| Investor Relations: Board
of Directors
Fred Perner
Fred Perner has been President & Chief Executive Officer of Encision since September 2011. He is also a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Perner has spent the last thirty-five years in health care and the medical device business. From 2008 to 2011, Mr. Perner was the Vice President of Business Development and Legal Counsel for the Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses. From 2006 to 2008, he served as Global Education Leader with GE Healthcare. Previous assignments include Senior Vice President of HealthStream from 2000 to 2006 and thirteen years with Zimmer Inc. in various roles, including Vice President of Marketing. Mr. Perner holds bachelor of science and MBA degrees from Indiana University and a law degree from the University of Denver.
Roger C. Odell
Roger C. Odell, the Chairman of the Company's Board of
Directors, is a co-founder and Vice President of Business
Development of the Company and has been a Director since
its inception. From 1976 until 1991, Mr. Odell was employed
at Valleylab in a variety of increasingly responsible engineering
capacities, primarily involving electrosurgical products.
Mr. Odell has authored several chapters in medical textbooks
specific to the biophysics of electrosurgical energy during
laparoscopy and has been awarded several patents in the
area of electrosurgical devices. Mr. Odell holds an associate
of applied science degree in electrical engineering from
Alfred State University.
David
W. Newton
David W. Newton, a
co-founder of the Company, has been Vice President and a Director
of the Company since its inception in 1991. From 1989 until
1991, Mr. Newton was President of Newton Associates, Inc.,
a contract engineering firm. From 1985 to 1989, Mr. Newton
was President of Tienet, Inc., a developer of networked computer
systems. Mr. Newton has an additional 14 years of experience
as an electrical engineer designing electrosurgical generators
and related accessories. Mr. Newton has been awarded seventeen
patents in the field of medical electronic equipment and holds
a bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from
the University of Colorado.
Vern
D. Kornelsen
Vern D. Kornelsen,
a co-founder of the Company, served on the Board of Directors
of the Company and as the Chief Financial Officer from 1991
through February of 1997. He was re-elected to the Board
in April 1998. Mr. Kornelsen is the General Partner of CMED
Partners LLLP, a major shareholder of the Company. Mr. Kornelsen
is a retired CPA, having practiced as a certified public
accountant in the state of Colorado for many years. For the
past 5 years, he has been active in managing 2 investment
partnerships, of which he is the general partner, as well
as serving as an officer and director of several private
companies of which he is the controlling stockholder. Mr.
Kornelsen holds a bachelor's degree in business from the
University of Kansas.
Robert H. Fries
Robert H. Fries was
appointed to the Board of Directors effective June 2003. Mr.
Fries is founder and President of FinanceVision Services, Inc.
and has served as a finance executive with a broad range of
large public multinational companies. Since March 2000, he
has provided the Company with financial consulting services.
Mr. Fries' credentials include a Masters in Business Administration
from St. John's University, New York, a CPA and a Juris Doctorate
degree.
Bruce Arfmann
Active board member as of July 1, 2005. Bruce L. Arfmann
is a business consultant for private and public companies
working with top management and Boards of Directors.
During the 1990s he served as Executive Vice President
and CFO for Colorado Medtech, Inc. Mr. Arfmann spent
20 years with Arthur Andersen, both domestically and
internationally, and was a Partner his last eight years.
Bruce Arfmann brings in-depth financial expertise as
well as experience with investor relations, money managers,
analysts, and mergers and acquisitions.
Ruediger Naumann-Etienne
Active board member as of October 22, 2008. Mr. Naumann-Etienne
has been the General Partner of Intertec Healthcare Partners,
a fund investing in medical companies since 2006. Since
1989 he has also been the owner and Managing Director of
Intertec Group, an investment company specializing in the
medical technology field. Intertec Group has successfully
implemented growth strategies for OEC Medical Systems,
Laserscope, Quinton Instruments and Cardiac Science. Since
2006 he has been Chairman of Cardiac Science having previously
served as the Chairman of a predecessor company, Quinton
Instruments, from 2000 to 2005. He was also CEO of Quinton
Instruments from 2000 to 2003. From 1993 until 1996 he
was Chairman of OEC Medical Systems and CEO of the same
company from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Naumann-Etienne is also
a director of Bio-Rad Laboratories and Varian Medical Systems.
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