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Mr. Sanford is Founder and Chairman of SYMARK LLC, a technology commercialization and business development organization with offices in Naples, Florida and Mentor, Ohio. Mr. Sanford is also Executive Founder and retired Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of STERIS Corporation (NYSE:STE), a leading provider of infection prevention, contamination prevention, microbial reduction, and therapy support systems, products, services, and technologies to the healthcare, scientific, research, food, and industrial manufacturing markets around the world.Mr. Sanford is an experienced entrepreneur, executive, consultant, investor, and board member with extensive early-stage and emerging growth company, turnaround, senior management, and market development experience. Mr. Sanford’s business career has focused on the development and marketing of healthcare and scientific products, health services, and advanced information systems.Mr. Sanford serves as a board member and advisor to numerous public and private enterprises, including KeyCorp, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Case Western Reserve University, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc., BIOMEC, Primus Venture Partners, SupplierInsight, Kansas State University Research Foundation, and several early-stage technology companies. He is Chairman of the Northeast Ohio Regional Technology Coalition, Vice Chairman of the EdisonBiotechnology Center, a member of the State of Ohio Technology Action Board, and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) | 