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Mr. Vietor has over 30 years of experience in managing global biotech and pharmaceutical research and investment banking, including leadership roles in numerous IPOs, secondary offerings and mergers. He was a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch in the Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group that was ranked number one in healthcare-related equity and equity-linked transactions in 2001-2002. Additionally, he was an Institutional Investor-ranked research analyst for 12 consecutive years. Mr. Vietor also served as a senior executive at Emdeon Corp. (now WebMD, Inc.) and played a major role in the WebMD Health public spinout. He serves on the Board of Directors for several private healthcare companies. He has a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst