Board of Directors

Thomas J. Meade, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board.

Geoff McKinley, Ph.D., Director, is Vice President of R&D and Business Development of Osmetech Molecular Diagnostics reporting to the CEO. Dr. McKinley participated in the multi-million dollar acquisitions of Molecular Sensing, plc and Clinical Micro Sensors and is currently responsible for the identification, evaluation, financial assessment and implementation of business and technology opportunities. He also heads up the R&D division driving molecular biology product-based development. Previously he was Senior Director of Business Development at bioMérieux, North America with responsibility for new technologies for its molecular biology business.

Barbara Beug Dyson, Director, is a Founder and Principal of Dyson, Dyson & Dunn, Inc., a private equity firm focused on middle market industrial manufacturing, distribution and service companies. Ms. Dyson's firm owns and operates eight companies with sales of over $200 million. Ms. Dyson received her B.S. in Economics from Rollins University and has an M.B.A. from Northwestern Universoty's Kellogg School of Management.

Stuart Cornew, Director, is the Managing Director and Founder of Pattern Associates, a data mining company located in Evanston, Illinois.  Mr. Cornew serves on the Board of Directors of two companies and is an active scout leader and glider pilot. He received a B.S. in Engineering from Swarthmore College and has an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Mark Matthews, Director, is Managing Member and Founder of Argent Real Estate Development Corporation. To date Argent is responsible for over $200 million in real estate projects and is currently developing in Florida, South Carolina, Illinois and Wisconsin. Mr. Matthews was previously with Transleasing International and served on its Board of Directors.

Richard Parrillo, Jr., Director, is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the United Automobile Insurance Group, a publicly-held company. Mr. Parrillo has led UAIG to the forefront of the automobile insurance industry, writing over $350 million in premiums in 2004, predominantly in Florida and Illinois.  Based upon a twenty percent growth factor per year, UAIG will be approaching $1.0 billion in premiums by the year, 2010. 

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