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Former President CIBA Vision Corporation; Vice President Venture Opportunities CIBA Vision; Partner Hi-tech Partners Group; General Partner Merritt Capital Services.
Stephen M. Martin has been a director of the Company since 2000. He currently serves as CEO Partner of Hi Tech Partners LLC a consulting firm for executive management of early stage technology businesses. He also serves as Managing Partner of Merritt Capital Services a firm that assists entrepreneurs in finding venture capital. From January 1998 until June 2001 Mr. Martin served as Vice President of Venture Opportunities for CIBA Vision Corporation a Novartis company engaged in the research manufacture and sale of contact lenses lens care products and ophthalmic pharmaceuticals which he founded in 1980. From January 1995 to January 1998 Mr. Martin served as President of CIBA Vision Corporation USA and from October 1990 until January 1998 he served as President of CIBA Vision Ophthalmics-US the ophthalmic pharmaceutical division of CIBA Vision Corporation. Mr. Martin served as a director of CareLinc Corporation a privately held developer of clinical information management systems from December 1997 to May 2000. Mr. Martin holds six issued U.S. patents for his inventions and a number of European patents. Mr. Martin holds a B.A. degree from Wake Forest University and attended the Woodrow Wilson College of Law. | 