Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 3, 2000

Spencer Volk – Celsion Corporation (cln)

SPENCER J. VOLK became President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Celsion Corporation in June 1997. Mr. Volk is known for his ability to turn around companies, primarily through growth strategies. He has accomplished this for PepsiCo International, where he rose to Senior Vice President for the Western Hemisphere; Church & Dwight (Arm & Hammer), where he was President and Chief Operating Officer; and Tropicana, as President and Chief Executive Officer. Most recently, as President and Chief Operating Officer of Sunbeam International, he expanded the company overseas and achieved record profit levels. Mr. Volk is an experienced senior executive who brings broad management skills and international experience required to build a major medical treatment services company. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a brief history and overview of Celsion?

Mr. Volk: Celsion was founded in 1982 by

Dr. Augustine Cheung, and it was called Cheung Laboratories. It had its

IPO in