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In addition to his positions at CVBT Montano is Chairman of the Board President and Chief Executive Officer of Phage Biotechnology Corporation an affiliated private biotechnology company that manufactures recombinant protein drugs and is CVBT’s sole supplier of Cardio Vascu-Grow.
He brings a wide range of management experience to his roles having served as CEO of 14 operating companies in industries such as real estate high technology medical technology biotechnology food products financial institutions and service companies. From 1981 until 2004 Montano was a member of the Board of Directors of Helen of Troy Ltd a Texas company with revenue of over $450 million. He also spent 30 years as an investment banker retiring from that business in 1998. Montano received his MBA from the University of Southern California and his undergraduate degree from California State University Los Angeles. | 