JUGAL K. TANEJA has served as our Chairman of the Board since June 1998. Until June 1998, he also served as Chief Executive Officer for Dynamic. From November 1991 until December 1998, he also served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of NuMed Home Health Care, Inc., a provider of home health care services and contract staffing of health care employees. From June 1993 until March 1998, he was also the Chief Executive Officer of National Diagnostics, Inc., a provider of medical diagnostic services. NuMed Home Health Care, Inc and National Diagnostics, Inc., are publicly traded companies.
MIHIR K. TANEJA has served as our Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and a Director since November 1999. Prior to this he served as our Vice President of Marketing since June 1998. He also served as Dynamic's Vice President of Marketing from July 1996 to November 1999. Prior to joining Dynamic, Mr. Taneja served as a market and financial analyst for Bancapital Corporation from 1994 to 1996. Mr. Taneja holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in finance and marketing from the University of Miami.
DR. KOTHA S. SEKHARAM currently serves as our President and a Director. Prior to this, Dr. Sekharam was a founder and director of Nu-Wave Health Products, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of over-the-counter analgesic roll-ons and creams, dietary supplements and health and beauty care products. Dynamic acquired 80% of Nu-Wave in September 1995 and the additional 20% of Nu-Wave in July 1997. Dr. Sekharam served as President of Nu-Wave from June 1996 through March 1998 and Vice President of Nu-Wave from September 1995 until June 1996. From 1992 until September 1995, he served as Director of Research and Development of Energy Factors, Inc., our predecessor. He has served as President of Dynamic since June 1996 and served as our President since June 1998. Presently, he continues to serve as our President and as President of Dynamic. Dr. Sekharam holds a Ph.D. in food sciences from Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India, a United Nations university center and has been employed in the food and health industry since 1982.
Senior Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Director
CAROL DORE-FALCONE has served as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since August 1999. She has also served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dynamic from August 1999 until November 7, 2000. Prior to joining us, Ms. Dore-Falcone was employed as an audit manager with Deloitte & Touche, Certified Public Accountants, where she had served in various capacities since January 1990. Ms. Dore-Falcone is a certified public accountant and holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Montclair State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Tampa.
DR. BARRY H. DASH has served as a Director since January 2004. In addition, Dr. Dash has been President of Dash Associates, LLC since 1995, where he provides consulting to the pharmaceutical and health and beauty aid industries. Prior to this he served 31 years as Senior Vice President of American Home Products Corporation, Whitehall-Robins Healthcare, now Wyeth; and served as a professor at Columbia University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences from 1956-1962. Dr. Dash holds a Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics from the University of Florida, MS in Pharmacy and a BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences both from Columbia University.
Dr. Henein holds a Ph.D. in pharmaceutical technology from the Academy of Sciences of Hungary and a MSc in pharmaceutical sciences from the Budapest University of Medicine in Hungary. He also has a MBA and a Diploma of Management from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A graduate of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Dr. Henein is a member of the Ontario College of Pharmacists and the Order of Pharmacists of Quebec. Dr. Henein has held various executive positions in the pharmaceutical industry in the Middle East, Europe, Canada and the United States. In Canada, he started his career at Ayerst Laboratories, Inc. in 1971 and served as Senior Vice President, Plant and Distribution Operations from 1983 to 1988. He then joined Novopharm Limited (Canada), first as Executive Vice President, and subsequently as President and Chief Operating Officer before being named President and Chief Executive Officer of Novopharm International. In 1997, Dr. Henein joined IVAX Pharmaceuticals Inc., a leading generic company headquartered in Miami, Florida and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer until its acquisition last year by Teva to form one of the largest generic pharmaceutical companies in the world.
WILLIAM L. LaGAMBA served as a Director since July 2005 and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of DrugMax, Inc. from October 2000 until July 2005. From March 2000 to October 2000, he served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer. From November 1999 to October 2000, he also served as the Company's Secretary and Treasurer. From June 1998 until joining the company in November 1999, Mr. LaGamba served as Chief Executive Officer of Dynamic. He was also a founder and the President of Becan Distributors, Inc. from its inception in January 1997 until it was acquired by the Company in November 1999. For 14 years prior to January 1997, Mr. LaGamba served in various capacities for McKesson Drug Company, a large distributor of pharmaceuticals, health and beauty care products and services, and FoxMeyer Drug Company.
SHAN SHIKARPURI has served as a Director since November 2003. In addition, he is the founding principal of his Palm Harbor accounting firm, Shan Shikarpuri & Associates, P.A., which has been doing business in Florida for the past twenty years. Shan earned three degrees from Florida State University, has taught accounting and income tax law at the University of South Florida and the University of Virginia, and had trained auditors at the Office of Inspectors General in Washington, D.C. He is a past president of the Palm Harbor Chamber of Commerce, is active in many civic organizations and is a frequent speaker on tax and accounting issues. Shan is a member of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council representing Pinellas County. He has served on the board of directors of the Sun Coast Chapter of the Florida Institute of CPAs and is currently on the board of numerous privately held corporations and not-for-profit organizations in the Tampa Bay area.
A. THEODORE STAUTBERG, JR. has served as director since October 2006. Mr. Stautberg is the President, founder and a director of Triumph Resources Corporation and the Chairman of Triumph Securities Corporation. Mr. Stautberg also serves as director of Camterra Resources and serves as a director for several energy companies. Prior to forming Triumph in 1981, Mr. Stautberg was Vice President of Butcher & Singer, Inc. and was an attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington D.C. Mr. Stautberg is a graduate of the University of Texas and University of Texas School of Law.
GEORGE L. STUART, JR. has served as a Director since March 2000. Mr. Stuart is the President of George Stuart & Associates, a management consulting firm. In addition, Mr. Stuart was the Chief Executive Officer of DoctorSurf.com, Inc. from December 1, 1999 to July 2000. From July 1997 to December 1999, Mr. Stuart was Vice President and a Director of Leapfrog Smart Products, Inc., a high-technology smart card development company in Orlando, Florida. From January 1995 to July 1997, Mr. Stuart was a partner in Stuart/Cloud Enterprises, Ltd. A government relations business development and organizational consulting firm in Tallahassee, Florida. Mr. Stuart was a Florida State Senator from 1978 through 1990. From January 1991 to January 1995, Mr. Stuart served as the Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the State of Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Mr. Stuart holds a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Florida and an M.B.A. from Harvard University's Graduate School of Business.
MANDEEP K. TANEJA is the General Counsel of GeoPharma. Previous to joining GeoPharma Mr. Taneja served the President, as well as, a Director of Dynamic Health Products, Inc. (Dynamic) since November 2000, and as Dynamic's Chief Executive Officer since December 2002. Prior to that he served as President of the Company's subsidiary, Online Meds Rx, Inc., formerly known as Dynamic Life, Inc., since June 2000. In addition, he served as Director of Finance for Dynamic Life Korea Ltd. from April 2000 until November 2001. Prior to that he was employed as an associate of Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, P.A. Mr. Taneja holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Rochester as well as Management Certificates in marketing and organizational behavior. He also holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami and is an attorney.
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