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Stephen P. Connelly was appointed to our Board in May 2007. Mr. Connelly has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Viasys Healthcare, Inc. a publicly traded medical technology and device company. In addition, Mr. Connelly was Senior Vice-President and General Manager of The Americas, as well as a member of the executive committee, of Rhone Poulenc Rorer. Mr. Connelly is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Syracuse University. He has served as a committee and board member for a number of national and international pharmaceutical research groups and was a member of both the executive committee of Medicenes Sans Frontieres - Japan as well as an advisory board member of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Philadelphia. Mr. Connelly has over twenty-five years of experience in the planning, development and management of rapid-growth marketing-driven businesses in the medical device, orthopedics and pharmaceutical fields, as well as extensive international experience, having lived in Asia and having had operational P&L responsibility in every developed country. He is currently an independent healthcare consultant and is adjunct professor at St. Joseph’s University. | 