I hold a Ph.D. in chemistry from Washington State University. I have been involved in developing and bringing new drug screening technologies to the market for more than 15 years, primarily at large public companies. I discovered SpectraGenetics a few years ago and became enamored with their new screening technology invented by Dr. Jon Jarvik of Carnegie Mellon University and a co-founder of SpectraGenetics. I have seen first hand this technologies ability to discover new drugs to established targets as well as for new and orphaned targets. I am motivated to develop new assays for less commercially viable targets. Targets that may have tremendous impact on human health, but are not yet at the forefront. GPR37 is one such target. I am also a husband and a father to 3 young boys. I spend many hours playing with and coaching them in baseball, basketball and hockey. I marvel at their musical talents, each has played numerous times at the Hard Rock Cafe in Pittsburgh.