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Mr. Capponi has more than 20 years of management experience in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and imaging equipment at companies including Upjohn, Sims Deltec, and Sabratek. Mr. Capponi joined CytoSorbents Inc. as the VP of Operations in 2002 until his promotion to Chief Operating Officer in 2005. Prior to joining CytoSorbents, he held several senior management positions at Sabratek and its diagnostics division GDS. Mr. Capponi was interim president of GDS diagnostics in 2001, and from 2000 to 2001 he was responsible for the integration of the Baxter-Sabratek acquisition. From 1998 to 2000 Mr. Capponi was Senior VP and COO for Sabratek and VP Operations from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Capponi has extensive experience in process scale-up and high volume medical disposables production. He received his MS in Chemistry and his BS in Chemistry and Microbiology from Bowling Green State University.