Martin A. Simonetti, M.S., M.B.A.

Mr. Simonetti has served as a director since March 2005. Mr. Simonetti has served as president and chief executive officer and as a director of VLST Corp., a biotechnology company, since December 2005. Mr. Simonetti was chief financial officer and treasurer of Dendreon Corporation, a biotechnology company, from January 1999 to July 2005 and senior vice president, finance of Dendreon from January 2001 to July 2005. Prior to joining Dendreon, Mr. Simonetti was employed at Amgen Inc., a biotechnology company, most recently serving as vice president operations and finance of Amgen BioPharma.