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James T. Treace. Mr. Treace, age 60, has been a director of the Company since 1999. He served as the Chairman of the Board of the Company from October 2005 to April 4, 2006, and from 1999 to 2004. Mr. Treace has been the President of J&A Group, LLC, a private investment and consulting company, since 2000. He was the President of Medtronic Xomed, Inc., from 1999 to 2000 and the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President of its predecessor, Xomed Surgical Products, Inc., from 1996 to 1999. Mr. Treace was the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President of TreBay Medical Corp., a developer and manufacturer of ENT sinus endoscopy products, from 1993 to 1996. He was the President of Linvatec Corporation from 1990 to 1993 and the President and Chief Executive Officer of its predecessor, Concept, Inc., from 1981 to 1990. Mr. Treace is the Chairman of the Board of Kyphon Inc., a public company. He is the brother of John R. Treace, the Company’s Executive Vice President - North American Sales, and the uncle of John T. Treace, the Company’s Vice President - Marketing, Biologics and Extremities.
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