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Salvatore Calabrese has served as our Vice-President Finance and Secretary since February 2005. From December 2003 until February 2005 he was an Accounting and Finance Manager for Novuspharma S.p.A. a development stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of cancer drugs and a subsidiary of Cell Therapeutics Inc. a public reporting company which then merged into Cell Therapeautics Inc. He reported to the Chief Financial Officer of Cell Therapeutics Inc. and was responsible for cost containment budgeting financial reporting and the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. From September 1996 until November 2003 Mr. Calabrese was employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers as an accountant and was a Manager in Assurance Business Advisory Services at the time of departure. From October 2000 to June 2003 Mr. Calabrese worked in the Boston MA office of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He earned a Bachelors' Degree in Economics at the University of Messina and a Masters' Degree in Accounting Audit and Financial Control at the University of Pavia. He is also a chartered accountant in the Republic of Italy. | 