Board of Directors
Mr. Ross Haghighat - Interim Chairman of the Board Mr. Ross Haghighat is a serial entrepreneur with nearly 25 years of experience in founding and transforming companies in the high tech fields of telecommunications, sensors and diagnostics, biotechnology, and specialty materials. He is the founding CEO of Triton Systems, Inc., a leading product venturing company headquartered in Chelmsford Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston and with offices in Boston, Washington DC, and Fargo, North Dakota. Mr. Haghighat serves on the Board of a number of for profit firms:
Triton Systems,
Aduro BioTech, |
Mr. Paul Hopper - Director Paul Hopper has over 20 years international experience in the management and funding of life science and healthcare companies, and has served on the Boards of more than a dozen public companies in the US, Asia and Australia. Mr. Hopper is a Director of pSivida Corp, a Director of Fibrocell Science Inc, the Chairman of Viralytics Limited, and a Director of Somnomed Ltd. Mr. Hopper is Managing Director at the Los Angeles based Investment Bank, Cappello Group where he heads the Australia Desk and the Life Sciences practice. |
Mr. Jerry Korten - Director Jerry Korten was CEO of Versamed, Inc. an Israeli startup he helped establish as a US company that was sold to GE Healthcare. Currently Jerry, as General Manager of Strategic Markets, is working with GE Healthcare to identify new opportunities to advance technology in the field of cardiopulmonary therapy, monitoring and diagnosis. Jerry also serves as a mentor to the New York City Investment Fund's BioAccelerate Program to catalyze the creation of a life sciences industry sector in the city by increasing the number of commercial spin-offs from New York’s universities and research institutions. Jerry has served on the boards of diagnostic and therapeutic device companies including Versamed, Inc., Bunnel Inc. and Vitaltrends Technology, Inc. and brings operational expertise in running medical device companies including engineering management as well as management experience in sales and marketing. |
Mr. Fabio Pannuti - Director Fabio Pannuti has served on the board of several public companies listed in Australia, the United Kingdom and North America over the last 20 years and also a number of private investment vehicles. These companies have had significant and successful involvement in diverse areas including agriculture, property development, mining/oil and gas, telecommunications, wholesale debt purchase and biotech. These have included The Van Diemen's Land Company, to recently being Chairman of Mobi Ltd, a small diverse telco. |
Mr. Paul Eisen - Executive Director, Sales & Marketing for Europe, Asia Pacific & Australia - Australia Paul Eisen has operated as a senior executive in the Medical device and Healthcare industry across Australia and Asia Pacific for the last 20 years. Paul holds a degree in Diagnostic Radiography from Sydney Technical Institute and a Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the University of Technology, Sydney ( UTS ). |



