Robert Langer is an Institute Professor (there are 14 Institute Professors at MIT; being an Institute Professor is the highest honor that can be awarded to a faculty member). Dr. Langer has written approximately 1,120 articles and has nearly 800 issued or pending patents. His many awards include the National Medal of Science, Charles Stark Draper Prize (considered the engineering Nobel Prize), Albany Medical Center Prize (largest US medical prize) and the Lemelson-MIT prize, for being “one of history’s most prolific inventors in medicine.” Langer is one of the very few individuals ever elected to the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Sciences.
Zohar Loshitzer is CEO of Presbia, Inc. As a principal in Los Angeles-based private equity firm Orchard Capital, he has held leadership positions in several of its portfolio companies, including Presbia.
Previously, Mr. Loshitzer served as the president, CEO and founder of Universal Telecom Services (UTS), which provides high-quality, competitively priced voice and data telecommunications solutions to emerging markets. Mr. Loshitzer oversaw the company’s operations and its critical relationships with key foreign entities, mainly in the Indochina region. More >>
Gregory D. Perry joined ImmunoGen in January 2009 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was promoted to his current position in March 2011. Before joining ImmunoGen, Mr. Perry was CFO of Elixir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he was extensively involved in partnering and fundraising activities. Prior to Elixir, he was CFO of Domantis, Ltd., an antibody-related therapeutics company acquired by GlaxoSmithKline in 2006. Previously, Mr. Perry was Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO at Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. (TKT) until its acquisition by Shire plc. in 2005. Before joining TKT in 2003, Mr. Perry held positions of increasing responsibility during his five years at PerkinElmer, Inc., rising to Senior Vice President, Finance and Business Development, Life Sciences. Prior to PerkinElmer, Mr. Perry spent the early part of his career at General Electric, joining the company’s financial management program in 1982 and departing in 1996 as Vice President and CFO, GE Medical Systems – Europe, after numerous promotions.
Gary Rabin's 24-year career in finance and operations has primarily encompassed investing in, managing and raising capital for small-cap and emerging growth companies. More >>
Alan C. Shapiro has more than 40 years of experience in corporate and international financial management. Dr. Shapiro is the Ivadelle and Theodore Johnson Professor of Banking and Finance Emeritus at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, where he previously served as Chairman of the Department of Finance and Business Economics. Prior to joining USC, Dr. Shapiro was on the faculty of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and has been a visiting professor at Yale University, UCLA, the Stockholm School of Economics, University of British Columbia and the U.S. Naval Academy. More >>
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