Board of Directors
Peter Friedli, Chairman, is a co-founder of Osiris and, except for the period between February and June 2004, has been a director since January 1996. He has been a principal of the investment-banking firm Friedli Corporate Finance, Inc. since 1986. Friedli Corporate Finance, Inc., a leading Swiss venture capital firm, has made significant investments in the biotechnology industry. Friedli Corporate Finance, Inc. has been the primary source of financing for Osiris. Mr. Friedli is also President of New Venturetec Ltd., a Swiss publicly traded investment company. Mr. Friedli has extensive experience as an independent investment manager in venture capital and has specialized in investments domiciled in the United States in the areas of biotechnology and technology. Prior thereto, he worked in the field of international management consulting for service and industrial companies in Europe and the United States. Mr. Friedli is a director of E-centives, Inc., a publicly traded provider of interactive database marketing technologies and services. He also serves as a director in certain private companies.
C. Randal Mills, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, joined Osiris in July 2004. Dr. Mills is also a member of the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Osiris, Dr. Mills was an executive officer of Regeneration Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ - RTIX). Dr. Mills served in several leadership positions at RTI from its formation in 1998 until 2004, including Vice President of Business Development and Vice President of Operations and R&D and is credited with several key initiatives including the development and commercialization of RTI’s core technology, BioCleanse®. Prior to RTI, Dr. Mills was a member of the founding management team of the University of Florida Tissue Bank, Inc. The University of Florida Tissue Bank was the predecessor company to RTI. Dr. Mills received a Bachelors degree in microbiology and cell science and a Ph.D. in drug development, both from the University of Florida.
Felix Gutzwiller, M.D., Dr.P.H., elected to the Board of Directors in 2003, is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Public Health at the University of Zurich Medical School. Dr. Gutzwiller is also an elected member of the Swiss Parliament. Dr. Gutzwiller received a medical degree from the University of Basel in 1974 and did his post-graduate training at both Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University. He received his Dr.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1977. Dr. Gutzwiller has received many honors and awards over the years in the health profession.
Jay M. Moyes was elected to the Board of Directors in 2006. Recently, Mr. Moyes served as the Chief Financial Officer of XDx. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Myriad Genetics, Inc. from 1996 through 2007 and also as Myriad's Vice President of Finance from 1993 until 2005. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Moyes served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Genmark, Inc. Mr. Moyes held various positions with the accounting firm of KPMG LLP from 1979 through 1991. He holds an M.B.A. degree from the University of Utah, a B.A. degree in economics from Weber State University, and was formerly a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Moyes is a current member of the Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants and has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Utah Life Science Association from 1999 through 2006.
Gregory H. Barnhill, elected to the Board of Directors in 2006, has served as a Partner and Member of the Board of Directors of Brown Advisory Securities, LLC since 2003. Mr. Barnhill is also a member of numerous philanthropic and corporate boards. From 1975 to 2003, Mr. Barnhill held various positions with Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., most recently as Managing Director and Regional Manager, North American Equity Sales. He holds a B.A. degree in economics from Brown University. Mr. Barnhill holds NYSE/NASD licenses series 7, 63, 9 and 10 as well as life, health and variable annuities insurance licenses.