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Lawrence F. Bruder
President & Chief Executive Officer

Before joining Guava Technologies, Mr. Bruder held business leadership roles as vice president at Applied Biosystems within the functional proteomics division and for Becton Dickinson’s (BD) biosciences business. During his tenure with BD, he held positions that included general manager of the immunocytometry systems division, general manager of the industrial microbiology business, and vice president of marketing for immunocytometry systems. Mr. Bruder has held leadership positions of increasing responsibility in marketing, sales, and product management over a 12-year career at Leica, Inc. and Olympus Corporation. He holds a Masters of Management degree from Kellogg Management School at Northwestern University with a concentration in marketing and economics. He earned his Bachelors of Science Degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology and also completed advanced executive coursework at Harvard University.

Donald D. Huffman
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Huffman has more than 25 years of financial experience and leadership with Fortune 200, mid-sized, and emerging growth companies, including senior management positions with several life science companies. He was most recently Chief Financial Officer and Principal of Sanderling Ventures, a biomedical venture capital firm. Previously, Mr. Huffman was Chief Financial Officer for Genteric, Inc. and three publicly traded companies: Microcide Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Celtrix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and EndoSonics Corporation, a medical device company. Mr. Huffman received his Bachelors of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from State University of New York at Buffalo. He also completed executive coursework at Stanford University.

David A. King, PhD
Vice President R&D and Operations

Paul Wheeler, PhD
Vice President Sales & Marketing

Mr. Wheeler joined Guava Technologies in 2005. Before becoming VP of Sales, he held several positions with the company, including UK Products Specialist, UK Sales Manager, and Director of Operations for Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Mr. Wheeler has earned both a Bachelors of Science with honors in cell and molecular biology from Oxford Brookes University, and a PhD with focus in immunology, biochemistry, and transplantation from the University of Oxford, The Queens College. While at the University of Oxford, Mr. Wheeler was honored with the Wellcome Trust Prize PhD Studentship.