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Mr. Ahrens has been a Synthetech director since its inception in 1981 and served as Chair of the Board from 1995 to 2005. Since September 2005, Mr. Ahrens has been President and CEO of NZ3, a start-up company focused on developing peptide biomaterials for various applications. Since 1996, he has been the founder and President of Groovie Moovies, Ltd., a film production company. Mr. Ahrens, a founder of Synthetech, served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Synthetech from 1989 through 1995. From 1981 through 1989 he was the Vice President of Technology. From 1979 to 1980, Mr. Ahrens served as Vice President of Engineering of Colorado Organic Chemical Company, an organic chemical manufacturing company located in Commerce City, Colorado. Prior to that time, Mr. Ahrens spent five years with Allied Chemical and CIBA-Geigy in various engineering and research capacities. Mr. Ahrens holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | 