Christopher G. LaFarge, CEO:  A.B., Biology, Harvard College, 1977; MBA, Yale University, 1980; MFS, Yale University, 1980.  Mr. LaFarge has been the Founder/CEO of companies in several industries including forest products, oil and gas, and healthcare. He has successfully developed and brought to market a number of new products. His last company grew to a $50M market cap before its sale. Mr. LaFarge spent 3 years at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital doing biomedical research.

Richard L. Trembowicz, President:  A.B., Biology, Harvard College; J.D., Boston University School of Law.  Richard Trembowicz  is an attorney who specializes in healthcare reimbursement systems, comparative effectiveness analysis, and early stage company funding and development. He founded EdTech Networks, Inc. a venture backed company, and was VP Business Development and General Counsel of AMD Telemedicine, Inc., an early-stage medical device company. 

Judson Pratt, VP Marketing:  BME, Tufts University, 1961; MBA, Tuck School Dartmouth, 1963. Jud Pratt has extensive experience in marketing, sales, and project management for healthcare information systems. He has created three healthcare IT products and brought them to market during his career as well as successfully starting and growing several healthcare IT companies.

Ute E. Schwiderski, VP Clinical R&D and Biometrics: Ph.D., Medical College of Virginia, B.S., Mathematics, University of Virginia. Ute Schwiderski has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for many years, most recently for Indevus Pharmaceuticals as VP Biostatistics and Data Management where she set up the department and was responsible for: project planning and management, biostatistics, statistical programming, data management, medical writing and document review functions; and previously for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company as Associate Director, Anti-Infective Biostatistics and Manager, CNS Biostatistics.

Catherine LeMaster, Project Manager and CRA: B.S., Purdue University. Cathie LeMaster has worked first with Millennium Pharmaceuticals and then with Indevus Pharmaceuticals as a Clinical Research Specialist, designing, planning and implementing clinical research projects for a variety of drugs trials, as well as in preparation of protocols, regulatory documentation, as well as site qualification, initiation and monitoring.

I. Peter Kellett , Product Development:  BSEE, Lanchester College, UK 1966.  Peter Kellett is an electrical engineer with 35 years experience in electronics design and manufacture in USA and Europe. Mr. Kellett holds five patents in the fields of telecommunications, control and measurement. Born and educated in the UK, Kellett also lived and worked in France before immigrating to the US in 1970. He founded and ran Product Resources, Inc. until 2006  a well established electronics design and manufacturing company in Beverly Mass.

Board of Directors

Christopher G. LaFarge, Chairman

Richard L. Trembowicz, Director

Judson Pratt, Director

Robert Fanning, Director  Robert Fanning is the former President and CEO of Northeast Health System, based in Beverly, MA, an integrated health delivery system including Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals, with revenue in excess of $00M annually.  Bob has been an active healthcare angel, and has served on the Boards of Directors and Advisors for a number of established and early stage healthcare companies, including Healthcare Property Investors, the largest publicly traded Health Care REIT, Presyce Solutions, SentiCare, Forerun, and Perfect Serve. Bob is also a former Director of the Tufts Associated Health Plan.

Robert Horne, Director:  Mr. Horne has been a VP and General Manager for Vertical Market Solutions of Nortel Networks focusing on the Finance, Healthcare Retail, Hospitality and Education markets. While at Nortel, Mr. Horne spearheaded their venture capital investing activities. He has a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University, England, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.  His recent and prior Healthcare activities have included:

Robert Schlesinger, MD, Director: Physics and Electrical Engineering degrees, Tufts University, 1956. MD, Tufts Medical School, 1964. Design engineer at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. He has held academic or clinical appointments at Harvard, Boston University, and Tufts. Currently Director of Urology Services at two Boston teaching hospitals, and a surgeon.

Pamela I. Ellsworth, MD, FACS  Dr. Ellsworth is board certified by the American Board of Urology and practices at University Urology Associates in Providence.   Dr, Ellsworth is an Associate Professor of Surgery (Urology) at the Brown Medical School.  She is a leading national expert on pediatric urological issues and adult erectile dysfunction.