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


Marc R. Schneebaum
President and CEO

Mr. Schneebaum has served as President of SMSI since May 1997. Prior to SMSI, Mr. Schneebaum was Senior Vice President, Finance, Business Development and Administration, of Genetic Therapy, Inc. (GTI). Mr. Schneebaum participated, with Dr. Barrett, in all four of GTI's public stock offerings, in structuring its strategic research and development alliances, and in the negotiation and implementation of its merger with Sandoz AG (now Novartis). Prior to GTI, Mr. Schneebaum was a vice president of Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, where he participated in a variety of finance and strategic assignments. Mr. Schneebaum is a Director of GenVec, Inc. and also Chairs the Audit Committee. 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

 

 


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