Management Team Profiles
Vinit Saxena, CEO and Chief Technology Officer
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since 1985. He is the
inventor of the Company's original technology. His background includes
over 20 years of experience in marketing operations at biotech companies
and suppliers such as: Bio-Rad Laboratories and Bio-Response (now Baxter
Healthcare). Mr. Saxena has an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Syracuse
University and an M.B.A. from the University of California Berkeley.
James Spradling, acting COO and President
Mr. Spradling is acting President and Chief Operating Officer. His most
recent experience was the management of a high-tech startup based on
optical polarized technology. Earlier he managed a $400M/year set of
global business supplying the electrical distribution, pipelines and
developed processing markets, and before that as international corporate
ROA organization. He holds a B.S. in chemistry, from the University of
Missouri, Southeast, Cape Girardeau, MO. He is a member of the Board of
Directors of Simco Electronics.
Henry "Skip" Edmunds, acting CFO
Dr. Edmunds is currently acting as Chief Financial Officer of Sepragen.
Previously, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Prometheus, a pharmaceutical company, from 1998 to March 2000. He also
served as Vice President of corporate development and Chief Financial
Officer of SangStat Medical Corporation from 1992 to 1998. From 1985 until
1992, Dr. Edmunds was Director of Business development and business
manager of Genencor, Inc. a South San Francisco, California biotechnology
company. Dr. Edmunds received his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the
University of California, Berkeley and his M.B.A. from the Stanford School
of Business.
Renu Chabra, VP Manufacturing and Engineering
Renu Chabra, Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering at Sepragen,
has 20+ years in software and instrumentation design and manufacturing
management at leading instrumentation and biomedical companies such as
Varian, Intergraph, and Kinetech.
Salah Ahmed, Director of Quality & Tech Support
Salah Ahmed, currently Director of Quality and Technical Support, has 35 years of experience in product development, manufacturing and tech
support with various process equipment including fermentation, separation
and purification at Beatrice Foods, Drinc etc.
Board of Directors
Vinit Saxena, CEO and Chief Technology Officer
See previous.
Joseph R. Mallon, Jr.
On April 1, 1995, Mr. Mallon was appointed President, Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the Board of Measurement Specialties, Inc. (MSS).
Mr. Mallon has served on the Board of Directors of MSS since April 1,
1992. In October 1985, Mr. Mallon co-founded NovaSensor, a leader in the
field of micromachined pressure and acceleration sensors, where he served
as Co-President and Director until its acquisition in 1990, by Lucas
Industries, Inc., a United States subsidiary of Lucas Industries plc of
the United Kingdom. From that time until his departure in January of 1993,
Mr. Mallon was the Executive Vice President and Director of Lucas
NovaSensor. Mr. Mallon holds a B.S. in Science from Fairleigh Dickinson
University, and an M.B.A. from California State University.
John Walker
Mr. Walker successfully managed and sold companies in separations and
dairy fields (Brita and Wheycon). Since 1985 he has been a management
consultant with John Walker & Associates, which provides, among other
things, strategic planning and management assistance to high tech
companies. He founded the Northern California region of TEC Worldwide (The
Executive Committee, an organization dedicated to the empowerment of CEOs)
from 1991 to 1997. Mr. Walker has a B.A. in Industrial Engineering from
Georgia Tech and an M. B.A. from Stanford University.
Armin Ramel
Director of the Company and Secretary since September of 1986. He has
been employed as Vice President of Product Development of Scios Nova Inc.,
a publicly-held biotechnical company. Previously, Dr. Ramel was employed
by Genentech as Senior Director of the Process Science Division and at
Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. as Director of the Biopolymer Research Department.
Prior to 1969, he was a professor at the university of Basel, Switzerland
and State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Ramel holds a Ph.D. in
physical chemistry from the University of Basel.
Henry "Skip" N. Edmunds
See previous.
Board of Advisors
John W. Finley
Dr. Finley was appointed as an Advisor on February 4, 2000. He
has been serving as Senior Technology Principal at Kraft Foods since
1999. From 1983 to 1999, Dr. Finley held a number of senior
positions at Monsato and Nabisco. Dr. Finley has a Ph.D. from
Cornell University in Biochemistry and Food Science.
Zdenek Kratky
Dr. Kratky was appointed as an Advisor on February 4, 2000. He is
Assistant Vice President of Nutrition, Strategic Business Divisions of
Nestle. Prior to joining Nestle in 1983, Dr. Kratky served in
academia in Czechoslovakia and Canada. Dr. Kratky has a Ph.D. from
the Czechoslovak Academy of Science.
H.S.(Murali) Muralidhara
Dr. Muralidhara was appointed as an Advisor on February 4, 2000.
He is Assistant Vice President at Cargil, Inc. Dr. Muralidhara has
written several books on separation process. He has several patents
issued to him. Dr. Muralidhara has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
from West Virginia University.
Theo Lioutas
Dr. Lioutas was appointed as an Advisor on February 4, 2000. he
is the Director, New Products/Technology/Development at Tropicana Dole
Beverage, North America. He held several senior level positions at
Kraft General Foods, Jacobs Suchard, Inc. and Campbell Soup Company before
joining Tropicana in 1994. Dr. Lioutas has a Ph.D. in Food Chemistry
from the University of Illinois.
Frantisek Svec
Dr. Svec was appointed as an Advisor on March 3, 2000. He is a
Research Chemist at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Svec
has held several academic positions in Europe and the U.S.A. He has
a Ph.D. from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague in Polymer
Chemistry.
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