President and Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board
Mark B. Knudson, Ph.D. has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board since December 2002. Dr. Knudson also serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Venturi Group LLC and Venturi Development Inc., positions he has held since 1999 and 2001, respectively. From 1999 to the present, Dr. Knudson has also served as Chairman of the board of Restore Medical, Inc., a publicly-held medical device company focused on the treatment of sleep disordered breathing. Dr. Knudson is also a member of the audit committee of Restore Medical. Dr. Knudson received a Bachelor of Science in biology from Pacific Lutheran University and a Ph.D. in physiology from Washington State University.
Luke Evnin, Ph.D. has served as one of our directors since inception in 1999. Dr. Evnin has served as a General Partner at MPM Capital since he joined as a co-founder in 1998. Prior to joining MPM, Dr. Evnin was at Accel Partners from 1991 to 1997 serving as a General Partner from 1994 to 1997. Dr. Evnin is also a director of Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly-held biopharmaceutical company and Restore Medical, Inc., a publicly held medical device company focused on the treatment of sleep disordered breathing. Dr. Evnin has served as director of other public companies, including Epix Medical, Inc., Sonic Innovations, Inc., and Signal
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and is currently a director of several private healthcare companies.
Catherine Friedman has served as one of our directors since May 2007. Ms. Friedman currently is an independent financial consultant serving private and public companies in the lifesciences. Prior to that, Ms. Friedman held numerous positions over a 23 year investment banking career with Morgan Stanley. Ms. Friedman held the position of Managing Director at Morgan Stanley from 1997 to 2006 and Head of West Coast Healthcare and Co-Head of the Biotechnology Practice at Morgan Stanley from 1993 to 2006. Ms. Friedman joined the board of XenoPort Inc., a publicly-held biopharmaceutical company, in September 2007 and also serves on its audit committee.
Carl Goldfischer, MD, is an Investment Partner and Managing Director of Bay City Capital, serving as a member of the board of directors and executive committee, and has been with the firm since December 2000. His background includes extensive public and private investment and transaction work, as well as clinical trial development knowledge. Prior to joining Bay City Capital, Dr. Goldfischer was, until mid-2000, Chief Financial Officer of ImClone Systems where he oversaw financial operations and strategic planning. Previously, he was a Research Analyst with the Reliance Insurance Company, helping to establish its portfolio and presence in the health care investment community. Dr. Goldfischer is a member of the board of directors for BrainCells, EnteroMedics, Etex Corporation, MAP Pharmaceuticals, Metabolex, Nevro Corporation, Poniard Pharmaceuticals, and PTC Therapeutics. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Mt. Zion Hospital. Dr. Goldfischer received an MD with honors in Scientific Research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College.
Bobby I. Griffin has served as one of our directors since September 2006. In 1998, Mr. Griffin retired from a 25 year career with Medtronic Corporation, where he held various positions, including Executive Vice President from 1985 to 1998 and President of Medtronic's Pacemaker Business from 1991 to 1998. Since his retirement, Mr. Griffin has been a private investor, managing his own fund of companies as well as serving on the advisory boards of Affinity Capital Management Fund III and IV and Sapient Capital Management Fund, in which he also invests. In addition, Mr. Griffin has served on the board of directors of several public companies, including MTS Systems Corporation and Urologix, Inc. and is currently a director of several private companies.
Donald C. Harrison, M.D. has served as one of our directors since September 2003. He is currently Managing Partner of Charter Life Sciences, a venture capital firm, where he has served since 2003. From 1986 to 2003, Dr. Harrison was Chief Executive Officer of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Dr. Harrison is a member of the board of Kendle International Inc., a publicly-held global clinical research organization, and AtriCure, Inc., a publicly-held company that develops innovative products for tissue ablation during surgical procedures, and also serves on the audit committees of both of these companies.
Paul H. Klingenstein has served as one of our directors since July 2006. He has served as Managing Partner of Aberdare Ventures since its formation in 1999. Formerly, he served as a General Partner of Accel Partners, as a Consultant to the Rockefeller Foundation, and as an employee of E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co. Mr. Klingenstein serves on the boards and audit committees of several private companies.
Ellen Koskinas has served as one of our directors since July 2006. Ms. Koskinas currently serves as a Partner with InterWest Partners, a venture capital firm focused on early stage investments in the medical technology and information technology sectors. She joined InterWest in May 2002. Prior to joining InterWest, Ms. Koskinas was a Managing Director of a private equity firm in San Francisco and also started a new business in minimally invasive cardiac surgery for Guidant Corporation. Earlier in her career, she was an Engagement Manager for McKinsey & Company, managing consulting projects for a range of health care clients. Ms. Koskinas serves on the boards of several private companies.
Nicholas L. Teti, Jr. has served as one of our directors since May 2007. Mr. Teti is currently Chief Executive Officer of Den-Mat, a dental aesthetics company with a focus on moving toward much less invasive techniques. He has held that position since January 2008. He is also Chairman of the Board of Isolagen, Inc., a biotechnology company which develops emergent, novel skin and tissue rejuvenation technologies, a position he held since June 2006. He was also the Chief Executive Officer of Isolagen since June 2006 before taking the position mentioned above at Den-Mat. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Teti was President and Chief Executive Officer of Inamed Corporation; primarily an aesthetics based company with business in saline and silicone breast implants, collagen and hyaluronic-based wrinkle correcting devices and the LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System, a surgically implantable device for obesity treatment. Mr. Teti also served as a member of the board of Inamed during 2001 and was Chairman of the Board
from 2002 to 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Teti spent 25 years at DuPont and DuPont Merck where he held a number of senior management positions including President and CEO of DuPont Pharmaceuticals.
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