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Christopher J. Calhoun is a co-founder of Cytori Therapeutics and has served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer Vice-Chairman and Director of the Board since 1997 and as President from April 2002 to May 2004. Additionally Mr. Calhoun previously served as the Company's President from 1996 through 1998. Mr. Calhoun is also the co-inventor on multiple U.S. and International patents used for the Company's bioresorbable implant technology. These inventions include bioresorbable polymers for skeletal repair and regeneration implant surfaces for tissue guidance and postsurgical scar tissue reduction. Mr. Calhoun has additional US and International patents pending for medical devices and implant instrumentation. Mr. Calhoun was also involved in research and management for the Plastic Surgery Bone Histology and Histometry Laboratory at the University of California San Diego. Mr. Calhoun is a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Leonardo MD and has previously served on the Board of Directors of StemSource Inc. Mr. Calhoun received a B.A. from the University of California San Diego and an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix. | 