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Business Journal Mark P. Mellin, CPA

President;  Chief Executive Officer; Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Mellin brings a wealth of experience to the Vidacare executive team as a veteran in the biotechnology industry possessing deep expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, SEC rules and regulations and public company financial reporting. A San Antonio native for over 40 years, Mellin currently serves as the Audit Committee Chairman of the board of directors for Rackspace Hosting, Inc. Previously, Mr. Mellin was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Ilex Oncology and managed the financial aspects of the sale of the San Antonio-based company to Genzyme Corporation for $1 billion. Prior to that, he was the managing partner of the San Antonio office of Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Mellin holds a BBA in Accounting from The University of Texas and has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1984.

Michael Voss

Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Voss’ 20 years of experience includes executive leadership positions at medical device firms in the cardiology, vascular access, oncology and peripheral vascular arenas, with executive and managerial marketing and sales leadership with organizations including Bard Access Systems, Cordis Cardiology (a Johnson & Johnson company) and Boston Scientific. Mr. Voss holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and is a graduate of Georgia Southern University. Prior to entering the medical device industry, Voss served as a Captain in the U.S. Army.

Rick Mangum, CPA

Vice President; Finance and Corporate Controller

Rick Mangum brings 30 years of senior leadership experience in finance, accounting and administration. With ten years of experience at Clear Channel serving as VP Finance and Accounting, Mangum was responsible for accounting, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and compliance for 170 markets and 900 stations with approximately $4 billion revenue. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for KellyUSA, PhyCor Inc and Baptist Health System. Mr. Mangum holds an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin where he also received his B.A. in Accounting. Mangum has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1982.

Larry J. Miller, MD

Founder; Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Miller has treated more than 120,000 emergency patients since training at Chicago’s Cook County Hospital, where he earned the Intern of the Year Award. For ten years he was Chairman of Emergency Medicine at the five Baptist Health System Hospitals in San Antonio. He is currently the medical director for 10 Emergency Medical Services organizations. Dr. Miller brings a rich experience of clinical medicine (30 years as an emergency medicine specialist and opinion leader), in-depth knowledge of intraosseous physiology (directing intraosseous research, human clinical trials and FDA device approval), and business management (20 years directing product development, engineering, manufacturing, and marketing, as well as President and CEO of three medical device companies). Dr. Miller developed an extensive patent portfolio for the Vidacare technology and received FDA clearance for 15 indications.

Jim Thomsen

Co-Founder ;  Executive Vice President; Vascular Access Sales

Mr. Thomsen is a seasoned medical device sales and marketing executive, with over 40 years of experience in health care and medical devices. With 12 years experience specifically in intravenous access products, he was consistently in the top 5% in sales with Jelco, a division of Johnson & Johnson; US Surgical (sales from $3 million to $1 billion in 5 years); Vicra, a division of Baxter; Pioneer Viggo, a division of BOC; and Intertech Resources. Highly entrepreneurial, Mr. Thomsen founded his own medical device specialty distribution company (Intermedway) in 1989 and grew it to $244 million in six years. He later raised $65 million for the creation of a rollup of Intermedway members (Critical Care Concepts) that was later sold to Cardinal Health. A knowledgeable marketer and innovative thinker, he has consistently exceeded corporate goals. Mr. Thomsen received his B.A. in History and English at McMurry University in Abilene, TX.