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David B. Kaysen has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director since May 2006.  From July 2005 to May 2006, Mr. Kaysen served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Advanced Duplications Services, LLC, a privately-held replicator and duplicator of optical media, such as CDs and DVDs.  Between December 2002 and June 2005, he served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Diametrics Medical, Inc., then a publicly-traded manufacturer and marketer of critical care blood analysis systems that provide continuous diagnostic results at point of care.  From 1992 to 2002, Mr. Kaysen served as Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Rehabilicare Inc., since renamed Compex Technologies, Inc., a publicly-traded manufacturer and marketer of electromedical rehabilitation and pain management products for clinician, home and industrial use.  Mr. Kaysen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota.

Sven A. Wehrwein has been a director of our company since August 2006.  He has over 30 years of experience in accounting, corporate finance and investment banking.  Since 1999, he has provided financial-consulting services to emerging growth companies. Mr. Wehrwein also serves on the board of directors of Compellent Technologies, Image Sensing Systems, Inc., Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., and Vital Images, Inc.  Mr. Wehrwein received a Master of Science degree in Management from the Sloan School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a certified public accountant.

R. Patrick Maxwell has served as Chairman of our Board since June 2006 and has served as a director of our company since April 1994.  Mr. Maxwell has over 30 years of experience as a turn around management specialist, an entrepreneur and executive in both the business and non-profit sectors.  He has served as Chief Financial Officer of Magnum Tire Corporation since March 2003 and Tele Resources, Inc. since October 1996.  He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Entronix Inc., Northern Supply, Inc., and Telnet Systems, Inc.  He also previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Midwest Legal Services, Inc. and Templeton and Associates, Inc. Mr. Maxwell serves on the board of directors of Magnum Tire Corporation, Tele Resource, Inc., and Telnet Services, Ltd., a New Zealand company.  He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from St. John’s University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Northwestern University School of Law.

Lee A. Jones has been a director of our company since August 2006. She has more than 25 years of healthcare and medical device industry experience.  From 1997 to 2005, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Inlet Medical, Inc. (a Cooper Surgical company since November 2005), specializing in minimally interventional laparoscopic products.  Prior to joining Inlet, she had a 14-year career at Medtronic, Inc. where she held various technical and operating positions, most recently serving as Director, General Manager of Medtronic Urology/Interstim division.  Ms. Jones currently also serves as a member of the board of directors of Impress Medical, Inc.  She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

E. Jamison has been a director of our company since August 2000. Mr. Jamison is a shareholder of Fruth, Jamison & Elsass, P.A., a business litigation firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Jamison served as an investment banker in the Corporate Finance Department of R.J. Steichen & Company.  From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Jamison practiced law at Fruth & Anthony, P.A. in Minneapolis. Mr. Jamison graduated magna cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law in 1991.

James P. Stauner has been a director of our company since August 2006. Mr. Stauner has over 27 years of experience in the healthcare industry.  Since July 2005, he has been the Operating Principal with Roundtable Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused on the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Roundtable Healthcare Partners, Mr. Stauner held various positions between 1999 and 2005 at Cardinal Health, Inc., most recently as President of the Manufacturing Business Groups and a member of the Senior Management Operating Committee.  He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Illinois.

 

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