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Mr. Shapiro has over 30 years of relevant medical device and equipment industry experience, including executive positions at Union Carbide Clinical Diagnostics and Becton Dickinson, where he was Director of Advanced R&D and New Business Development. In 1982, he joined The Wilkerson Group, a leading management consultancy to pharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostic companies. Mr. Shapiro was Managing Director of The Wilkerson Group at the time of its acquisition by IBM in 1996. In 1999, Mr. Shapiro left The Wilkerson Group (now IBM Healthcare Consulting) to focus on sourcing and evaluating investments for two premier healthcare venture capital firms, including Galen Partners. Mr. Shapiro has a BS degree from MIT and an MS degree in biomedical engineering from the University of California, Berkley. | 