DOUGLASS T. SIMPSON serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer
of the company. Mr. Simpson joined the company as Vice President of
Business Development in 1992, was promoted to Vice President, General
Manager in 1995, to Executive Vice President in 1996 and then to
President in February 1998. Prior to joining the company’s operating
subsidiary, he was a Managing Partner at Venture Marketing Group in
Austin, Texas, a health care and biotechnology marketing firm, and in
that capacity, served as a consultant to the company from 1990 until
1992. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Simpson was employed by Kallestad
Diagnostics, Inc. (now part of Bio-Rad Laboratories), one of the largest
diagnostic companies in the world, where he served as Vice President of
Marketing, responsible for marketing and business development for this
$200 million medical diagnostics company. Mr. Simpson holds BS and MS
degrees in Biology and Chemistry from Lamar University in Beaumont,
Texas.
