About SMSI® - Management

M. James Barrett, Ph.D.
Chairman

Dr. Barrett is Chairman of the Board of Directors for Sensors for Medicine and Science, Inc.® (SMSI®). He is currently a General Partner with the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates. In 1987, he founded Genetic Therapy, Inc. (GTI) which was sold in August of 1995 to Swiss pharmaceutical giant Sandoz AG (now Novartis) for $300 million. He continued to serve as GTI's CEO and as a Director through June 1996. He founded SMSI in 1997.

From 1982 to July of 1987, Dr. Barrett served as President of Life Technologies, Inc. (now part of Invitrogen) and its predecessor, Bethesda Research Laboratories. Prior to 1982, he was employed at SmithKline Beecham Corporation for 13 years, where he held a variety of positions, including President of its In Vitro Diagnostics Division and President of SmithKline Clinical Laboratories. Dr. Barrett has been a Director of MedImmune, Inc. since 1988. top


Arthur E. Colvin
Senior Scientist

Mr. Colvin has served as Senior Scientist of SMSI since its inception in January 1997. Mr. Colvin is the inventor of the Company's core technology, and owner of the corresponding U.S. patent. Before founding SMSI, Mr. Colvin founded and served as President of Cerex, a private company that developed products for the fermentation market and provided contract engineering and manufacturing services. Prior to Cerex, Mr. Colvin was a staff scientist and process development engineer for Life Technologies, Inc., where he was involved in new product development.

Mr. Colvin has developed or led the development of more than 50 products for the biotechnology and food industries. He has more than 30 issued and pending patents. top


Steven J. Walters
Director of Operations

Mr. Walters has been Director of Operations of SMSI since May 2001. He is responsible for production and quality operations of the company, including its commercially available oxygen sensor for which his team has implemented a high volume production process. Prior to joining SMSI, he was Director of Operations for Dye Magnet Industries (DMI), a consumer product company, where he helped commercialize a new product. He also participated in the sale of the company to consumer product giant Reckitt Benckiser. Before joining DMI, Mr. Walters was President of Larox Inc., a Finnish owned capital equipment manufacturer. He oversaw the growth of this company for more than 15 years with expansions in the USA, Canada and Mexico. top


Paul S. Strumph, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Strumph joined SMSI in February 2010. He is responsible for the Company’s clinical and regulatory strategy.. Dr. Strumph brings expertise in clinical development and in tailoring products most effectively for people with diabetes and the medical care community. Before joining SMSI, Dr. Strumph was Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. He also held leadership positions in Clinical and Medical Affairs with Bristol-Myers Squibb & Co., Merck KGaA and GlaxoSmithKline. Prior to entering industry, Dr. Strumph was a practicing endocrinologist and Clinical Assistant Professor at the UNC Department of Medicine. top

 

 


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