Mr. Horvitz is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience managing life sciences companies. He has helped transition his 3 previous organizations from venture backed start-ups to publicly traded companies, raising over $250 million. Previoulsy he was CFO of Redpoint Bio and prior to that he co-founded 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, where he worked from its inception in 1993 until its acquisition by Johnson & Johnson in 2003.

Kyle Palmer, CSO, is the inventor of Opertech's taste evaluation technology and is a world renowned expert in the field of taste biology. Previously, he was Sr Director of Research with Redpoint Bio and an Associate Research Fellow at Schering-Plough. Dr. Palmer is a classically trained pharmacologist. He has a B.S. from Hobart College, M.S. from Rutgers University in Biopsychology, and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Michigan.