Founder in Biological Technology

Fina Technologies Names Spotfire Founder Christopher Ahlberg to Board of Directors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Fina Technologies, Inc. today announced that it named Dr. Christopher Ahlberg, a pioneering entrepreneur and scientist, and founder of Spotfire, Inc., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Ahlberg most previously was Executive Vice President, Tibco, Inc.,...

Lumiphore Partners with Biophor Diagnostics, Inc. to Develop Tests for Drugs of Abuse; Appoints Ibis Biosciences Founder David J. Ecker to Board

RICHMOND, Calif., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumiphore, Inc., a biotechnology leader in the development of new proprietary fluorescent metal-lanthanide technology for use in high-value applications, announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Biophor Diagnostics, Inc., Redwood City, C...

Athera Biotechnology Founder Johan Frostegard and His Colleagues Win NACB Distinguished Abstract Award at AACC 2008

WASHINGTON DC, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Athera Biotechnology announced the Award from NACB (National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry) for Distinguished Abstracts at the annual AACC (American Association of Clinical Chemistry) meeting in Washinton DC was awarded to Athera Biotechnology founder ...

Top Spin Appoints Yaron Tal President and Chief Executive Officer, Erez Golan, TopSpin Medical's Founder and Current Chief Executive Officer, Will Continue as a Board Member and Consultant

TEL AVIV, Israel, October 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TopSpin Medical (TASE: TOPMD), the developer of a unique technology for high-resolution MRI using an IntraVascular MRI (IVMRI) catheter for the coronary arteries, announced today the appointment of Yaron Tal as President and Chief Executive...

WTN Interview: Alex Bratton: EmailRX's founder on viruses and spam

Alex Bratton is determined to give heavy email users something they lack: time and security. The 32 year old founder of EmailRx , and a heavy email user, talks about the inspiration for his company, the challenge with "grow this, shrink that" offers and the wireless world. WTN: How much email ...

Interview: Billpoint Founder Jason May on eBay, Open Source

ePrairie:How did you get involved with computers and Internet programming? Is tech still an exciting space to work in? Jason May: My first experience with computers was an introductory programming class in 1979 using the TRS-80 model 1. I discovered e-mail, Usenet and the fledgling Internet w...

Epic's Founder Judy Faulkner Speaks on Culture, Business Beliefs, and Recruiting: WTN Exclusive Coverage

Fitchburg, Wis. - Judy Faulkner, founder and CEO of Epic Systems , made a rare public appearance at Accelerate Madisons monthly meeting held at the Promega BTC Center. The audience heard the CEO's perspective on on the history and operations of this unique, and successful company. For over twen...

Strandware Founder Establishes Consulting Firm

Eau Claire, WI - Mike Strand, founder of StrandWare Inc., has established a business consulting firm called MikeStrand.com. The new venture, located in Eau Claire, provides services to companies in the technology, manufacturing, services and distribution industries. To promote his new company, S...

Entrepreneurial Profile: Kelly Henrickson, founder of Prodesse, Inc.

One day back in 1992, someone telephoned Dr. Kelly Henrickson, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), and offered to pay him $25,000 for 1 ml. of fluid with a monoclonal antibody in it. Henrickson was happy to fill this order, and his ...

Online Kiosks founder Mike Strand uses contest to screen new business plan

From bar codes to video screens, Eau Claire-based entrepreneur Mike Strand has always kept his eye out for new business opportunities. A former technology consultant for Delta Technology and Cray Research, Strand took a stride forward in 1988 when he founded StrandWare Inc. , a company based ...

At Berbee, president replaces founder as CEO

Madison, Wis. Berbee Information Networks Corporation has rearranged its top management: founder Jim Berbee is stepping back from his post as CEO, remaining chairman, and former company president Paul Shain is the new CEO. The former vice president of sales, Gregory Sliwicki, has been named t...

UCLA welcomes startup to new incubator space at California NanoSystems Institute

...executive direction of Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a UCLA visiting professor of bioengineering and of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics and founder and chairman of Abraxis BioScience, a founding partner of the CNSI. ...

CapitalBio Corporation and VigeneTech Inc. Have Announced the Launch of a Fully Integrated Microarray Solution Platform

... microarray scanners, opening up a suite of advanced applications for protein analysis, DNA analysis and cell analysis," noted Dr. Jing Cheng, CEO and founder of CapitalBio. "The LuxScan scanners have a wide depth of field which can capture accurate images from different types of microarrays and from tissue ...

Knighted Adds Industry Pioneer and Entrepreneur to Senior Management Team

...upply Chain Execution software, today announced that Craig Wilensky, former founder and board member of InfoLogix, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFLG ) has joined Knighted a... of inventory transactions each year for Fortune 1,000 companies. Knighted founder & CEO Daniel Napoli's visionary approach to how users interact with sup...

Cord Blood America Retires $2.53M Obligation

...sheet. Cord Blood America regards this as a key milestone on its path to being able to operate debt free," said Matthew Schissler, Cord Blood America founder and CEO. "Shelter Island provided us with the capital to purchase CorCell, which is the first licensed family cord blood banking company in the Unite...

Shanghai ChemPartner and ELARA Pharmaceuticals Expand Drug Discovery Collaboration to a New Level

...ality services provided by ChemPartner," commented Dr. Joe Lewis, CEO and a founder of ELARA Pharmaceuticals. "The discovery support from ChemPartner helped o...nstitution into a venture funded drug discovery company," said Michael Hui, founder and CEO of ChemPartner. "Our partnership demonstrates the strength of Chem...

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Acquires Exclusive License to Novel Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Technology From Stanford University

...de rights to novel Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) technology from Stanford University. This technology, discovered in the lab of Stanford scientist and Eiger founder Dr. Jeffrey Glenn, M.D., Ph.D., is focused on a variety of novel targets, including key features of NS4B, a non-structural protein in the HCV genome, ...

America's Organic Home-Fueling Movement Begins in Los Angeles

...ed the first E-Fuel MicroFueler TM at a premier debut event on June 30 at the home of Chris Ursitti, CEO of the Southern California-based company and founder of the L.A. Center Studios. Green industry leaders and celebrities who walked the "green carpet" included actors Heidi Montag, Spencer Prat...

Terrosa Technologies Assigned as Exclusive Reseller for Inclinicalperform CTMS/SaaS Clinical Trials Collaboration Software

...nical operations job easier by providing a consistent collaborative work process that is straightforward and self documenting", said Inclinical's founder J. Peter Armerding, "Terrosa's integrated services will allow us to do what we do best - Clinical Operations Process Automation". Terro...

PROTOMED SA Chooses HyperWorks to Simulate Implantable Medical Devices

...ool to assess mechanical resistance limits in relation to our European device development and test services activities," said Frederic Mouret, CEO and founder of PROTOMED. "HyperWorks is an essential component of our fatigue simulation efforts, computational fluid mechanics and trauma simulation capabilities...

Marinus Pharmaceuticals Adds Two Life Sciences Veterans to its Board of Directors

...s role at Marinus. Prior to Foundation Medical Partners, Rein was principal founder of Canaan Partners and served for 15 years as founder and general manager of the venture capital investment firm. He also previo...

Histogen Hair Regrowth Clinical Trial Presented at ISHRS Annual Meeting

...ir regrowth product for the first time at the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgeons (ISHRS) Annual Scientific Meeting. Dr. Craig Ziering, founder of Ziering Medical and principal investigator on the clinical trial, addressed attendees on July 25th, 2009 during the conference, taking place in Ams...

Vistaar and the Professional Pricing Society Partner to Present Premier Symposium for Pricing Practitioners

...hich will take place on August 12th in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will feature a keynote address by renowned pricing expert Dr. Reed Holden, CEO and founder of Holden Advisors and co-author of Pricing with Confidence: Ten Ways to Stop Leaving Money on the Table. Dr. Holden's presentation will shed light o...

Sanford Rose Associates Opens Minneapolis Office

...in 1959. Today it is a full-service executive search firm with a network of over 65 offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Sanford Rose Associates founder Sanford M. Rose was a recruiting industry pioneer. His early accomplishments include establishing the first nationwide job fair business in 1960 and b...

Brain Monitor Eliminates Need for Routine Oxygen With Propofol - Friedberg's Triad Unveiled

...oldsmith, 'First Wives' Club' author, Donde West and Stephanie Kuleba, are anesthesia related, and most are avoidable," says Dr. Barry Friedberg, founder of Goldilocks Anesthesia Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to patient safety advocacy. Most people are so fixated on the body part w...

Synthetic Genomics Inc. and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company Sign Exclusive, Multi-Year Agreement to Develop Next Generation Biofuels Using Photosynthetic Algae

...elopment exploration into the most efficient and cost effective organisms and methods to produce next generation algal biofuel," said J. Craig Venter, founder and CEO of SGI. "We are confident that the combination of our respective expertise in science, research, engineering and scale-up should unlock the po...

Finesse Solutions Forges Agreement With Leading Biotechnology Company for Single-Use Technology Exploration

... to be honed in actual use-case scenarios, and will leverage the expertise of both companies. Dr. Mark Selker, Chief Technology Officer and founder of Finesse, stated,"We are delighted to have the efforts of world-class scientists at Biogen Idec help refine our technologies and focus our developme...

OncologyRx Care Advantage(TM) Specialty Pharmacy Passes $15 Million Milestone in Patient Financial Assistance

...ended treatment schedules. "It makes us proud to know we have made a difference in the lives of those patients who need us," says Mike Banigan, founder and president of Chronic Disease Fund. "Partnering with a resource like OncologyRx Care Advantage not only allows us to help patients get the medicat...

Shanghai ChemPartner and Agios Expand Integrated Drug Discovery Research Collaboration

... in vivo pharmacology, etc., for Agios' innovative R&D program to discover novel clinical candidates for oncology indications. Michael Hui, founder and CEO of ChemPartner, said, "ChemPartner is pleased to build upon this existing collaboration and work closely with the experienced scientists at Ag...

PharmSource Releases White Paper on Role of U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in the Bio/Pharma Industry

...rams, which could save bio/pharma companies millions of dollars in fines and losses due to an unintended corruption scandal," advises PharmSource founder and president, Jim Miller. The U.S. is increasing the number of investigations of FCPA and financial fraud violations, particularly within the ph...

Cord Blood America Secured $7.5 Million Investment For Series A Preferred Stock

...of the investment are anticipated to be used to fund new stem cell initiatives, potential acquisitions, and working capital needs. Matthew Schissler, founder and CEO, said the proceeds, once available and when coupled with internally generated revenues, should be sufficient to fund operations in the foresee...

Bioinformatics Expert Dr. Jiaan Yang Joins Sundia MediTech With Innovative PFSC Technology

...ing site for drug discovery from Microtech Nano LLC, a R&D Company in Indianapolis, IN, USA. As a part of this business deal, Dr. Jiaan Yang, the founder and President of Microtech Nano LLC joins Sundia as Vice President of Drug Discovery Technology. Dr. Yang was trained as a physical chemist. I...

ACT Announces Partnership With Gilead Sciences Inc.

...stry recession. The addition of Gilead Sciences Inc. to ACT's family of clients ensures ACT's continued growth and financial success. Walter H Singer, founder and CEO of ACT, was quoted as saying, "The addition of Gilead Sciences Inc. is extremely gratifying and reaffirms the underlying reasons for ACT's suc...

Biocept, Inc. Announces Two New Director Appointments

...ogy industry, serving in a variety of roles including investment banker, senior operating manager and corporate and securities lawyer. Mr. Petree is a founder and member of P2 Partners, LLC, a boutique investment bank specializing in life science companies. Prior to forming P2 Partners, Mr. Petree held vario...

Sugarcane as a Key Element Against Global Warming to be Highlighted at Green Week in Brussels

...ean Commission for Environment and Climate Change Strategy Job Delbeke; the president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and founder of Development Alternatives -- a Delhi-based non-governmental organization, Ashok Khosla; and the senior manager of the Center for Carbon Capture and ...

Virtify, Inc. Delivers Industry's First Enterprise Content Compliance Software Suite for Life Sciences Companies

...latory authorities enact strict regulations and fines surrounding new and emerging mandates and e-standards," said Dr. Satish Tadikonda, president and founder of Virtify. "Effectively managing these processes directly impacts a life sciences company's ability to compete. Virtify's flexible and robust solutio...

Cord Blood America Continues International Expansion

...iately. "We are excited to begin marketing our cord blood processing and storage services in areas where we have the first-mover advantage," said founder and CEO Matthew Schissler. "We will be the first party offering such services in Bermuda and Aruba, and the second party in Panama. Based upon the exp...

Victhom announces completion of joint venture agreement with Otto Bock for Neurobionix activities

...for the treatment of gait disorders but also to develop neuromodulation products in other indications such as sleep apnea and epilepsy. Besides, the founder and Chief Operating Officer of Victhom's Biotronix division, Mr. Stephane Bedard, has announced that he would be leaving the Corporation to pursue new...

National Institutes of Health Join Nation's Leading Postgrad Bio Jobs Board

...tutes represent more than 40 percent of NIH's post-graduate trainees and the majority of its trainees in the biomedical field," said Bio Career Center founder Nick Folger. "This is a major addition to our consortium." The jobs board, www.BioCareerCenter.com , is only for post-graduates in the life sc...

Cappella Inc. Secures $17.3 Million Series C Investment

...f of Invasive Cardiology at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, and Ascher Shmulewitz, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist, medical device entrepreneur and founder of NeoVision, Xcardia and Labcoat Ltd., and established its headquarters in Galway, with the backing of Polytechnos Venture Partners and ACT Venture C...