Bill Athenson

BILL ATHENSON is Vice President, Business Development of Nanosphere,
Inc. Mr. Athenson brings to Nanosphere over 21 years of healthcare
experience in clinical diagnostics, medical devices and information
technology with Fortune 500 companies such as Baxter, American
Scientific Products, Allegiance Healthcare and two startup technology
companies. Before joining Nanosphere in January 2002, Mr. Athenson was
the General Manager for Allegiance Healthcare with P&L responsibility
for a $120 million revenue base. At Allegiance and in previous
leadership positions at Baxter Diagnostics and American Scientific
Products, he maintained a consistent track record for leading business
development, consulting, and operations teams which consistently
achieved double-digit revenue and EBITDA growth in the clinical
laboratory and point-of-care markets. Most recently he headed business
development teams in two new technology startup companies achieving
successful launches. Mr. Athenson holds an MBA from Kellogg School of
Business and a Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University.