PuriCore is led by an experienced, dedicated team in the U.S. and U.K. This leadership team brings many years of experience in a variety of fields including medical devices, food equipment, hospitality, and the dental industry. The PuriCore management team is supported by a talented group of employees in numerous functions including sales, marketing, microbiology, chemistry, operations, engineering, quality, regulatory affairs, finance, and administration. The entire PuriCore team shares a passion for our technology and Core Purpose and will continue to contribute to the evolution and commercial success of PuriCore.
Gregory T. Bosch
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Bosch joined PuriCore in November 2004 as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining PuriCore, Mr. Bosch held a variety of management and leadership positions with Baxter International during his 19-year tenure, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of Baxter's BioSurgery division from 1998 to 2004. Mr. Bosch had international assignments in Austria and Switzerland and he was a board member of Baxter AG, a company with more than 2,500 employees. Mr. Bosch received his BA from Duke University and his MBA from DePaul University.
Keith A. Goldan, CPA
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Goldan joined PuriCore in October 2004 as the Chief Financial Officer, bringing more than 13 years of experience in business planning and financial management in the life science industry. Previously, Mr. Goldan was Vice President and CFO of Biosyn, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company that was successfully acquired by a publicly traded pharmaceutical company in 2004. He also has worked with ViroPharma Incorporated; Century Capital Associates, a consulting firm specializing in capital strategy for healthcare clients; and the Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice of KPMG LLP. Mr. Goldan received a BA in Business Management (Finance), cum laude, from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.
Andrea ("Andi") Holtzman Drucker
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
Ms. Drucker has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Company Secretary since November 2006. Ms. Drucker joined PuriCore from Novavax, Inc., a publicly traded vaccine company, where she had been acting General Counsel. Ms. Drucker previously served as interim Associate General Counsel at publicly listed Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and was Group Counsel of FMC BioPolymer, a global supplier of ingredients and excipients to the world's leading food and pharmaceutical companies. Ms. Drucker graduated with a BS from Cornell University and obtained her JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, before beginning her legal career at the Philadelphia law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll.
Daniel Bee
Managing Director, UK
Mr. Bee joined PuriCore in April 2007 as Managing Director of its UK operations, bringing 17 years of experience in medical devices and technology. Mr. Bee was formerly UK Managing Director of Orthofix, a company specializing in orthopedics, anesthesia, vascular, and neonatal products. Previously, he was UK Managing Director for Haemonetics Ltd, a medical devices company specializing in surgical, hematology, and blood transfusion delivery products; with a SAAB Bofers start-up company in the medical device market; and with Summit Medical, a private UK orthopedic and general surgical device manufacturer. He is a graduate in Business and Finance from Newcastle upon Tyne University and received post-graduate diplomas in Marketing and Company Direction.
Tom H. Daniel
Senior Vice President/General Manager, Global Food Safety
Mr. Daniel joined PuriCore in July 2002 as Vice President of Food Safety. Prior to joining the Company, he spent 19 years in the food retail, hospitality, and service sectors. Recent positions he held in this sector include Executive VP and COO of the DSI Corporation, which provides food equipment and merchandising solutions to leading global supermarket chains, and President of Bakers Aid, a division of the Hobart Corporation, the leading equipment provider serving global food service and retail markets. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a BS in Business Administration.
David A. Correale
Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Business Development
Mr. Correale joined PuriCore in June 2005 as VP of Marketing and Strategic Business Development. Mr. Correale brings to PuriCore more than 20 years of healthcare industry experience with emphasis on medical devices and oral care markets. He has held management roles in sales, marketing, business, and new product development. Mr. Correale has led successful private equity fundraising activities and initiated several acquisitions. He served as the CEO of Direct Crown, a dental prosthetics and restoratives products company. He was Senior Vice President of Cynovad, specializing in optical scanning, software development, and the manufacturing of dental prosthetics. Mr. Correale served as a senior executive at DENTSPLY International, the world's largest dental company, and Amsco International, and held various management positions at Baxter Travenol and American Hospital Supply. He was graduated from the University of Hartford with a BS in Business Administration.
Raymond F. Mannion
Vice President, Operations
Mr. Mannion joined PuriCore in August 2005 and is responsible for all U.S. and U.K. Operations. Mr. Mannion brings to PuriCore more than 25 years of experience in Operations and Product Development, beginning his career in engineering with AMP Inc., part of Tyco International Inc, where he held engineering, supervisory, and management positions. For the past 16 years, Mr. Mannion has worked for medical device startup companies. During his time at Kensey Nash Corp., the company developed and launched the Angio-Seal™, a hemostatic puncture closure device originally marketed by American Home Products. Immediately prior to joining PuriCore, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Rheologics, Inc., a medical device company focused on blood viscosity and cardiovascular diseases. He received a BS in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University and an MBA from Shippensburg University.
Mark Sampson, PhD
Director of Microbiology
Dr. Sampson joined PuriCore in September 2000 and brings more than 10 years of experience as a PhD-level commercial microbiologist, focusing on pathogen research in medical device, pharmaceutical, food, and water treatment applications. He currently manages the global PuriCore microbiology team. Prior to joining PuriCore, Dr. Sampson worked as a Senior Scientist for Warwick International, a U.K. Specialty Chemicals company specializing in medical device sterilants. Dr. Sampson was graduated from the University of Aberdeen (U.K.) with an honors degree in Microbiology. He then completed a joint PhD in Microbiology/Biochemistry from the University of Aberdeen/Cambridge studying "The role of enzymes in biopesticides."