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Mr. LeShufy joined the Company at its inception in August 2001. Mr. LeShufy has had extensive business experience in a variety of industries for over 40 years, devoting the last 15 years to the management, financing and development of early stage technology companies in the drug discovery, biotechnology, communication, minerals and consumer products industries. For a period from 1991 to 1993, Mr. LeShufy was involved with various divisions of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with the purpose of transferring intellectual property to the West. Working with the Komarov Institute of St. Petersburg, he created a joint venture in the pharmaceutical area now known as Inkine Pharmaceutical Corp. (INKP Nasdaq:NM). He served on its Board of Directors. He was the founder and president of Consolidated Fine Arts Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, The Collectors' Guild. He worked with such art luminaries as Chagall, Picasso, Dali, and Miro. He also sits on the board of the Artwork and Beyond Corp., a company engaged in art auctions for charitable foundations. | 