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RAYMOND V. DITTAMORE
Director
Raymond V. Dittamore has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2004. Mr. Dittamore is a retired audit partner of Ernst & Young, LLP, an international public accounting firm. Mr. Dittamore retired after 35 years of service, including 14 years as the managing partner of the firm’s San Diego office, and severed all relationships |
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| with Ernst & Young, LLP prior to joining as a member of our Board of Directors. Mr. Dittamore currently is a director of Qualcomm Incorporated, a wireless communications company, Invitrogen Corporation, a biotechnology company, and Gen-Probe Incorporated, a biotechnology company. Mr. Dittamore received his B.S. from San Diego State University. |
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R. KING NELSON
Director
R. King Nelson has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2004 and previously served as a director from May 2000 to April 2002. Mr. Nelson currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Uptake Medical, a medical device company focused on the improvement of pulmonary function. Mr. Nelson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Kerberos Proximal Solutions, Inc., a developer of medical devices used for the treatment of vascular disease, from April 2005 until September 2006. |
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| From May 1999 to December 2003, Mr. Nelson served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of VenPro Corporation, a medical device company that develops bioprosthetic implants for venous vascular and cardiovascular medicine. From January 1980 to December 1998, Mr. Nelson held various executive positions at Baxter Healthcare Corporation, a health care company, most recently as President of the perfusion service business. Mr. Nelson received his B.S. from Texas Tech University in and his M.B.A. in international business from the University of Miami in. |
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KENNETH E. OLSON
Director
Kenneth E. Olson has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 1996. From June 1984 to June 1998, he served as Chairman, and from December 1990 to February 1996 and from March 1997 to June 1998, he served as Chief Executive Officer, at Proxima Corporation, a supplier of digital imaging systems. |
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| From 1971 to 1987, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Topaz, a designer and manufacturer of computer peripherals. Mr. Olson currently serves on the board of directors for WD-40 Company, a specialty chemicals company, and served as a director of Avanir Pharmaceuticals from 1988 to September of 2006. He received his M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. |
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