Board of Directors
Stanley Lapidus, President, CEO and Founder
Stan is an experienced life-science entrepreneur and inventor with over 30 issued US patents. He founded and led Cytyc, EXACT Sciences and Helicos BioSciences (NASDAQ: CYTC, EXAS, HLCS), and holds academic appointments at Tufts and MIT. Since 2002, Stan has served as a trustee of Cooper Union, his alma mater.
William Geary, North Bridge Venture Partners, Partner
Bill invests primarily in healthcare and has been at North Bridge since its 1994 founding. Previously, Bill was Partner at Hambro International Equity Partners. He was CFO of MathSoft, which went public and was acquired by Parametric Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: PMTC). Bill also worked for Congoleum Corporation, where he helped execute a $500M private buyout. Bill chairs the Board of Trustees of Boston College, his alma mater.
Thomas Mac Mahon
Tom was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) from 1997 until his retirement in December, 2006. Previously, he was President of Roche Diagnostics Group from 1988-1996. He currently serves on the Boards of LabCorp, Express Scripts, Inc. and PharMerica Corp. He also serves on the Boards of St. Peter's College and Elon University. He has an undergraduate degree from St. Peter's College (1968) and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson (1972).
James Nahirny, Bain Capital Ventures, Managing Director
James is a founding Partner of Bain Capital Ventures where he leads all healthcare investing activities. James has served as a director of many public and private healthcare companies, and is currently Chairman of the New England Venture Capital Association. He received an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and a BA from Yale University.
Hemant Taneja, General Catalyst Partners, Managing Director
Hemant invests in healthcare, clean energy and internet communications. He is co-founder and Chairman of Sunborne Energy. Hemant co-founded Isovia, later acquired by JP Mobile (MOT). He co-founded and chairs the New England Clean Energy Council. He holds an M.S. in Operations Research, a BS and MEng in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, and a BS in Mathematics, Biology & Biomedical Engineering from MIT.