Gary R. Maharaj  
Gary R. Maharaj was elected to our Board in August 2014. He has been a director, President, and CEO of SurModics, Inc. since December 2010. SurModics is a publicly traded company that provides technologies to enable the performance and enhance the functionality of medical devices and in vitro diagnostics.

Prior to joining SurModics, Mr. Maharaj served as President and CEO of Arizant Inc., a provider of patient temperature management systems in hospital operating rooms, from 2006 to 2010. Previously, Mr. Maharaj served in several senior level management positions for Augustine Medical, Inc. (predecessor to Arizant Inc.) from 1996 to 2006, including Vice President of Marketing, and Vice President of Research and Development.

Mr. Maharaj holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota, an M.S. in biomedical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of the West Indies.