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Mr. Spagnardi joined Inspire in May 2005 as our Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, and was promoted to Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in March 2006. Prior to joining Inspire, Mr. Spagnardi spent over ten years, from August 1994 to May 2005, at GlaxoSmithKline (and its predecessor Glaxo Wellcome), most recently as Assistant General Counsel for R&D Business Development Transactions, where he structured and negotiated strategic transactions relating to the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products, development compounds and novel research technologies. Mr. Spagnardi began his career at the law firm of Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP), where his practice focused on multi-national transactions in the M&A and Securities area. Mr. Spagnardi received a J.D. with Honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law and a B.S. in Business Administration cum laude from the University of Delaware. | 