Mr. Richard T. Schumacher, the founder of our Company, has served as a director of Pressure BioSciences since the formation of its legacy business, Boston Biomedica, Inc., in 1978. He has served as CEO of Pressure BioSciences since April 2004 and President since September, 2004. He previously served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Boston Biomedica from 1992 to February, 2003 and as President from 1986 to August 1999. Mr. Schumacher served as the Director of Infectious Disease Services for Clinical Sciences Laboratory, a New England-based medical reference laboratory, from 1986 to 1988. From 1972 to 1985, Mr. Schumacher was employed by the Center for Blood Research, a nonprofit medical research institute associated with Harvard Medical School. Mr. Schumacher received a BS in Zoology from the University of New Hampshire.
Mr. Edward H. Myles joined Pressure BioSciences in April, 2006 as Vice President of Finance and CFO and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO in February, 2007. Prior to joining Pressure BioSciences, Inc., Mr. Myles served as the controller for EMD Pharmaceuticals, a wholly-owned affiliate of Merck KGaA. At EMD, Mr. Myles held a wide variety of responsibilities in the areas of accounting and licensing and business development. Prior to EMD Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Myles worked in the health care investment banking group of SG Cowen Securities. Mr. Myles was the Corporate Controller of Boston Biomedica, Inc. and also held positions of increasing responsibility at the public accounting firms of Price Waterhouse LLP and Coopers & Lybrand LLP. Mr. Myles became a CPA in 1996, and earned a BSBA, with honors, in accounting and finance from the University of Hartford, and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.
Dr. Edmund Ting joined Pressure BioSciences as Senior Vice President of Engineering in April, 2006. Prior to joining the company, Dr. Ting served as the Chief Research Officer of Avure Technologies, a leading worldwide manufacturer of high pressure hydrostatic processing equipment for the food and materials processing industry, Flow International Corporation, a world leader in the ultrahigh pressure waterjet cutting technology market, and the parent company of Avure Technologies. Dr. Ting last held the position of VP of Engineering Research and Development at Flow International Corporation. Dr. Ting was also a research scientist and a group leader at Grumman Aerospace Corporation. Dr. Ting earned a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University and a Sc.D. in materials science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Nathan P. Lawrence, Ph.D. Dr. Lawrence joined Pressure BioSciences Inc. in August, 2005, serving as Director of Research and Development until his promotion to Vice President of Marketing and Business Development in April, 2006. Dr. Lawrence was responsible for the development of protocols based on Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT). From 2004 through 2005, Dr. Lawrence worked for 454 Life Sciences in product development and prior to 454 Life Sciences, Dr. Lawrence was Director of Research and Development for Boston Biomedica, Inc. He was responsible for the development of PCT, as well as the development of nucleic acid-based diagnostic assays. Prior to joining Boston Biomedica, Inc., Dr. Lawrence held several positions with increasing responsibility in Research and Development and manufacturing at Becton Dickinson and Gene Trak Systems. Dr. Lawrence holds a BA from the University of Miami, an M.S. from Southern Connecticut State University, and a Ph.D. from Yale University.
Dr. Alexander Lazarev, Ph.D. joined Pressure BioSciences in April, 2006 as Director of Research and Development and was promoted to Vice President of Research and Development in March, 2007. Prior to joining Pressure BioSciences, Dr. Lazarev worked as a Visiting Scientist at the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis at Northeastern University, and served as a Director of New Technology Development at Proteome Systems, Inc., where he was involved in research and development of innovative proteomic analysis applications. Dr. Lazarev previously held senior research positions at Genomic Solutions, Inc. and PhytoChem Technologies, Inc. Most of Dr. Lazarev’s scientific career has been dedicated to development of methods and applications for biochemical analysis. Dr. Lazarev has been elected as an Executive Board member of the MASSEP.org, a non-profit scientific discussion forum dedicated to the promotion and improvement of chromatography and other analytical technologies. Dr. Lazarev earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Kazan, Russian Federation.
Mr. Matthew B. Potter joined PBI as our Vice President of Sales on February 25, 2008. Mr. Potter has worked in many different disciplines that include molecular biology, chromatography, personalized medicine, diagnostics, and biophysics. Prior to joining PBI Mr. Potter was the Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Abcam, Inc. from July 2007 to January 2008. Prior to Abcam, Mr. Potter was the National Sales Manager: Key Accounts Pharmaceutical at Qiagen, Inc. from July 2005 to May 2007 and from January 2000 to July 2005 he was the Director, Sales and Marketing at MicroCal, LLC. Mr. Potter is also a former Treasurer of the New England Scientific Manufacturers Association and has been cited as a co-author and contributor on assorted scientific publications during his tenure working at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology. Mr. Potter holds a BA in Biology from Clark University and an MBA from Assumption College, both located in Worcester, MA.
