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Mr. Gardner specializes in the strategic positioning of companies with particular emphasis on pharmaceuticals, medical devices and healthcare information. Mr. Gardner is currently lead director of Exclaim, Inc. and an Advisory Board member of Accélère, Inc. Previously, Mr. Gardner was CEO of a number of companies including: Songbird Hearing (sold controlling interest to Procter & Gamble), Datamonitor (took public on the London Stock Exchange), Base Ten Systems (assets purchased by Smiths Aerospace and ABB Group), and Access Health (now McKesson Health Solutions). From 1970 to 1995, Mr. Gardner held senior marketing and general management positions at Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Simon & Schuster and IMS Health. Mr. Gardner received a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) and has been a guest lecturer on marketing channels at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. | 