Dr. Dylan is a co-founder of Cardium and has served as a director and the General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Secretary of Cardium since its inception in December 2003, and as the Chief Business Officer of Cardium since May 2005. Dr. Dylan has also served as a director and the Chief Business Officer, General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Secretary of InnerCool Therapies, Inc. since March 2006, and of Tissue Repair Company since August 2006, each a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cardium. Previously, he served as the Chief Business Officer, General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Secretary of Aries Ventures Inc. from October 20, 2005 through its merger with Cardium in January 2006. Dr. Dylan has focused on the development of cardiovascular growth factor therapeutics for the last eight years. He served as General Counsel (from 1998) and Vice President (from 1999) of Collateral Therapeutics, Inc. until the completion of its acquisition by Schering AG Group, Germany (Schering) in 2002. He continued as an executive officer of Collateral until October 2003. Dr. Dylan played a major role in developing Collateral’s intellectual property portfolio, in furthering its business development efforts and in advancing the company toward and through its acquisition by Schering. Dr. Dylan has advised both privately-held and publicly-traded companies that are developing, partnering or commercializing technology-based products. Before joining Collateral, Dr. Dylan was a partner of the international law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP. In his law firm practice, Dr. Dylan focused on the development, acquisition and enforcement of intellectual property rights, as well as related business and transactional issues. He also has worked with both researchers and business management in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Dr. Dylan received a B.Sc. in Molecular Biology from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of California, San Diego, where he performed research at the Center for Molecular Genetics, and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.