Glen Shear has served as our chief financial officer and secretary and a member of our board of directors since our inception. Mr. Shear has served as the executive director of Glenco Development Corp., a financial and strategic advisory firm, since 1999. Mr. Shear served as the chief financial officer of Glycominds Ltd., a private biotechnology company located in Israel from 2002 to February 2004 and since then as a consultant to the company. From 1997 to 1998, Mr. Shear served as executive director of the investment banking group of CIBC World Markets. From 1994 to 1997, he served as a principal of Cole & Partners, a corporate finance and valuation firm. Mr. Shear received a B.A. (summa cum laude) from Brandeis University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. |