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David Teckman, 50, has been President and CEO since September 21, 2006 and has served as a member of the Board since May 15, 2006. Mr. Teckman was previously a director of Minneapolis-based Whitebox Advisors, LLC, a hedge fund headquartered in Minneapolis, MN with $1.4 billion under management. Affiliates of Whitebox Advisors, LLC have invested a total of $20,550,000 in Sutura in exchange for Common Stock, Secured Convertible Notes and Warrants for shares of Sutura Common Stock. Before that, Mr. Teckman served as the President and CEO of Vivius, Inc. from 2000 to 2005. Vivius was a venture capital backed consumer driven healthcare company that developed, patented and deployed the first healthcare program allowing consumers to select healthcare benefits and providers on-line. Prior to Vivius he served as the president of Disc Systems Inc., an ambulatory health care software and information technologies company from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Teckman is Chairman of the Board of Mendota Healthcare and is a member of the Board of Visitors for the Pharmacy School at the University of Maryland. | 