Investor Relations: Board of Directors

John R. Serino
John R. Serino has been President & Chief Executive Officer of Encision since July 2004. He is also a member of the company's Board of Directors. Mr. Serino is a veteran medical industry executive with over 15 years in the medical device business. From 2000 until 2004, Mr. Serino was with Quinton Cardiology Inc. as its Vice President of Sales and Marketing, where he was a member of its turnaround management team. From 1995 until 1999, he was with PLC Medical Systems as its Vice President of Sales and Marketing. PLC Medical pioneered CO2 laser systems for the treatment of patients with severe coronary artery disease. Mr. Serino holds an MBA degree from the University of La Verne and a bachelor of science degree from Creighton University.

Roger C. Odell
Roger C. Odell, the Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors, is a co-founder and Vice President of Business Development of the Company and has been a Director since its inception. From 1976 until 1991, Mr. Odell was employed at Valleylab in a variety of increasingly responsible engineering capacities, primarily involving electrosurgical products. Mr. Odell has authored several chapters in medical textbooks specific to the biophysics of electrosurgical energy during laparoscopy and has been awarded several patents in the area of electrosurgical devices. Mr. Odell holds an associate of applied science degree in electrical engineering from Alfred State University.

David W. Newton
David W. Newton, a co-founder of the Company, has been Vice President and a Director of the Company since its inception in 1991. From 1989 until 1991, Mr. Newton was President of Newton Associates, Inc., a contract engineering firm. From 1985 to 1989, Mr. Newton was President of Tienet, Inc., a developer of networked computer systems. Mr. Newton has an additional 14 years of experience as an electrical engineer designing electrosurgical generators and related accessories. Mr. Newton has been awarded seventeen patents in the field of medical electronic equipment and holds a bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado.

Vern D. Kornelsen
Vern D. Kornelsen, a co-founder of the Company, served on the Board of Directors of the Company and as the Chief Financial Officer from 1991 through February of 1997. He was re-elected to the Board in April 1998. Mr. Kornelsen is the General Partner of CMED Partners LLLP, a major shareholder of the Company. Mr. Kornelsen is a retired CPA, having practiced as a certified public accountant in the state of Colorado for many years. For the past 5 years, he has been active in managing 2 investment partnerships, of which he is the general partner, as well as serving as an officer and director of several private companies of which he is the controlling stockholder. Mr. Kornelsen holds a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Kansas.

Robert H. Fries
Robert H. Fries was appointed to the Board of Directors effective June 2003. Mr. Fries is founder and President of FinanceVision Services, Inc. and has served as a finance executive with a broad range of large public multinational companies. Since March 2000, he has provided the Company with financial consulting services. Mr. Fries' credentials include a Masters in Business Administration from St. John's University, New York, a CPA and a Juris Doctorate degree.

Bruce Arfmann
Active board member as of July 1, 2005. Bruce L. Arfmann is a business consultant for private and public companies working with top management and Boards of Directors. During the 1990s he served as Executive Vice President and CFO for Colorado Medtech, Inc. Mr. Arfmann spent 20 years with Arthur Andersen, both domestically and internationally, and was a Partner his last eight years. Bruce Arfmann brings in-depth financial expertise as well as experience with investor relations, money managers, analysts, and mergers and acquisitions.

Ruediger Naumann-Etienne
Active board member as of October 22, 2008. Mr. Naumann-Etienne has been the General Partner of Intertec Healthcare Partners, a fund investing in medical companies since 2006. Since 1989 he has also been the owner and Managing Director of Intertec Group, an investment company specializing in the medical technology field. Intertec Group has successfully implemented growth strategies for OEC Medical Systems, Laserscope, Quinton Instruments and Cardiac Science. Since 2006 he has been Chairman of Cardiac Science having previously served as the Chairman of a predecessor company, Quinton Instruments, from 2000 to 2005. He was also CEO of Quinton Instruments from 2000 to 2003. From 1993 until 1996 he was Chairman of OEC Medical Systems and CEO of the same company from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Naumann-Etienne is also a director of Bio-Rad Laboratories and Varian Medical Systems.

 


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