Mr. Stern is a director of Modigene.

Mr. Stern has over 18 years of venture capital, investment banking and sales experience focusing on the technology and life science sectors of the capital markets.

He has completed over 100 transactions throughout his career, including private placements, public offerings, and mergers & acquisitions, valued in excess of several billion dollars.

Mr. Stern has been a keynote speaker and conference panelist nationally on topics ranging from PIPE transactions (private placements in public equity) to reverse mergers and venture capital. Mr. Stern is currently a Senior Managing Director of Spencer Trask Ventures, which he joined in September 1997 from Josephthal & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange, where he served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Private Equity Marketing from 1989-1997.

He has been an NASD licensed securities broker since 1987 and a General Securities Principal since 1991.

Mr. Stern holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Corporate Communications from the University of South Florida in Tampa.