Experience

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  Celigenex, Inc.

  • Fort Lauderdale, Florida

  • Founder, Interim CEO, Chief Science Officer

    • 2014 - Present
    • Fort Lauderdale, Florida

    Currently developing a line of products based on patented technology.

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  RexaDerm, Inc.

  • Fort Lauderdale, Florida

  • Co-founder, Director

    • Aug 2007 - Dec 2014
    • Fort Lauderdale, Florida

    - Developed and patented a novel matrix product for applying cFN to the skin- Worked with FDA to obtain clearance to market the first product in the matrix family, as a device for treating mouth sores, without a clinical trial

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  ChiFyx, Inc.

  • Northbrook, Illinois

  • Founder and CEO

    • 2004 - 2012
    • Northbrook, Illinois

    - Formed the company to produce and sell cFN, and to develop BMP2 (bone morphogenetic protein 2)

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  Fibrogenex, Inc.

  • Chicago and Northbrook, Ilinois

  • Co-founder and CEO

    • 1984 - 2004
    • Chicago and Northbrook, Ilinois

    - Developed and patented procedures for preparing human cellular fibronectin (cFN)- Commercialized the patented cFN product, selling it directly and through other distributors, including Sigma Chemical Company-Developed a product using cFN to treat periodontal disease, designed a pilot clinical trial to test the product, wrote the protocols, and obtained FDA approval to perform the trial; investigators at UCLA published the results

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  BioLabs, Inc.

  • Northbrook, Illinois

  • Founder and CEO

    • 1969 - 1985
    • Northbrook, Illinois

    - Performed contract research for NIH- Operated as a drug and device manufacturer under FDA regulations (cGMP and cGLP)- Performed testing for pharmaceutical companies- Processed and sold fetal bovine serum and other tissue culture supplies to the pharmaceutical and academic markets- Sold the company to Sigma Chemical Company, which expanded the business and became an industry leader in tissue culture products

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  Small Business Innovation Task Force

  • Washington, D.C.

  • SBIR Task Force Member

    • 1978 - 1979
    • Washington, D.C.

    Member of the task force of 20 small-business CEOs and seven venture capitalists who drafted the highly popular SBIR grant program; one of the eight entrepreneurs testifying before the Senate Select Committee on Small Business in support of the bill, later signed into law