Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> April 14, 2002
MARK A. SAMUELS is chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer of SpectRx, Inc. Mr. Samuels has degrees in Physics
and Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He
holds 11 granted patents in medical and commercial applications of
electro-optics and has founded two successful companies. After spending
several years in the defense industry developing electro-optic sensors,
Mr. Samuels founded Laser Atlanta Optics, Inc. In 1992, he co-founded
SpectRx, capitalized the company in early 1993 and in 1997 took SpectRx
public. In addition to his corporate duties, Mr. Samuels founded the
Atlanta chapter of the IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics Society and was
Vice Chairman of the Georgia BioMedical Partnership. Profile
what's gone on over the past year or so?
Mr. Samuels: We are a medical technology company focusing on the
diabetes and
