Mr. Allingham was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and to the Board of Directors in February 2004. Mr. Allingham previously served as Executive Vice President of the Company from November 1997 to February 2004. He served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company from January 1996 to March 2004. Mr. Allingham also served as General Manager of the Hyaluronan Division from November 1996 to February 2004 and General Manager of the Oral Restorative Division from November 1997 to February 2004.
Mr. Hiebert was appointed Vice President and General Manager of the Hyaluronan Division in July 2006. Mr. Hiebert served as Vice President of Operations since March 2004, Director of Operations from 1997 to March 2004 and held various manufacturing and materials management positions within the Company from 1983 to March 2004.
Dr. Thacker was appointed Vice President of New Business Development in November 2004. Dr. Thacker served as Director of New Business Development from 2000 to November 2004 and is the co-inventor of the hyaluronan fermentation and manufacturing process. He held various research and business development positions at the Company from 1981 to 2004.
Mr. Hall was appointed Vice President of Technical Operations in July 2006. Mr. Hall has served as the company's Director of Manufacturing Operations and Engineering since 2001; prior to that he was the Manager of Engineering and Operations at Lifecore. Mr. Hall has over 17 years of drug and device manufacturing experience and was with Protein Design Labs prior to joining Lifecore.