|
Mr. Wasserman was appointed a director in April 2006. Mr. Wasserman was most recently Group Vice President-Diagnostic Systems Products of Olympus America Inc., the U.S. business center for Tokyo-based Olympus Corporation. Mr. Wasserman, who joined Olympus in 1997, directed the North American operations for the Company's In Vitro Diagnostics product business based in Melville, N.Y. Prior to Olympus, from 1994-1997 Mr. Wasserman was Chief Financial Officer of Datascope Corp. and President of its Patient Monitoring Division. From 1989 to 1993, he served as Vice President of NY Blood Center, Inc. and General Manager of its Melville Biologics, Inc. division, a manufacturer, marketer and developer of biopharmaceutical products. Mr. Wasserman previously held key positions from 1981-1989 with Technicon Instruments Corp. (now Bayer Diagnostics), serving as Vice President, General Manager, North America and Vice President and Controller. Mr. Wasserman is a Certified Public Accountant and received a BBA from City College of New York, Baruch School of Business. | 