Mr. Vecchione joined the Company in June 2007 after being a consultant to CompuMed in providing strategic advisory. Mr. Vecchione serves as a managing partner of private equity and venture fund Synthetica Holdings LLC and chairman of Synthetica (America) Ltd. a management consultancy (since 2001). Mr. Vecchione created significant shareholder value through public transactions and mergers & acquisitions. He established and has led Synthetica's imaging practice and served as a consultant to leading life sciences medical device and clinical research organizations. Mr. Vecchione served as president and CEO of Trestle Holdings (2004-2006) a medical imaging and digital pathology company. He also served as CEO of Microwave Photonics Inc (2003-2004). Mr. Vecchione co-founded (1988) and held various senior-level positions at medical imaging and rendering company ModaCAD; he was responsible for architecting numerous rounds of financing including a significant investment by Intel. In 2001 he executed as co-CEO the sale of the Company to USA Networks for $480 million. Mr. Vecchione was twice nominated finalist by Ernst & Young as Entrepreneur of the Year. He has received many awards including the British Telecommunication "innovation" award and the prestigious DemoGod award. He has led the development of significant imaging technologies and authored multiple issued patents.
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