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Hank helped build Coherent, Inc. into the premier laser manufacturing company in the industry. He joined the ophthalmic and surgical laser manufacturing company in 1973 as Vice President of Marketing, when the company's revenues were approximately $8 million. Hank was promoted to General Manager in 1974, Chief Operating Officer in 1980, and President, Chief Executive Officer and Director in 1983. When he retired in 1996, the company's annual revenue was $600 million. He subsequently served as Chairman of Coherent's Board of Directors until 2002 and currently serves as Vice Chairman. Hank is also Chairman of the Board at Alara, Inc. Hank attended the United States Coast Guard Academy, San Jose State University, and the Stanford University Graduate Business School (Executive Institute).

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Maynard brings a richly diverse background to Reliant. Along with his brother, Roger, he has launched five successful startup ventures in the market research, software, testing and measurement, quality and consulting fields. As a consultant, he has helped more than 50 Fortune 500 companies coordinate their companywide quality and customer relationship initiatives. As a senior executive and co-founder of a leading customer- and market-research company, he was responsible for conducting extensive marketing and branding campaigns, market assessment and trend research in both business-to-business and business-to-consumer environments. Maynard also has experience setting up distribution and managing sales channels throughout North America, Europe and parts of Asia.

A national and international lecturer, Maynard is the author and co-author of numerous articles and a top-selling business book. His benchmark book on quality – “Quality on Trial: Bringing Customer Relationships into Focus” – is in its second edition and has been published in several languages. Other books include a five-part implementation manual series called the “Business to Business Marketing Management System” and “The Executive’s Guide to Knowledge Management: Implementing World Class Knowledge Management Initiatives,” both published by McGraw-Hill.

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Len has more than 30 years of experience in lasers, laser scanners, medical systems and senior management within the laser industry, and he has been the driving force behind the breakthrough technology in the Fraxel® family of lasers. Beginning in 2001, he has provided leadership to the company as President, Chief Technology Officer and CEO. In his present role, Len directs the development of Reliant's new technology, products and applications.

Before joining Reliant, Len spent 11 years with Coherent Inc. in a variety of positions, ultimately becoming General Manager of the Medical Group. At Coherent, Len turned a poorly performing division into a profitable one with annual sales exceeding $100 million. During that period, Coherent Medical introduced the UltraPulse CO₂ laser, the most rapidly adopted aesthetic laser product until the release of the Fraxel laser. Many of Coherent's leading engineers and executives have joined Len at Reliant Technologies, a testament to their belief in his vision and leadership abilities.

Prior to Coherent, Len was the Engineering Manager for the Construction Systems Division of Spectra Physics, Inc.; Director of Operations and Engineering at ARCO Ventures; and Manager of Laser Scanning Technology for Xerox. While leading the Laser Scanning Technology Center for Xerox, Len developed the insights that have fueled the patented technology underlying the Fraxel laser.

Len's industry experience goes back to 1965 when he was an early contributor at Korad Lasers, the first commercial laser company. Len reported to Dr. Walter Koechner, whose work and classical texts in solid-state lasers continue to be the reference of choice for the industry. Korad was founded by Theodore Maiman, who demonstrated the first lasing action in solid-state materials and built the first Ruby laser systems that were used in ophthalmology.

Len is a well-respected executive and a highly regarded scientist. Working closely with Dr. R. Rox Anderson at the Wellman Institute for Photomedicine, Len led the development of the system technology, scanner technology, biomedical and clinical studies upon which the Fraxel laser was built. As a senior executive and technical leader, he continues to shape the vision for Reliant Technologies.

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Eric Stang possesses a wealth of leadership experience from company founder to corporate CEO, with a career including positions in consumer products, semiconductors, scientific computer and medical technology, strategic planning, and general management. Prior to joining Reliant, he was Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Lexar, now a subsidiary of Micron. Lexar is a leading provider of NAND flash memory products, including memory cards, USB flash drives, card readers and ATA controller technology for the digital photography, consumer electronics, industrial and communications markets. During his seven years at Lexar, Eric played a leadership role in taking the company public, effectively enacted a turnaround strategy, led its growth and entry into new markets, oversaw the development of a consumer brand, and established Lexar products in over 70,000 storefronts worldwide with 2005 revenues in excess of $850 million. Under Eric’s leadership, Lexar became one of the 50 largest public technology companies in Silicon Valley before its acquisition by Micron.

Prior to Lexar, Eric was with ADAC Laboratories, where he led the company's worldwide radiation therapy planning business, which at the time was the company’s fastest growing and most profitable division. In this role, Eric worked closely with luminary oncologists and medical physicists at several universities around the world in support of ADAC's technology leadership in radiation treatment planning. Eric also served as Vice President and General Manager of ADAC Laboratories.

Previously, he was Director of Operations at Raychem Corporation. Eric co-founded Monitor Company Europe Limited, an international strategic consulting firm in Europe. He has also worked for McKinsey & Company and as a software engineer at Ford Aerospace (now Loral). He holds a B.A. in economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business at Harvard University. Additionally, Eric sits on the board of Miradia, a private company that designs and manufactures a micro-mirror array that drives high-performance, high- definition displays.

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Bill Harrington, MD

Dr. Harrington is currently a partner at Three Arch Partners. Following medical school, he underwent his postgraduate training in internal medicine and diagnostic and interventional radiology at the University of California, San Francisco. He practiced as an interventional radiologist for nine years and maintains a clinical faculty appointment at UCSF. He has broad experience with a wide variety of medical devices, minimally invasive surgical procedures, and related clinical trials. Dr. Harrington was a founder of Bay Medical Management, a 50-physician, 300-employee medical group in Northern California.

Dr. Harrington received a B.S. in biology and chemistry from Tufts University, where he graduated summa cum laude; an M.D. from Harvard Medical School; and an M.B.A. at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Harrington is a CFA charter holder.

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Steve Mendelow

Steve has been a principal since 1983 with Konigsberg Wolf and Company, one of the oldest and most distinguished mid-sized certified public accounting and consulting practices in the New York metropolitan area. The firm serves corporate needs in the areas of capital formation, audit, tax, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic and financial planning. Steve specializes in unique transactions, family wealth, generational matters and financial restructuring. He advises the chairman of a New York Stock Exchange company, as well as the chairman of an American Stock Exchange company.

Serving as a board member for several public and private companies, Steve has played an integral role in the development of numerous growth-oriented companies and has provided strategic and tactical consulting to many established organizations. Throughout his career, he has been a general partner in more than 30 substantial commercial real estate transactions. He has served as treasurer of his co-op board for more than 10 years. He is a board member of Soldiers For The Truth and a trustee of The Washington Institute for Near East Studies.

Along with his wife, Nancy, he is actively involved in the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation, a non-profit organization for seriously ill children and their families, as well as the Foundation Fighting Blindness, which supports research for retinal degenerative diseases. Steve received his B.S. in business administration with a major in accounting from Bucknell University in 1964, and he was elected to Delta Mu Delta, the National Economics Honor Society.

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Dr. Nelson has decades of leadership in emerging medical technologies as well as an extensive surgical background. He served 22 years on the Board of Directors for Medtronic, Inc., a biomedical device manufacturer. As a key leader of the Medtronic acquisitions team, he helped acquire more than 100 companies, minority investments, technologies, and licenses. Prior to joining Medtronic, he practiced surgery from 1969 to 1986 and served as Chairman, President and CEO of the Park Nicollet Medical Center, a large multi-specialty group practice in Minneapolis, from 1975 to 1986. He was also Chairman of the Board and CEO of American MedCenters, a managed care organization, from 1984 to 1986.

Dr. Nelson received a B.A. from Harvard College in 1959 and a M.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1963. He completed his training and general surgery at Hennepin County General Hospital, Minneapolis, in 1969. He was certified by the American Board of Surgery in 1970.

Dr. Nelson is a Director of Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.; Carlson Companies, Inc.; and The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. Among his other affiliations, he is a member of Harvard University Dean's Council, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Board of Visitors, Co-Chair of the Juran Center for Leadership in Quality, a member of the Stanford Radiology Medical Imaging Advisory Board, and an Emeritus Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota.

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Bob is a member of the Board of Directors for Coherent, Inc., a leading supplier of photonics-based solutions, primarily including lasers for commercial and scientific research applications. He previously served as that company’s Executive Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Vice President and Treasurer; and Corporate Controller.

Bob is also the former Director of Finance for Synertek, Inc., a subsidiary of Honeywell, Inc. He began his career in finance in the audit department of accounting firm Main Lafrentz & Co. A CPA, Bob received his B.S. and M.S. in accounting from Clarkson University (Clarkson College of Technology).

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Robert Zollars is Chairman and CEO of Vocera Communications. With more than 28 years of industry experience, he has led several healthcare and technology organizations, most recently serving as President and CEO of Wound Care Solutions, the leading operator of outsourced chronic wound care centers. For six years prior, he was Chairman and CEO of Neoforma, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEOF), a leading healthcare technology company servicing 1,200 hospital and 465 supplier customers. Before Neoforma, he was Executive Vice President for Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH), a $75 billion healthcare product and service company, where he was responsible for five wholly owned subsidiaries: Pyxis Corporation, Owen Healthcare, Medicine Shoppe International, Cardinal International and Cardinal’s Information Technology businesses. Bob previously was with Baxter International (NYSE: BAX), where he led five different operating divisions ranging in revenue from $100 million to over $5 billion. He started his career at American Hospital Supply Corporation, which was acquired by Baxter in 1985.

Mr. Zollars has an M.B.A. in finance from John F. Kennedy University, and he graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in marketing from Arizona State University.

He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Advisors for the Center for Services Leadership at Arizona State University. He is also a Director for VWR International and Diamond Foods.

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