Management Team

Thomas J. Meade, Ph.D., Founder, is the Eileen M. Foell Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Physiology and Radiology at Northwestern University.  He has founded three successful start-up companies based on his research at the California Institute of Technology and Northwestern University:  Clinical Micro Sensors (CMS) which is developing electrochemical sensors for the detection of nucleic acids, Metaprobe which has focused on in vivo biochemically-activated magnetic resonance contrast agents, and PreDx, a company also focused on imaging technologies.  CMS was acquired by Motorola in 2000 for $300 million.  Dr. Meade is currently the inventor on more than 70 patents and patent applications, including those that Ohmx has licensed from CMS and Northwestern University.

Barbara Beug Dyson, President and CEO, Chairman of the Board of Directors, 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 University's Kellogg School of Management.

Dimitra Georganopoulou, Ph.D., VP of Research, joined Ohmx in 2005 with over 11 years of experience in sensors, biosensors and electrochemical biosensors. Specifically, she has background and experience with ion sensors, gas sensors, solvent sensors, glucose sensors for diabetics and head trauma patients, as well as nanoparticle based DNA and protein sensors for the detection of HIV, prostate cancer and Alzheimer's disease. She  has also worked as a consultant for Inverness Medical Technology and Nanosphere, and she is currently heading the Ohmx R&D development of integrated sensors for point-of-care diagnostics and home monitoring. She is the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications and is an expert in the field of analytical electrochemistry, nanotechnology and biotechnology.

Grace Kefer, CPA, Acting Controller, brings to Ohmx over twenty years of experience of financial and administrative management in various industries and also serves as the CEO of Kefer Business Solutions.  A former graduate of Northern Illinois University, Grace took her knowledge and experience from auditing entrepreneurial companies in the public accounting sector, and consulted with clients in the middle market from start-up through sales and acquisition.  Grace was previously with Price Waterhouse and Arthur Anderson and she is currently Acting Controller of Ohmx, overseeing the accounting, administrative and personnel branches.

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