John M. Holliman, III, 54, became Executive Chairman and Principal Executive Officer of the Company on April 5, 2006 and has served as a director of the Company since September 1987 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since August 1997. Since February 1993 he has been a general partner of entities, which are the general partners of Valley Ventures, LP (formerly known as Arizona Growth Partners, LP), Valley Ventures II, LP, Valley Ventures III Annex, LP, all of which are venture capital funds that invest principally in life science companies.
Randolph C. Steer, MD, Ph.D.
President
Randolph C. Steer, MD, Ph.D., 58, became President of the Company on April 5, 2006. Dr. Steer has been an independent pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices consultant since 1989, and has provided consulting services to OrthoLogic since 2002. He has a broad scientific, medical and business background, including extensive experience in pre-clinical, clinical and regulatory affairs, having held key management positions in leading corporations and having served as an advisor to many companies in the United States and abroad. Dr. Steer has also advised numerous venture capital firms, investment banks and independent investors on the commercial development of drugs, biologics, diagnostics and medical devices. He has served as Associate Director of Medical Affairs at Marion Laboratories; Medical Director at Ciba Consumer Pharmaceuticals (Ciba-Geigy Corporation); Vice President, Senior Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee at Physicians World Communications Group; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Therapeutics Communications International, a global drug regulatory group, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vicus.com, Inc. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Techne Corporation and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Steer received his MD degree from the Mayo Medical School and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, where he also completed a residency and subspecialty fellowship in clinical and chemical pathology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology.
Les M. Taeger, 57, joined OrthoLogic as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on January 16, 2006. Mr. Taeger most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of CardioTech International, Inc. ("CardioTech"). CardioTech is a publicly-traded, medical device company that develops, manufactures and sells advanced products for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. From September, 2000 to February, 2004, when Mr. Taeger became Chief Financial Officer of CardioTech, Mr. Taeger served as Chief Financial Officer of Gish Biomedical, Inc. ("Gish"). Gish, which became a subsidiary of CardioTech pursuant to a merger transaction involving the companies in April, 2003, specializes in the manufacture and sale of products used in open-heart surgery, vascular access and orthopedic surgery. Prior to his employment with CardioTech and Gish, Mr. Taeger was employed for over five years as Chief Financial Officer of Cartwright Electronics, Inc., a division of Meggitt, PLC. Mr. Taeger is a Certified Public Accountant, with a Bachelor degree in accounting.
Dana B. Shinbaum, 45, joined OrthoLogic as Vice President of Business Development in October 2005. Previously he served as Vice President, Product Planning and Market Analytics at Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and has over eighteen years of experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry. While at Savient his responsibilities included creating and developing new business opportunities, leading global project teams and managing product launches. He played key strategic planning roles in Savient's acquisition of Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and the divestiture of Bio-Technology General Ltd., Savient's global biologics business. Prior to joining Savient, Mr. Shinbaum was at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, where he held market planning and marketing roles of increasing responsibility, including Product Manager for the PREMARIN® franchise. Mr. Shinbaum received a Master of Business Administration, summa cum laude, from Drexel University in Philadelphia and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
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