Mark Schafer, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized expert in ultrasound technology with 25+ years of medical industry experience. Serial entrepreneur since '84; last 5 years as CTO and VP R&D for Sound Surgical Technologies (Solta), a cosmetic ultrasound surgical company. Tripled product offerings, IP and development pipeline. Prior 10 years as independent consultant. 21 U.S. Patents. BSEE - MIT, MS Acoustics - Penn State, Ph.D. Biomed - Drexel

Tessie McNeely, Ph.D. has diverse program and team leadership experience spanning academic, government, and industrial settings. She is a recognized expert on pathogenic bacteria, especially Staphylococcus. Spent 17 years at Merck, Inc. leading teams investigating bacterial infection and immunity, specifically to develop both Staph and acne vaccines; also 4 years at NIH, 2 at Yale. BA - Berea College, PhD Experimental Pathology - UNC Chapel Hill.

Mark's expertise is in licensing and commercializing skin care technology. His career spans over 30 years in dermatology/cosmeceuticals. He ran the Clearasil brand for Procter & Gamble and the skin care brands for Warner Lambert. For 10 year Mark was the CEO of a privately held business called NeoStrata, with products that were sold in over 80 countries. Mark recently negotiated a highly successful sale of the company to Johnson & Johnson.