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Mr. Lousararian began working with Verax as a consultant in the fall of 2005 and was named Chief Executive Officer in February 2006. Prior to joining Verax, James was a consultant for Medtronic Vascular following Medtronic’s acquisition of Angiolink Corporation in November 2004. Mr. Lousararian was the President and CEO, as well as a Director and co-Founder of AngioLink, a life sciences start-up in the fields of wound management and interventional cardiology. Prior to the founding of AngioLink in late 1999, Mr. Lousararian was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of STD Manufacturing Inc., a medical device OEM manufacturer. Prior to joining STD, Mr. Lousararian was Vice President of Thermo ReTec Corp., an American Stock Exchange company and part of the Thermo Electron family of companies, where Mr. Lousararian was President of two major subsidiaries and responsible for business development. Mr. Lousararian began his career at Hale and Dorr, a Boston law firm. Mr. Lousararian received his J.D. from the University of Chicago and his B.B.A. (Accounting) from the University of Massachusetts. Mr. Lousararian is also a co-founder of ArthroSurface Incorporated, a start-up orthopedics company and Spirus Medical, Inc., a start-up medical device company in the gastroenterology and urology fields.