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Mark B. Knudson Ph.D.

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.

Gregory S. Lea

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Greg S. Lea has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since May 21, 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Lea served as Chief Financial Officer of Pemstar Inc. from July 2002 through January 2007 when it was acquired by Benchmark Electronics, Inc. Mr. Lea also served as a director of Pemstar from April 2001 through January 2007 and held the position of Corporate Controller from April 2002 through July 2002. From 1993 to April 2002, Mr. Lea served as a corporate Vice President for Jostens Corporation, a commemorative and affiliation products manufacturer, serving most recently as corporate Vice President-Business Ventures. Prior to that, Mr. Lea held several financial management and administrative positions at IBM 69 Corporation from 1974 to 1993 and was President and a director of the Ability Building Center, Inc. from 1981 to 1993. Mr. Lea holds a B.S. in Accounting/Business Management from Minnesota State University, Mankato

Adrianus (Jos) Donders

Senior Vice President of Operations

Adrianus (Jos) Donders has served as our Senior Vice President of Operations since April 2005. From September 2003 to April 2005, Mr. Donders was Director Communication Systems Engineering for Medtronic USA. From June 2000 to August 2003, Mr. Donders served as Director Clinical Study Management and Research and Development Europe for Medtronic Europe. Mr. Donders received a degree equivalent to a Masters of Electrical Engineering from the Institute of Technology Eindhoven Netherlands

Dennis Kim M.D.

Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer

Dennis D. Kim, M.D. is a board-certified endocrinologist and has served as our Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer since August 24, 2007. Prior to joining us he held various senior management positions at Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he served since June of 2001, most recently as the Executive Director of Corporate Strategy. Prior to this, Dr. Kim was the program medical lead at Amylin for development and commercialization of Byetta® (exenatide) for treatment of type 2 diabetes. Dr. Kim has been an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology/Metabolism at UCSD School of Medicine and San Diego VA Healthcare Systems since June of 2001. Dr. Kim received a Bachelor of Science in biology and animal behavior from the University of California at Los Angeles and a M.D. from the University of Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School.

Mark R. Stultz

Vice President of Market Development and Reimbursement

Mark R. Stultz has served as our Vice President of Market Development and Reimbursement since April 2006 and as a consultant from July 2005 to April 2006. From April 2004 to July 2005, he served as Director of the Women's Health Business Unit at Gyrus Medical and from December 2001 to January 2004 he served as Director of Marketing for Female Pelvic Health at American Medical Systems. Prior to 2002, Mr. Stultz served in various management positions at Medtronic and at Advanced Bionics where he was involved in the marketing and development of multiple active implantable technologies including spinal cord stimulation, deep brain stimulation and cochlear stimulation. Mr. Stultz received a Bachelor of Science in physical therapy and a Masters degree in human factors engineering and ergonomics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Katherine Tweden Ph.D.

Vice President of Research

Katherine S. Tweden, Ph.D. has served as our Vice President of Research since January 2003. From November 2002 to January 2003, Dr. Tweden was a consultant to Venturi Group, a medical device incubator company. From January 2003 through August 2004, Dr. Tweden worked for Venturi Development Inc. as a consultant to us. From July 1997 to October 2002, Dr. Tweden held positions including Director of Research and Vice President of Research for HeartStent Corporation. Dr. Tweden received a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry from Gustavus Adolphus College and a Masters degree and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Iowa State University.

 

 

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