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Rhonda F. Rhyne has been President of the Company since June 1997. She served as Vice President of Operations from June 1995 to January 1996 and as Chief Operating Officer from February 1996 to May 1997. Ms. Rhyne has over 20 years of healthcare experience, including medical product development, sales and marketing and executive management. From July 1992 until May 1995, Ms. Rhyne held positions of President/Chief Executive Officer, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Director at Culture Technology, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company specializing in culturing autologous skin for burn patients. Ms. Rhyne has also held sales management positions at General Electric Medical Systems and Quinton Instrument Company. In 2000, Ms. Rhyne was presented San Diego Business Journal's Women Who Mean Business award, and in 2003, she was named San Diego Entrepreneur of the Year for Medical Products and Technology. Ms. Rhyne holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from UCLA Anderson School of Business Administration and a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from Washington State University. Ms. Rhyne serves on UCSD’s Athena Board of Directors, an organization for executive women in technology industries and the Board of Directors for High Five America, a San Diego-based nonprofit organization. | 