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Mr. Mervis has been a catalyst for success in technology-based companies in life sciences and communications. He has an extensive background in securities and commercial transactions, defining and establishing strategic alliances, and securing the financial and human resources for corporate growth. Mr. Mervis is a co-founder of Cardiokine, a developer of therapeutics for heart failure, and more recently, he was elected as Chairman of the Board of CoDa Therapeutics, a developer of antisense therapies for the regulation of gap-junction proteins in multiple therapeutic indications. Prior to Cardiokine and CoDa, he was a co-founder of Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. (BTRX), the successful spin-out of Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) dermatology development portfolio. Earlier, Mr. Mervis was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Apple Tree Partners, L.L.C. and co-founder & Executive Vice President of MedicinePlanet Inc., a developer of healthcare services for the mobile world. He was also a founder & Managing Director of Crunch Media Corporation, a multimedia production company where he was producer/co-creator of A Brief History of Time with Stephen Hawking: An Interactive Adventure. Mr. Mervis received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and his B.S. from Cornell University. | 