Sean McDevitt
Sean McDevitt has served as the Company's Chairman of the Board of Directors since August 2005 and as Chief Executive Officer since September 2009. Mr. McDevitt is a founding principal, and since 2007 has been a Managing Director of Maren Group, an investment banking firm which provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services in the healthcare and technology sectors. Prior to joining Maren Group, Mr. McDevitt was a Managing Director of FTN Midwest Securities Corp. from September 2004 to January 2007. In 1999, Mr. McDevitt co-founded Alterity Partners, a boutique investment bank which provided capital markets and merger and acquisition advisory services to high growth companies. Alterity Partners was acquired by FTN Midwest Securities Corp. in September 2004. Mr. McDevitt was formerly a senior investment banker at Goldman Sachs & Company, from 1995 through 1999 where he led deal teams in a variety of technology and healthcare/biopharmaceutical transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and initial public offerings. Prior to Goldman Sachs & Company, Mr. McDevitt worked in sales and marketing at Pfizer Inc. from 1991 until 1994. He was a Captain in the U.S. Army Rangers and was decorated for combat in the Panama invasion. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. McDevitt received his B.S. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
John Voris
John Voris has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since September 2005. Mr. Voris served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer from September 2005 until October 2007. From August 2004 to July 2005, Mr. Voris was Chairman of Epocrates, Inc., a software company providing clinical information to healthcare professionals at the point of care. Mr. Voris retired from his position at Epocrates in July 2005 and did not accept another position until becoming the Company's Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors in September 2005. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Epocrates from June 2000 until July 2004. Prior to Epocrates, Mr. Voris was Executive Vice President of PCS Health Systems from 1995 until 2000. During his tenure at PCS Health Systems, PCS Health Systems was a subsidiary of Eli Lilly from 1994 until 1999 and then of Rite Aid Pharmacies from 1999 until 2000. While at PCS, Mr. Voris had responsibility for all call centers, mail order pharmacies, sales and marketing of PBM services, product development and industry relations. Prior to PCS, Mr. Voris was with Eli Lilly from 1973 until 1995. Mr. Voris was Executive Director of the Infectious Disease Business Unit from 1993 until 1995, where he was responsible for world wide sales and marketing of a large portfolio of existing and development-stage anti-infectives. From 1988 until 1992, Mr. Voris was based in London as Director of Marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa, where he had responsibility for sales, marketing and product development for the entire portfolio of Lilly pharmaceutical products. Prior to these positions, he held a variety of positions in sales, marketing, market research and business development. Mr. Voris received his M.B.A. and B.S. from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Mr. Voris currently serves on the Board of Directors of Epocrates, Inc. and Regenesis Biomedical.
Pat LaVecchia
Pat LaVecchia has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since September 2005. Mr. LaVecchia served as the Company's secretary from September 2005 to November 2007. Mr. LaVecchia has been a Managing Managing Partner of LaVecchia Group LLC, consisting of a registered broker dealer, LaVecchia Capital LLC (member of FINRA and SIPC), and an investment group, since 2007 and has over 19 years of experience on Wall Street. Mr. LaVecchia has built and run several major Wall Street groups and has extensive expertise in capital markets including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, raising capital for private companies and PIPEs as well as playing the leading role in numerous mergers, acquisitions, private placements and high yield transactions. Prior to forming LaVecchia Capital, Mr. LaVecchia ran several groups at major Wall Street firms including: Managing Director and Head of the Private Equity Placement Group at Bear, Stearns & Company (1994 to 1997); Group Head of Global Private Corporate Equity Placements at Credit Suisse First Boston (1997 to 2000); Managing Director and Group Head of the Private Finance and Sponsors Group at Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc (2001 to 2003); co-founder and Managing Partner of Viant Group (2003-2005) and Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets at FTN Midwest Securities Corp. (2005 to 2007). He was also at Hawk Holdings, a strategic venture capital firm from 2000 until 2001. Mr. LaVecchia received his B.A., magna cum laude (and elected to Phi Beta Kappa), from Clark University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a major in Finance and a concentration in Strategic Planning. Mr. LaVecchia served on the Board of Directors of TXP Corporation (OTC: TXPO) and currently serves as a board member of Technology Innovator Acquisition Ltd., a privately owned blank check company. Mr. LaVecchia sits on several advisory boards including as special advisor to the Chairman of China Energy Partners, Inc. (a privately owned blank check company), special advisor to the board of directors of Vietnam Lotus Holdings, Ltd. (a privately owned blank check company) and currently serves on a non-profit board.
Wayne Yetter
Wayne Yetter has served as a member of the Company's Board of Directors since September 2005. Mr. Yetter has served as Chief Executive Officer of Verispan, LLC, a healthcare information company founded by Quintiles Transnational Corp. and McKesson Corp, from September 2005 until August 2008 when Verispan was acquired by SDI Health. From November 2004 through September 2005, Mr. Yetter served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Odyssey Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to assist Odyssey's parent, PLIVA d.d., in implementing its strategy to exit the proprietary pharmaceutical business. Mr. Yetter has built and led a variety of multi-million dollar businesses and pharmaceutical operations for some of the largest companies in the world. After serving in Vietnam, Mr. Yetter began his career in the pharmaceuticals industry in 1970 as a sales representative for Pfizer. From Pfizer, he joined Merck & Co in 1977, where he led the Marketing Operations Group and then became President of the Asia Pacific region before starting the new company, Astra Merck, in 1991 as President and Chief Executive Officer. Under his leadership, Astra Merck's product, Prilosec, grew to be the #1 pharmaceutical product in the United States at the time. Mr. Yetter then joined Novartis Pharmaceuticals in 1997, where he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the United States pharmaceutical business. In 1999, he joined IMS and later led its spinout company, Synavant, where he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for three years before Synavant merged with Dendrite International in 2003. Following the merger, Mr. Yetter founded and has acted as principal of BioPharm Advisory LLC since September 2003. He also served as an advisor to Alterity Partners from 2003 until 2004. Mr. Yetter was formerly Chairman of the Board for Transkaryotic Therapies Inc., which was acquired by Shire Pharmaceuticals, and for Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc., which was acquired by Hisamitsu. Mr. Yetter currently serves on the Board of Directors of EpiCept Corporation (NASDAQ: EPCT).
Jean-Pierre Millon
Jean-Pierre Millon has served as a member of the Company's Board of Directors since September 2005. Mr. Millon is a co-founder of BLS, LLC, a consulting and investing entity based in Indianapolis and established in 2002. Mr. Millon served as a consultant to AdvancePCS, successor entity to PCS Health Systems, from October 2000 to June 2002. Until September 2000, Mr. Millon was President and Chief Executive Officer of PCS Health Systems, one of the country's largest pharmacy benefit managers. Prior to joining PCS in 1995, Mr. Millon was an executive with Eli Lilly and Co., PCS' former parent company. His career with Lilly started in 1976, spanned two decades, and was highlighted by leadership positions in the United States, the Orient, Europe and the Caribbean Basin. Most recently, Mr. Millon served as President and General Manager of Lilly Japan, K.K. and Vice President of the Lilly pharmaceutical division in Kobe, Japan from 1992 until 1995. Mr. Millon was an advisory board member with Care Capital LLC, a healthcare venture fund from 2001 through 2003. Mr. Millon also serves on the Board of Directors of CVS/Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS), Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYPB), Prometheus Laboratories Inc., Medical Present Value, Inc. and HSI, Inc.
David C. Dreyer
David C. Dreyer became a member of the Company's Board of Directors on April 22, 2008. Mr. Dreyer serves as Chief Financial Officer of Alphastaff Inc., a leading outsource provider of HR services, where he has been since August 2009. Mr. Dreyer served as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AHS) from September 2004 through August 2009. AMN Healthcare is the leading provider of healthcare staffing, including travel nursing, allied and physician staffing. From 1997 until 2004, Mr. Dreyer served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of Sicor, Inc., a specialty drug company and manufacturer of complex pharmaceuticals with operations in the United States, Italy, Mexico, Lithuania, China and Switzerland. Sicor was acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical Limited, a transaction Mr. Dreyer helped lead. Prior to joining Sicor, Mr. Dreyer served in related senior financial positions within the pharmaceutical industry, working for Elan Corporation plc, Athena Neurosciences and Syntex. Mr. Dreyer is a Certified Public Accountant in California.
James L. Freddo, M.D.
James L. Freddo, M.D. became a member of the Company's Board of Directors on April 22, 2008. Dr. Freddo has served as Chief Medical Officer of Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANDS) since July 2006. Prior to joining Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Freddo served as Vice President, Clinical Site Head and Development Site Head, Pfizer Global Research and Development, La Jolla from August 2005 until July 2006. From June 2002 until August 2005, Dr. Freddo served as Executive Director, Site Therapeutic Area Leader, Clinical Development, Oncology at Pfizer, Inc. While at Pfizer, Dr. Freddo led the team responsible for the registration of Sutent® (sunitinib malate), a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in January 2006 for the treatment of advanced kidney cancer and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Prior to joining Pfizer, Dr. Freddo held a variety of senior management positions at Wyeth-Ayerst Research from December 1996 until June 2002, including Senior Director, Oncology, Senior Director, Infectious Diseases, and Senior Director, Transplantation Immunology. Dr. Freddo holds a B.S degree in Medical Technology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a M.D. degree from the University of North Carolina, where he also completed his fellowship training.
Tim Kopra
Tim Kopra has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since April 8, 2010. Mr. Kopra began his military service in 1985 and has held a variety of leadership and technical positions as a U.S. Army officer and aviator. After assignments within the U.S. and Germany and deployment to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Mr. Kopra completed the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School and was designated as an experimental test pilot in 1996. He then served as the developmental test director for the Comanche helicopter program. In July 2000, Mr. Kopra was selected as an astronaut and competed two years of Space Shuttle, Space Station, and T-38 flight training. Mr. Kopra then served in the Astronaut Office, where his primary focus involved testing crew interfaces for International Space Station (ISS) unpressurized modules as well as the implementation of support computers and operational Local Area Network on ISS. Mr. Kopra completed his first space flight in 2009, logging two months in space and one spacewalk, and is currently assigned to STS-133, which is targeted for launch in September 2010. Mr. Kopra received a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.