Steve

President & Co-Founder

Confluence Pharmaceuticals, LLC • Self-employed

Jun 2010 - Present • 16 yrs 2 mos

Provide day to day leadership of small biotech focused on developing drug therapies for rare neurological diseases. My activities include daily operations including P&L management, fund raising and M&A activities. I have accomplished the following: ● Raised $8.8M to date, including $2.1M in non-dilutive capital from prominent high-net-worth individuals and 3 strategic institutional investors. ● Expanded strategic patent portfolio to 6 families spanning multiple diseases, compounds, molecular biomarkers, and novel formulation technologies. ● Completed Phase I clinical trial that advanced innovative treatment options. ● Received Orphan Drug Status in US & EU, boosting market potential for novel therapies. ● Drafted the FDA Investigational New Drug application for a Phase II clinical trial with enhanced expertise, positioning the company at the forefront of biopharmaceutical innovation. ● Organized and led a team of internationally renowned biotechnology professionals. ● Negotiated licensing agreements that secured valuable academic patents, translating into competitive clinical-stage assets across a broad spectrum of indications.

Vice President, Regional Markets

Cincinnati Bell, Inc. • Full-time

Mar 2008 - May 2010 • 2 yrs 2 mos

As part of an exit of eGIX, Inc. and affiliate companies I fulfilled an employment tail with CBI. During that time, my activities were: ● Directed full P&L for the eGIX division, driving profitable growth through strategic financial oversight and targeted initiative deployment.. ● Oversaw strategic regional expansion efforts, significantly boosting overall market presence. ● Identified future product and market trends to position the company ahead of emerging sectors. ● Screened acquisition candidates to boost capabilities and expand service offerings.

President & CEO

eGIX, Inc.; EGIX Network Services, Inc.: DSL Indiana Acquisitions, LLC • Full-time

Jan 1990 - Feb 2008 • 18 yrs 1 mo

Responsible for overall vision and strategic guidance, as well as, oversight of day-to-day operations of eGIX, Inc., EGIX Network Services, Inc., DSL Indiana Acquisitions, LLC and their affiliated companies. Additional responsibilities included board representation, acquisitions/mergers, and all capital activities. Cincinnati Bell Any Distance acquired all companies in 2008. • Profitably grew business from an early startup stage company to strategic exit while experiencing only one year of operating loss in its first partial year of operations. Increased annual revenues from $320,000 to over $15 million, while substantially increasing shareholder wealth while navigating the company through the Dot Com meltdown and Telecommunication “nuclear winter.” • Successfully transformed the business from a single-product operation in Indianapolis to a national service provider supporting a broad group of technologically new IP-based business solutions to both small to medium sized businesses and Carrier-to-Carrier markets. • Successfully established and grew EGIX Network Services, Inc. from a startup into a regional competitive local exchange carrier as a means to enter into the regulated telecommunications services business. • Successfully acquired and assimilated over 20 businesses into the eGIX family strengthening our geographic presence, revenues, and weakening our competition’s wholesale channel. • Diversified and strengthened our distribution from sole dependence on a direct sales channel to a strong, professional direct, inside and outside sales channels with industry unique products and compensation programs. • Lead the effort to strategically exit the business beginning with the search and selection of an investment banking group. That effort was followed by a systematic sale process, which narrowed the field of interested candidates from eight to a single strategic buyer, Cincinnati Bell. CinBell acquired eGIX at the top of the market valuation curve. Throug