Maurice C. Kemp, Ph.D. - Chief Technical Officer

Dr. Kemp is a highly regarded research scientist with a Ph.D. in medical microbiology with specialization in virology and an extensive background in biochemistry. His experience includes over twenty years in virus and biochemical research in viral genetics, antiviral and viral pathogenesis (in vitro and in vivo), adjuvants, immunostimulants, cytokines and wound healing. He was a visiting Research Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control with concentration on the study of AIDS and respiratory viral diseases from 1980 to 1982. Dr. Kemp held the position of Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology as well as Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Colorado Medical Center from 1982-1985. From 1985-1992 he was Associate Professor of Veterinary Microbiology at Texas A&M University. From 1987 to 1992 he was a consultant for Carrington Laboratories and a Senior Research Scientist for Carrington Laboratories from 1992 to 1994. He is a co-founder of Mionix Corporation. He has many honors and awards including Who's Who in Science and Engineering and National Cancer Institute Fellowships. Dr. Kemp taught several university courses in the fields of medical microbiology and virology to medical, dental, veterinary and nursing students at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. He has numerous domestic and international publications, abstracts and presentations and is very well known and highly regarded for his research and development of immunopharmacologic and antiviral products.

Kenneth Byrd, D.V.M. - Director of Regulatory Affairs and Plant Applications

Dr. Byrd has a D.V.M. from Oklahoma State University, a B.S. in Agriculture, and an A.S. in Management from Northeast Texas Community College. He began a veterinary mixed practice in Hugo, Oklahoma and practiced there for seven years. During this time, the practice grew to a busy two-veterinarian practice. Dr. Byrd left private practice and went to work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in meat and poultry inspection. During this time, he had responsibility for both antemortem and postmortem inspection of meat and poultry animals and the correlation of dispositions by the inspectors that he supervised. In August of 1993, he took a new position with Pilgrim's Pride Corp. While there he had the responsibility for developing and implementing Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP), and the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) programs in the slaughter plants. He also developed the training materials and assisted in the implementation of the HACCP-based Inspection Models Project (HIMP) in two chicken slaughter plants. He also served as a liaison between the plants and USDA and as the corporate crisis management team coordinator, had the responsibility for implementing the Quality Management module of SAP, and served as Pilgrim's Pride's representative on the National Chicken Council Technical Regulatory Committee. While there, he assisted Mionix in gaining regulatory approvals from USDA. With 26 years of experience in regulatory issues and meat and poultry inspection, Ken is currently involved with regulatory issues and in assisting meat plants to implement Mionix's technology.

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David J. Teat - Director

Mr. Teat graduated from Wheaton College with a B.S. in Psychology and an MBA from Indiana University. He has twenty years of experience, including sales, marketing and several business "start-ups." His "start-ups" involved the identification of several business trends in the early stage and creating opportunities related to them. Mr. Teat also has ten years of experience in trading and managing a wide variety of investment instruments including bonds, equities, currencies and options.

Dr. Wong has served the Board of Directors of the Mionix Corporation and its predecessors since 1999. He received his B.S. degree from the University of California Berkeley and his M.D. degree from the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine. Dr. Wong received his internal medicine training at the University of Oregon School of Medicine and his specialty training in pulmonary diseases and infectious diseases at the University of California Davis School of Medicine. He is a Member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and the American College of Physicians. He is formerly the President of the American College of Chest Physicians, California Chapter, and Chief of Staff at Mercy General Hospital. He is currently the President of the Infectious Diseases Society of Northern California and the Chairman of the Board of Golden State Physicians Medical Group, an IPA of over 400 physicians. He is also the President and Chairman of the Board of VORTRAN Medical Technology 1, Inc. as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Westmed, Inc. Dr. Wong is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of California Davis School of Medicine and was named as one of the city's Top Docs by Sacramento Magazine. He has an active consulting practice in pulmonary, infectious diseases and critical care medicine.

Frank Parcell - Director

Mr. Parcell is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area who started in business in 1977 by creating a plumbing distribution business named Plumbing N' Things. He purchased Penn Supply, a pipe, valve and fitting distributor in 1978. He then started Decorative Plumbing Distributors in 1995 and sold Penn Supply in 1995 to Familian Corporation. He sold Decorative Plumbing Distributors to an employee in 1998 and sold Plumbing N' Things in 2003 to Slakey Brothers. He is currently consulting for Slakey Brothers and is owner of Parcell Properties, LLC, a real estate management company. Mr. Parcell is currently on the Sequoia Hospital Foundation Board of Directors and is a member of their finance committee.

Kenneth A. Epstein - Consultant, and Corporate Advisory Board

Ken Epstein holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, and an MBA in International Finance from the University of Michigan. He brings to Mionix more than 20 years of investment banking and venture management experience, including P&L responsibility for both major business units and startups. His diverse client bases are comprised of private and family-owned businesses, strategic equity investors, large corporate venture funds, and material, high-tech and life science firms. Mr. Epstein started his global, multi-functional career with the Dow Chemical Company. He spent the majority of his Dow career (US, Singapore, Brazil) in Dow’s Corporate Venture Group working with high tech and material global companies and technologies. He also started businesses, bought and sold small companies, and negotiated a variety of joint ventures and strategic alliances in North America, Europe, and Asia. Ken’s transaction experience encompasses selling and buying companies, negotiating global marketing and production alliances and joint ventures, as well as providing advisory services for strategic planning, acquisition and valuation. With an extensive background in materials (plastics, chemicals, ceramics, metals, nanotechnology), Ken also advises clients aggressively seeking expansion opportunities into new material markets (e.g. pharmaceutical, aerospace, semiconductor, energy, etc.) on acquisition candidates and small companies seeking larger global partners or exit strategies.

Dennis Karle, Ph.D. - Research Scientist and ISO9000 Certified Audit Manager

Dr. Karle has a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from USC, a B.S. in Chemistry from Fresno State, and more than fifteen years of diverse research and development experience in organic and polymer science, with emphasis on formulation and coating technologies and is an Inventor on several patents relating to organic chemistry, polymer science and magnetic media formulations. He has held positions at several corporations ranging from laboratory chemist to Director of Research and Development and is currently active in the fields of coating formulations, coating technology, environmental science and ISO 9000 compliance. Dr. Karle performs his services as a consultant to Mionix, in the capacity of an independent contractor.