Sarah Cota is the mother of four kids, including Jett who suffers from Asthma. Sarah didn't know a thing about Asthma when Jett had his first attack in 2007 at the age of 2. Since that time she has given Jett thousands of nebulized treatments and made dozens of trips to the hospital. As the founder of JettStream, Sarah has taken on the mission to help educate other parents about Asthma while working to create a better delivery device for asthma m

BSME, President Hatch Product Development, product development in a wide range of disciplines. His work includes: Director of Engineering - Williams Controls in Wuxi, China, sourced and developed company’s first product line to be completely manufactured. General Manager – Williams Controls China, created offshore manufacturing capabilities for company in Suzhou China. Design Engineer – Williams Controls, Portland, OR. Matt heads up all manufac

Jim Harrer is a successful start-up CEO, turnaround CEO, interim CEO and an experience change management practitioner. In 1986, Jim founded Mustang Software to develop a line of modem communication software. In 1995 he took that company public (NASDAQ:MSTG), only to be crushed by the World Wide Web in late 1996. Jim pivoted the company in 1997 by creating a new email response management system called Mustang Message Center for companies like Nor

Mark has spent 20+ years within in the global life sciences industry as an executive, VC investor and board member, typically with pioneering businesses and products. In addition to Investment Manager and Board member hats, Mark's operational roles have included Region Manager (both North America and EMEA), VP Marketing and CEO. His most recent operational role was as the CEO of Universal Biosensors, Inc, whose strategic relationships for produc

Pediatrician Bend Memorial Clinic since 2006. He practiced in Yakima, Washington the preceding 11. After growing up in NewMexico, his educational opportunities led him to Washington, NewYork and finally Texas where he completed his pediatric residency at Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. In Washington , he served as assistant clinical professor for the University of Washington, School of Medicine Center. Dr. Cuddihy is our pediatric medica

Specializes in allergy, asthma and immunology for adults and children. Dr. Williams has been active in a number of research projects involving asthma, food allergy, chronic cough and drug allergy. Graduate of Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine. Board Certified in Allergy / Immunology and Internal Medicine. Dr. Williams will be the investigator in our local clinical trial, and acts as our medical adviser.

Les Mace is a senior executive with a broad background in general management, strategic business planning, market research, technology assessment, product/market development, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, clinical trial coordination and manufacturing operations. For twelve years he was Vice-President of R&D at Novametrix Medical Systems, Inc. (Respironics) where he served as general and technical management of the corporate R& D

Mr. Lanpher has extensive experience in the management of entrepreneurial ventures. He founded and served as CEO of AirWays Medical Technologies, a developer of pulmonary diagnostic instruments and patient education programs for respiratory disease. After the acquisition of AirWays by Circadian Corp., he led the definition of the AirWays Asthma Center program, and its rollout at over twenty clinics in the U.S. He served as the founding CEO for Ai

Dr. Mullens is an Internist, Pulmonologist, and a medical adviser. He attended the University of Texas Medical School. He has 14 years experience as an Internist and Pulmonologist. He is currently practicing in the St.Charles Health System, Bend, OR. With JettStream Dr.Mullens acts as our specialty doctor in Pulmonology as a medical adviser.

Steve provides business advisory services to several Northwest based medical device companies. He has an extensive background in medical devices and related services with technologies such as dialysis, physiological monitors, diagnostic ultrasound and patient handling equipment. He served as President of Wy'East medical Corporation until 2011, and also held senior marketing and sales positions with Advanced Technology Laboratories, Physio-Contr

Jeff is currently the Director of Inhalation and Biotherapeutic Technologies at Bend Research. Previous positions at Bend Research are as follows; Project Leader and Research Scientist. Prior to employment at Bend Research he held the position of Postdoctoral Fellow at Roche in Palo Alto, CA. Education: BS Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology from the University f California, Santa Barbara 1994-1998, Ph.D., Pharmacology, The University of Sou

In addition to his current work at Dance Pharmaceuticals, Jim currently serves as Chief Clinical Officer at Aerogen Ireland and Adjunct Professor of Respiratory Therapy at Georgia State University, Atlanta GA. A clinician and researcher for 35+ years with the past 25 years dedicated to understanding aerosol device/patient interface and design. As Fellow of Aerosol Science with Aerogen (and later Nektar) developed high efficiency liquid aerosol

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