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AlphaGenics uses genetics to develop personalized consumer lifestyle products that people can use today, everyday.

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MANAGEMENT TEAM

Fredric Abramson, Ph.D., S.M., Esq.

President & Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Abramson, founder and CEO, has a diverse background that includes scientific research, consumer and technology businesses, technology law, and higher education teaching. His two decades in the consumer world includes retail appliances and electronics, rock and roll, audio records and retail weight loss franchising. He has a decade in the personal computer software business as well as experience with small business manufacturing. After his Ph.D. in human genetics, he was a genetics counselor and a full time clinical faculty member at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He has been on the teaching faculty in several business schools, including his present adjunct appoint in the biotechnology master’s program at Johns Hopkins where he teaches finance, economics, and creating the biotechnology enterprise, where he was named faculty of the year in 2005.

His education includes University of Michigan (Ph.D., Human Genetics), MIT (Master of Science in Management; Alfred P. Sloan Fellow), University of Rochester (M.S. Biology), University of Pennsylvania (A.B. Mathematical Biology) and American University (J.D., 1987), and is admitted to the United States patent bar and the bar of the United States Supreme Court.

ADVISORY BOARD

Ruth Abramson, Ph.D.

Ruth is tenured faculty at the University of South Carolina Medical Center, where she and her team work on genetic factors relating to neurologic and behavior disorders, including Huntington’s Disease. She received her doctoral degree in Human Genetics from the University of Michigan in the Department of Human Genetics.

Joseph Vockley, Ph.D.

Dr. Vockley has 22 years experience with high-end genomics, project management, bioinformatics, molecular diagnostics and research. His experience includes SAIC Division of Biological and Chemical Defense as Laboratory and Business Director, GeneLogic as Vice President – Genomics and SmithKline Pharmaceuticals as a Senior Investigator. Dr. Vockley’s Ph.D. in molecular genetics is from the University of Delaware.

James Duke, Ph.D. (retired) USDA Research Scientist

James is considered one of the leading medicinal plant experts in the world. He retired from the United States Department of Agriculture research laboratories in Beltsville, Maryland, where he was involved in the discovery of the cancer drug Taxol.

Jose Ordovas, Ph.D.

Jose is Director, Nutrition & Genomics Laboratory at Tufts University, His cutting-edge NutriGenomics research on nutrition and cardiovascular disease is world renowned. Dr. Ordovas is regularly quoted by media, including Newsweek and CBS News on NutriGenomics. Dr. Ordovas has over 300 peer reviewed publications.

Frederick Provorney, Esq. .

Fred has 40 years experience in commercializing advanced technologies. His career includes several years with Monsanto in the early 1990's and more recently as the Director of the Maryland Technology Development Services Group of the University of Maryland.

Laurie Naismith

Laurie, former Secretary of State for the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a member of AlphaGenics’ Ethics Board. The Ethics Board is an innovation created by AlphaGenics to continually assess its activities with proper arms’ length scrutiny. The Ethics Board is separate from both the Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board.

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