Mr. Van Ness has been Chairman since July 2011, a director since June 2010,President and CEO since December 2010. Prior to joining the Company, in the past decade he had focused as a merchant mortgage banker and investor. Currently he is managing director of Greenwood Hudson Portfolio LLC and was managing director of Technology Capital Services LLC until April 2011. These companies are comprised of investments in over 20 public companies. In addition to these companies, Mr. Van Ness has been a managing director of Hudson Pointe LLC, Debuel Development LLC, Grande Villas LLC and Grande Estates LLC since 2006, and Greenwood Management since 1997. During the past 25 years he has held various "C-level positions (positions at the highest level of management), including as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Managing Director, in both domestic and international public and private companies, including, without limitation, as Chief Operating Officer of International Division of Royal Resorts, Managing Director of Buena Vista Hospitality, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Resort Services, Managing Director of Medallion Mortgage and Financial Services, Managing Director Bankers Financial, and Chief Marketing Officer of Lasergate Systems. His responsibilities combined senior management positions with profitability, marketing, operations, staff and investor relations oversight. Throughout his career he has participated in equity and debt transactions in excess of $500M. In addition, Mr. Van Ness provided consulting services to real estate investors with complex financial challenges. Mr. Van Ness received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida in 1973.
Mr. Caracciolo has been a Director since December 2011. Mr. Caracciolo was formerly employed at Gilead Sciences, Inc. ("Gilead"), a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need, from 1997 until retiring in October of 2010. During his tenure, Mr. Caracciolo served as Senior Vice President, Manufacturing and Operations and was a senior member of Gilead's executive committee, which was responsible for the strategic and operational direction of Gilead. During Mr. Caracciolo’s tenure at Gilead, Gilead grew from 300 employees to approximately 4,000 worldwide, with commercial activities in 38 countries. In addition, Gilead's sales rose from $200 million to over $7 billion. While at Gilead, Mr. Caracciolo had responsibilities of directing operational and strategic imperatives for two manufacturing sites, development of a portfolio of contract manufacturing organizations, producing over fifty percent of Gilead’s commercial products, informational technology, compliance assurance associated with aseptic processing, product development, optimization, technology transfers, and supervision of over 600 employees at six global locations. Mr Caracciolo received a BS in Pharmaceutical Secience from St Johns University in 1978.
Mr. Gould has been a Director since March 20, 2006 and a member of our Audit Committee and Compensation Committee since May 15, 2006. Mr. Gould has been the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. ("SeraCare") since August 2006, and the Secretary of SeraCare since November 2006. From August 2005 to August 2006, Mr. Gould provided financial and accounting consulting services through his consulting company, Gould LLC. From April 2005 to August 2005, Mr. Gould served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Integrated BioPharma, Inc., a life sciences company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and nutraceutical markets. Prior to that, from February 2004 through January 2005, Mr. Gould served as the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of Atrix Laboratories, Inc., an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company focused on advanced drug delivery. From 1996 through October 2003, Mr. Gould served as Director of Finance and then as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Colorado MEDtech, a high tech software development, product design and manufacturing company. Mr. Gould holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Colorado, Boulder and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Colorado. On March 22, 2006, prior to Mr. Gould's appointment as an officer of SeraCare, SeraCare filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court. On February 21, 2007, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming the Plan of Reorganization. The Plan of Reorganization became effective on May 17, 2007, on which date the provisions of the Plan of Reorganization became operative and the transactions contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization were consummated.
Mr. Tropp is a graduate of Swarthmore College and earned his J.D. degree at the University of Wisconsin in 1968. Mr. Tropp has been with CytoDyn since its founding. He previously served as General Counsel for Pacific Coast Medical Enterprises. He has worked in the field of intellectual property since 1972 when he worked for Warner Brothers on copyright protection for emerging technologies. He has been a practicing attorney in California since 1976 and previously practiced law in New York. He has also served an author on labor law for the New York Law Journal.
Born in New York City on May 11, 1933, Mr. Dembrow received his Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY in 1954. He was a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force from 1954 until 1957. In civilian life he had an eight year career with Fischbach and Moore, Inc., a world-wide electrical contractor, becoming a Vice President in 1963. From 1966 to 1971, Mr. Dembow was President and Co-Owner of Apache Airlines, Inc., a commuter airline operating out of Phoenix, Arizona. In 1972 he founded Arizona Natural Resources, Inc., a manufacturer and contractor of cosmetics, toiletries and candles, where he has worked ever since.
Mr. Naydenov has been a Director of the Company since June 2009. Mr. Naydenov immigrated to the U.S. in 1982 from Bulgaria where he was a competitive gymnast. Mr. Naydenov purchased a gymnasium, Naydenov Gymnastics, which he parlayed into a successful business, and sold in 2005. Since 2001, he has served as the Vice President and a Director of Milara, Inc., since 2006 he has served as the Treasurer of Milara, Inc., and since 2006, he has served as a Director of Milara International. Milara Inc. and Milara International are leading providers of stencil and screen printing systems for the surface mount and semiconductor industries.
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