Advisory Board Dr. Gord Chiu has worked as a
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Dr. Gord Chiu has worked as a research scientist for both Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc. and has healthcare and marketing experience with strong links to Wall Street and Asia. He is an execution driven businessman with over 15 years of combined domestic and international experience in biomedical, chemical, cosmetic, medical and technology industries. He has served on numerous boards and advisory boards of both public and private companies. His solid background and broad experience has allowed him to accomplish and advise in areas of Alzheimer's research, antimicrobial research, breast cancer research, dermatology, drug addictions research, and green technologies. His years of experience and continuous involvement have created deep relationships within the scientific, business, and medical communities. Dr. Chiu developed and owns methodologies called directed combinatorial algorithmic libraries (D.C.A.L.) that are used in various research and commercial applications.
Doug Frank is the former President of Music Operations, Warner Pictures who supervised the music on the Batman, Harry Potter, Lethal Weapon and Matrix series, as well as on such feature films as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "City of Angels", "Space Jam", and more recently on the Academy Award-winning "Happy Feet" and "The Departed", as well as the blockbusters "300″, "The Dark Knight" and "Sherlock Holmes". Currently, Frank serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) and was selected to join the Board of Directors of MusiCares. He is also working with Celine Dion on her new Las Vegas show, scheduled to open on March 15, 2011.
Frank began his musical career as a studio musician, following a formal education in music at Brooklyn College. He has composed scores for television and co-wrote the musical "Marilyn: An American Fable", which ran on Broadway in 1983. He is also a successful songwriter whose songs have been recorded by many artists including Dionne Warwick and Placido Domingo.
Joe Abrams
the Co-Founder of Intermix and Software Toolworks, has been appointed to The Company's Board of Advisors. Mr. Abrams has deep experience in helping early-stage, publicly held technology companies reach the next phase of growth. In 1999, he co-founded Intermix, the parent company of social networking leader MySpace. In 2005, Intermix was sold to News Corp. for $580 million. In addition, Abrams was a founder of The Software Toolworks, a software company that released several hit titles in the 1980's, which ultimately led to the company's sale in 1994 to Pearson, PLC for $462 million.
Additional Members:
Dr. Richard Thatcher
Dr. Larry Reid