John Cassis joined Cross Atlantic Partners in 1994 as a Managing Partner. He was formerly a Director of Salomon Brothers Venture Capital, which he joined in 1986 and headed from 1990 to 1994. From 1981 to 1986, he was President of Tower Hall, a development banking company he founded. From 1976 to 1981 he was a Managing Director of Ardshiel Associates, Inc. a merchant bank. In 1972, Mr. Cassis joined Johnson & Johnson where he had direct operating experience, founded the J&J Development Corporation, that firm's venture capital arm, and was J&J's Manager of Acquisitions. He served on the boards of directors of many companies, including IMPATH (Chairman), Dome Imaging Systems (Chairman), ILEX Oncology, NOMOS Corporation, Eximias Pharmaceuticals, and Galt Associates and currently holds directorships in Medivance, Nutrition 21, BioMedical Enterprises, LifeMed Media, and Medco Health Solutions. Mr. Cassis is a graduate of Harvard University (BA '70) and the Harvard Business School (MBA '72).

Alistair J. T. Clemow, PhD, has served as the Principal of Tanton Technologies, an independent consulting company providing strategic and technical assessment of new medical device opportunities for large, mid-cap and early stage development companies.

Since January 2003, Mr. Clemow has served as the President and CEO of Gelifex, Inc., a medical device company. From 1994 to June 2000, Mr. Clemow served at Johnson & Johnson in a variety of positions, including Vice President of Worldwide Business Development and Director of Research and Development for Johnson & Johnson Professional, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson Orthopedics. Mr. Clemow currently serves as a director of CG Surgical and Biomedical Enterprises. Mr. Clemow holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University and a Ph.D. and B.Sc. in Metallurgy from the University of Surrey in Guilford, England.

Dr. W. Casey Fox received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UT-Austin. Following eight years of work in biomedical research at UT-Austin, Southwest Research Institute, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC), Dr. Fox founded BME in 1991. Dr. Fox is well known for his publications, research services in bone grafting, orthopaedic device patents and product launches through BME. His strong leadership and operational skills allowed BME to conceive, prototype, manufacture, and sell medical products in the U.S. and international markets

Richard M. Johnston has been Chairman of the Board of Camden Partners, Inc. since April 2000 and a Managing Member of Camden Partners Holdings, LLC since February of 2002. He has over 40 years of investment experience and is focused primarily on investments in the health care sector. He serves as Chairman of the Boards of Atricure, Inc., BME (BioMedical Enterprises, Inc.) and Picis and as a Director of Liposcience, Inc., Lombard Medical Technologies PLC, Medivance Inc., Wedmedx, Inc. and XLNT Veterinary Care, Inc., all of which are Camden Portfolio companies.

Previously, Dick was Vice President of Investments and a Director of The Hillman Company, an investment holding company with diversified operations, where he was employed from 1961 to 2000. Beginning in June 1970, he was responsible for deal origination and investor representative relations with numerous private equity financings, including HBO, Medical Care International and Rehab Services among many others in healthcare; Dial Page, Nextel, and Brooks Fiber among many others in telecommunications services together with a variety of other investments in capital goods, equipment rental and information technology. Additionally, Dick managed marketable securities portfolios for Hillman entities, including small-cap portfolios, and originated and/or monitored limited partnership holdings in numerous private equity funds including Brentwood Associates, Ferrer Freeman, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Columbia Capital, Technology Crossover and Crosslink. He has been an Advisor to several private equity funds, including Bridge Capital, Health Care Capital Partners and T. Rowe Price Threshold Funds. He was Chairman of the Boards of The Western Pennsylvania Hospital from 1979 to 1999 and The Western Pennsylvania Healthcare System from 1984 to 2000, and was Chairman of the Board of West Penn Allegheny Health System upon its founding in 2000.

Dick earned a B.S. degree from Washington and Lee University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Keith Peeples, brings to BME over 25 years experience in sales, marketing, and sales training in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining BME he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Advanced Bio-Surfaces, Inc., an orthopedic company which manufactures an interpositional knee implant system. From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Peeples was Vice President of Sales at The ASC Network, which offers a supply solution to physician-owned or procedure-based centers. From 1995-1998, Mr. Peeples was Director of Sales for North and South America at Medtronic/InStent, a provider of self expanding Nitinol stents for gastroenterology, urology, radiology, and peripheral vascular procedures. Mr. Peeples also worked as the Western Regional Sales Manager and as an independent sales representative with Pentax Precision Instrument Corp., a provider of flexible endoscopes, from 1981 to 1995. Mr. Peeples has a B.A. in Biology from the Washington University in St. Louis, MO.

James W. Simmons, III, D.O., PhD received his medical degree at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1993. He completed an internship in general surgery and a residency in orthopaedic surgery from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. Dr. Simmons completed his Fellowship training in spinal surgery at the Twin Cities Spine Center, Minnesota. He has specialized training in performing complex spinal reconstruction, minimally invasive spinal surgery, and is performing all of the following invasive techniques for both children and adults: microendoscopic disectomy, thorascopic anterior spinal fusion and instrumentation, minimally invasive spinal decompression, and minimally invasive spinal fusion with instrumentation. Dr. Simmons is also Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery from the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery in 2001 and is a member of the Texas Medical Society, Scoliosis Research Society, The Pediatric Orthopedic Society, Bexar County Medical Society, and North American Spine Society.