, Inc. Mr. Basta also served for two years as a corporate finance associate with Dillon, Read & Co., Inc., an investment bank. Mr. Basta holds a degree in biomedical engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Management degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. |
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| Yves Behar |
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Yves Behar
Founder
Fuseproject |
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Yves Behar is the founder of the San Francisco design studio, fuseproject. fuseproject¹s focus is on humanistic design, tapping into the ³giving² element of the creative profession, with the goal of creating projects deeply in-tune with the needs of a sustainable future, connected with human emotions, and self-expressive. Most recently, he and his firm have designed the $100 laptop titled One Laptop Per Child, aimed at bringing access to education to the world¹s poorest children. Yves¹ commercial projects, whether it is a small venture or a large corporate program, is studied for its¹ innovation and impact. This is exemplified with projects such as the Herman Miller LEAF Lamp, the Aliph Jawbone and Y Water. Yves¹ work has been the subject of two solo exhibitions and resides in the permanent collections of international museums worldwide, including the MOMA. |
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| Kevin Driscoll |
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Kevin Driscoll
Director of Global New Business & Technology Development
Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals |
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Dr. Kevin Driscoll is the Director of Global New Business & Technology Development for Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals. He joined P&G in 1986 and has held numerous leadership positions across P&G businesses in Health and Beauty Care, most recently, serving as Director, Pharmaceuticals Discovery Research. In 2006, Dr. Driscoll was appointed to his current role in which he leads P&G Pharmaceuticals’ global efforts to find, evaluate and in-license new pharmaceutical compounds, devices and diagnostics. He also is responsible for the pharmaceutical development pipeline from preclinical through proof of concept. Outside of P&G, Dr. Driscoll has served in numerous advisory roles for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Food & Drug Administration; World Health Organization; and, the National Research Council’s (NRC) Committee on Toxicology. |
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| Steve Dubin |
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Steve Dubin
Chief Executive Officer
Martek Biosciences Corporation |
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Steve Dubin is CEO of Martek Biosciences Corporation (Nasdaq: MATK). Martek is a leader in the innovation and development of omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) products that promote health and wellness throughout life. Martek produces life'sDHA(TM), a vegetarian source of DHA, for use in foods, infant formula and supplements, and ARA (arachidonic acid), an omega-6 fatty acid, for use in infant formula. Mr. Dubin previously served in a variety of positions with Martek over the fourteen years before his election as CEO in July 2006 including President, CFO, Treasurer, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior VP, Business Development. Mr. Dubin's other experience includes working with and financing a variety of early-stage technology companies. |
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| Robert Grant |
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Robert Grant
Corporate Vice President of Allergan
President of Allergan Medical |
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Robert E. Grant joined Allergan as Corporate Vice President and President of Allergan Medical in June of 2006. Previously he served as a director, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of BIOLASE Technology, Inc. since October 2004. He joined BIOLASE in 2003 and served as Chief Operating Officer until October 2004. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Grant served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Medical Business of Lumenis in Santa Clara, California. In 2002, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Surgical and Ophthalmic Business of Lumenis.
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| Robert Grove |
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Robert E. Grove
President and CEO
SpectraGenics, Inc. |
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Robert E. Grove is a business executive and entrepreneur with over twenty years’ experience in the medical laser industry. Dr. Grove received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and co-founded Star Medical Technologies in 1993. Star rapidly became the market leader with its line of LightSheer diode laser systems for permanent hair reduction. While at Star, Dr. Grove served on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Lasers Medicine and Surgery. Since January of 2003, Grove has served as CEO of SpectraGenics, Inc., his fourth start-up venture. The company’s mission is to become the global leader in therapeutic, light-based aesthetic devices for the consumer market. Dr. Grove is the author of ten scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and holds eight U.S. patents in the field of medical lasers and applications.
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| Chris
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Chris Hacker
Chief Design Officer
Johnson & Johnson |
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Chris Hacker, IDSA, is Chief Design Officer,
Global Design and Design Strategy at Johnson & Johnson
Consumer Group of Companies. He established a
global design team based in New York City and
is responsible for making design a competitive
advantage for Johnson & Johnson. He recently
lead the redesign of Rembrandt Toothpaste. His
role there is to lead all creative processes
for brand identity, packaging design and brand
imagery. Chris was Senior VP of Global Marketing
and Design for AvedaTM prior to joining Johnson & Johnson.
Chris has over 30 years of experience in marketing,
product and package design and creative development,
having also worked for Warner Bros. Studios,
Steuben Glass, Dansk International Design, GAF,
JCPenney and Henry Dreyfuss Associates.
Chris is a formally trained industrial designer
and received his BS in Industrial Design from
the University of Cincinnati. Under his leadership,
Aveda was awarded the 2004 National Design Award
for Corporate Achievement from the Smithsonian
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. His work
has also been featured in the Whitney Museum
of Art and showcased in Industrial Design magazine.
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| Ted Janus |
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Ted Janus
Director of Research
Palo Alto Investors |
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Mr. Janus is a partner and Director of Research at Palo Alto Investors. Mr. Janus joined the firm in 1997 and specializes in consumer/retail and financial services stocks. Previously Mr. Janus worked for Bank of America, holding positions in finance and product management. Mr. Janus' extensive industry expertise provides him with unique insights into the sectors he covers for Palo Alto Investors. Additionally, in his role as Director of Research, he has been instrumental in building the research team that now consists of ten people, six of whom are analysts. Mr. Janus has an AB in Political Science and an MBA in Finance and Investments, both from U.C. Berkeley. He guest lectures to MBA classes at his alma mater and at other universities as well. Mr. Janus is on the Board of Directors of SV2 (Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund), a group that uses a "venture philanthropy" approach to make grants to nonprofits. He is also on the Board of Advisors for the Community Foundation Silicon Valley
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| Tad
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Simons , IDEO |
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Tad
Simons has designed healthcare products for patients
for over twenty-six years, and is currently a
leader
in IDEO's Health & Wellness practice. In his
health practice leadership role based in Palo Alto,
Tad helps guide a
worldwide design practice that accounts for roughly
a quarter of IDEO's total business (and reviews
nearly a
new business opportunity every day). Tad involves
himself in project management and client relationship
development, and supports a culture where a wide
range of human and technical disciplines inform
great
healthcare solutions.
With experience in physiological measurements,
he has worked as a technical designer and leader
on many
medical projects, including blood pressure systems,
oxygen saturation, infusions systems, cardiology
products, in vitro diagnostic measurements, and
airway gas monitoring for anesthesia. This work
has resulted
in seventeen US patents.
Prior to joining IDEO, Tad also applied his design,
clinical, and business experience to strategic
planning for
healthcare and life sciences at Hewlett-Packard
Laboratories, gathering a broad look at the health
industry,
world demographics, and the forces that are reshaping
the industry today.
Tad has BS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering
from Stanford University, and an MS degree from
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| Louis Klevan |
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Louis Klevan
Managing Director, Private Placement Group
BMO Capital Markets |
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Louis Klevan has 30 years of investment banking experience, with a primary focus on acquisition financings, recapitalizations, and direct mezzanine and equity (including PIPEs) transactions. He has completed over 200 private placement transactions, with a significant concentration on the healthcare sector, including biotechnology, specialty pharma and medical devices. Mr. Klevan is Managing Director and Director of the Private Placement Group at BMO Capital Markets, having joined its predecessor firm Gerard Klauer Mattison in 2002. Previously, he was a Director at DLJ/CSFB, responsible for managing private mezzanine and equity transactions. He and his partners grew the firm’s private placement effort into a world class leader. Prior to joining DLJ/CSFB, Mr. Klevan held senior management roles in the private placement groups of several major competitors, including Banc of America Securities, Security Pacific Merchant Bank, and PaineWebber Inc. He began his career at Chemical Bank. Mr. Klevan received his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and his BA, magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh.
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| Keith Leonard |
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Keith Leonard
President & CEO
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. |
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Keith Leonard is President and CEO of Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a company focused on bringing breakthrough science to Aesthetic and Medical Dermatology. Keith’s prior experience includes more than 13 years at Amgen including, most recently, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Amgen Europe where he was responsible for all commercial operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Keith was responsible for leading several major groups within Amgen including the U.S. Rheumatology Business, Information Management, Corporate Engineering, European Logistics. He has nine plus years of European business experience. Keith is a member of the Board of Directors of ARYx Inc. based in Fremont, California and Affymax, Inc. based in Palo Alto, California. Keith holds a BS in Engineering from UCLA, a BA in History from the University of Maryland, an MS in Engineering from UC Berkeley, and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA.
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Director of the Engelberg Center for Healthcare Reform
Brookings Institute |
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Dr. McClellan is Senior Fellow, Director of the Engelberg Center for Healthcare Reform, and Leonard D. Schaeffer Director’s Chair in Health Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. The center is studying ways to provide practical solutions for access, quality, and financing challenges facing the U.S. health care system. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Harvard Business School, and the University of Texas.
As both a physician and economist, Dr. McClellan has utilized his dual training at several high level government appointments including administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2004-2006); commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2002-2004); member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and senior director for health care policy for the White House (2001-2002). During the Clinton administration, he was deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy (1998-1999). Dr. McClellan was also an associate professor of economics and associate professor of medicine (with tenure) at Stanford University, where he was on leave during his government service. He has twice received the Kenneth J. Arrow Award for Outstanding Research in Health Economics.
Dr. McClellan is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the advisory boards of the American Heart Association and Research!America. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. McClellan earned his M.P.A. from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in 1991, his M.D. from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology in 1992, and his Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1993. He completed his residency training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. Dr. McClellan has been board-certified in Internal Medicine and has been a practicing internist during his academic career.
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| Lynne Millheiser |
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Lynne Millheiser Swanbeck
President and CEO
Dynova Laboratories |
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Lynne Millheiser Swanbeck is president and CEO
of Dynova Labs, a start-up firm financed by Aisling
Capital. Dynova Lab’s objective is to enter
the natural supplement market with safe and natural
herbs and botanicals that have demonstrated efficacy.
Lynne joined Dynova from Novartis Pharmaceuticals,
where she was Senior Vice President & Region
Head for their North American Consumer HealthCare
business. Prior to that, Lynne held leadership
roles at the Warner- Lambert Company including:
General Manager for Southern Europe, Vice President
of Retail and Medical Sales and Vice President
of Marketing. Lynne began her career at Procter
and Gamble in brand management within the package
soap and detergent division. She holds a dual
degree in biology and management from Syracuse
University.
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| Vic Narurkar |
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Vic Narurkar
Past President
American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery |
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Vic A Narurkar MD, FAAD, Past President of the American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology And Aesthetic Surgery, is director and founder of the Bay Area Laser Institute in San Francisco. He is an author of 100 publications and is a pioneer and lead investigator for many of the procedures used worldwide in skin rejuvenation including Fraxel Restore treatments, laser hair reduction, Isolaz acne treatments and the combined used of Botox cosmetic, fillers and photorejuvenation with lasers and pulsed light. He launched the first financial summit at the Cosmetic Boot Camp, the leading aesthetic venue for core specialty physicians, to develop an unbiased exchange between physicians, industry analysts and the venture community. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business 2.0, CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS news. |
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Jeffrey Nugent
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ventus Medical, Inc. |
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Jeff has a unique combination of consumer product, medical device and pharmaceutical experience. He led the transformation of Neutrogena to a global leader in professionally recommended skin and personal care as Worldwide President and CEO after it’s acquisition by J&J. Following that he was appointed President and CEO of Revlon and subsequently as CEO of a private equity backed acquisition of Insight Pharmaceutical, an OTC products company. He held a number of senior management positions within Johnson & Johnson for over 20 years in R&D, Operations, Marketing, Finance and new business creation in all three segments of the Corporation. He is on the boards of several early stage technology based companies in the areas of Dermatology, Information Technology and Consumer Products. Jeff holds a BS in Mathematics and an MBA in Marketing and Finance and served as an Intelligence/Operations Research Officer in the US Army. |
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| Stephen Osbaldeston |
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Stephen J. Osbaldeston
Chief Executive Officer
Ophthonix |
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Stephen J. Osbaldeston has more than 20 years of experience in the eye care field with upper management experience both domestically and internationally at leading firms including CIBA Vision and Bausch & Lomb. As president of CIBA Vision’s Global Specialty Lens and Lens Care division, Osbaldeston delivered three consecutive years of global share growth in a flat market through the creation of differentiated products, positioning and packaging graphics. Prior to CIBA Vision, Osbaldeston held a variety of management positions with Bausch & Lomb, rising to the position of Corporate Vice President responsible for the OTC skin care, eye care and vision accessories lines, totaling $100 million in sales. At Bausch & Lomb, he grew eye care product line sales +16% (double category growth) through new products, packaging and increased advertising spend under the Bausch & Lomb umbrella brand. Osbaldeston is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada and holds an MBA from Queens University, Ontario, Canada.
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| Nick Teti |
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Nick Teti
Chairman
Isolagen |
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Currently, Mr. Teti is serving as the Chairman of the Board of Isolagen Incorporated. In addition, Mr. Teti is the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Den-Mat Holdings, LLC. Formerly, Mr. Teti served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Inamed Corporation, and as a director at Inamed. Mr. Teti has also served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company, and President and Director of Yamanouchi USA, Inc., a division of Yamanouchi Pharmaceuticals Co. Mr. Teti holds an M.B.A. in Health Care Administration and a B.A. in Economics from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. He has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceuticals & medical device industry. |
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| Ken Trbovich |
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Ken Trbovich
Analyst
RBC Capital Markets |
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Ken joined
RBC Capital Markets in 2004. He has created a niche
in the rapidly expanding specialty pharmaceuticals
space. Prior to joining RBC, Ken spent four years
at C.E. Unterberg, Towbin. He also worked at Bigelow & Company
and The Red Chip Review where he covered small-cap
companies across a variety of industries and was
promoted to the Associate Director of Research. Ken
holds a B.S.B.A. in accounting from the University
of Arizona and a Master of International Management
from Thunderbird. He is also a CFA Charterholder. |
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| Mike Valentino |
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Michael J. Valentino
Former President & CEO
Adams Respiratory Therapeutics |
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Michael J. Valentino joined Adams, best known for Mucinex® and Delsym®, in 2003 and transformed the company into a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company with over $330 million in annual revenue. In December 2007, Adams entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Reckitt Benckiser, a world leader in consumer products, for approximately $2.3 billion. Mr. Valentino serves as a vice chair on the Board of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association. He also serves on the Boards of the Healthcare Institute of New Jersey; Freedom House, Inc.; D.A.R.E. New Jersey, Inc.; and Xanodyne. Valentino is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 award winner in New Jersey and the recipient of D.A.R.E. New Jersey’s 2006 Future of New Jersey Award |
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| Jean-Michel Valette |
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Jean-Michel Valette
Chairman
Peet’s Coffee |
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Jean-Michel's
career has kept him close to his stomach as a venture
investor, senior executive and a director of branded
consumer growth companies primarily in the food
and beverage area. Currently he is Chairman
of Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc (PEET) and a director
of Boston Beer (SAM) and Select Comfort, Inc (SCSS)
as well as several privately held companies. Previously
he has been CEO of Franciscan Estates and
Managing Director then Chairman of Robert Mondavi
Winery as well as a senior securities analyst and
Managing Director of Hambrecht & Quist and
leader of H&Q's consumer related venture investing,
leading investments in such companies as Odwalla,
Boston Beer, Optiva (Sonicare) and Ariat. Jean-Michel
is one of 27 Masters of Wine in North America;
he is an avid mountain climber and has scaled
many peaks including the world's tallest. |
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