Spencer Robert, J.D., MBA, Chief Executive Officer
Spencer Robert's experience has been in creating profitable growth in the healthcare and cosmeceuticals industries. Recently, Spencer served as a senior outside advisor to the United States Department of Veteran Affairs' (the largest healthcare provider in the US) Assistant Secretary for Management and the VA General Counsel, and led process improvement and strategic sourcing initiatives within the department including the assessment. Spencer also led the strategic growth planning process as a part of Revlon's Licensing and Corporate Strategy groups. Earlier in his career as a Senior Manager for Lexmark, Spencer successfully led a new product team, earning manager of the year award. Spencer earned his JD from Cornell Law, his MBA from Wake Forest University, his undergraduate degree at The George Washington University and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris.
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Dr. Gautam Ghatnekar, Ph.D. President &Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Ghatnekar is a veterinarian with over 7 years experience in small animal medicine and surgery. After building a successful veterinary clinic he chose to seek new challenges, graduating from North Carolina State University with a Ph.D. in comparative biomedical sciences in 2004. During his doctoral studies at NC State University Dr Ghatnekar won various awards including the Teratology Society Marie W. Taubeneck award for excellence in research and leadership and an American Heart Association Fellowship. His post-doctoral work led to the discovery of the wound healing potential of this novel peptide bioengineered by the Gourdie laboratory at MUSC.
Dr. Ghatnekar is a member of various prestigious scientific societies including the Wound Healing Society. In July 2005, Dr Ghatnekar and Dr Gourdie co-founded FirstString Research, Inc. to explore the scientific and commercial potential of this exciting technology.
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