Anthony J. Dimun was appointed to our Board of Directors on October 3, 2003. He has served since May 2001 as Chairman of Nascent Enterprises, L.L.C., a medical device venture advisory firm. He also has served since 1987 as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Concepts, Inc., a financial advisory company with specific focus on venture capital and acquisition transactions. From March 1991 to May 2001, Mr. Dimun served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vital Signs, Inc., a publicly held anesthesia and respiratory medical device company and currently serves as a director of Vital Signs, Inc.
Mr. Dimun also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, a non-profit collaboration of the three leading New Jersey universities. Prior to 1991, Mr. Dimun held positions as a Certified Public Accountant with several national accounting firms and served as Senior Vice President for an international merchant banking firm. |