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Alan W.
Schoenbart
Chief Executive Officer / Chief Financial
Officer
Mr. Schoenbart
was named the Chief Executive Officer in May'2008.
Prior to joining
Forticell, Mr. Schoenbart
was the Chief Financial
Officer of Vizacom Inc., a publicly
traded provider of software, diverse
information technology services
and products, and designer of WiFi
networks. He has extensive
experience in SEC reporting, budgeting,
forecasting, stocks and debt offerings,
investor relations, accounting
and internal control systems, as
well as administrative and operational
expertise.
Mr. Schoenbart
has a BS in accounting and is a
Certified Public Accountant in
New York. |
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Mel
Silberklang
Chief Scientific
Officer / Vice President, Research & Development
From 1981 to
1993, Dr. Silberklang worked for
the Merck Research Laboratories
in Rahway, New Jersey, initially
in gene cloning and expression,
and recombinant gene-derived protein
production, and later in cell culture
process scale-up and research and
development. From 1988 to 1993
Dr. Silberklang was Associate Director
of Cell and Molecular Biology,
in which capacity he directed development
of scaleable cell culture processes
and produced cells, viruses (for
vaccines) and recombinant proteins
for preclinical and clinical uses.
From 1993 to 1995, Dr. Silberklang
was Senior Director of Process
Research and Development at Enzon,
Inc., where he developed and implemented
a bioreactor process for baculovirus-directed
production of recombinant Glucocerebrosidase
for a clinical trial.
Since 1995,
Dr. Silberklang has worked for
Forticell International, Inc. and is
responsible for basic and applied
research, including bioprocess
development and pilot production
of a human cultured skin product
for clinical trials. He has worked
and published extensively in the
areas of cell culture medium development,
cell culture process research and
development, and bioreactor process
design.
Dr. Silberklang
obtained his Ph.D. in biochemistry
from M.I.T. in 1977, and did postdoctoral
work in Drosophila molecular genetics
and cell biology at the University
of California at San Francisco. |
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