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Executive Profile*

Background*

Mr. Thomas N. Urban, Tom, MBA has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of CellFor, Inc. since May 2004. Mr. Urban joined CellFor from DuPont, where he served as Director of Strategic Planning focused on DuPont's Agriculture and Nutrition portfolio. His responsibilities included the development of overall corporate strategy focused on growth, including strategic direction, portfolio management/acquisitions and divestitures and process improvements. He served ... as DuPont's Director of Global Wheat Business in Paris, where he was responsible for global product management and bottom-line profitability for the hybrid and varietal wheat business. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. Prior to DuPont, he held a number of positions with Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., including Director of Marketing for Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. in France and Country Manager for Pioneer's Romanian operations. He started his professional career as an analyst for Goldman, Sachs & Co. in their Mergers and Acquisitions department. Mr. Urban served as Corporate Vice President of Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc. since 1974 and as President since 1979, Chief Executive Officer since 1981. Mr. Urban serves as the Chairman of Ventria Bioscience, Inc. He served as Chairman of the Board of Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. from 1984 to December 31, 1996. Mr. Urban has been a Director of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. since March 1973. He serves as a Director of Greater Des Moines Community Foundation. He serves as a Director of CellFor, Inc. He serves as Member of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institution for Science and National Tropical Botanical Garden Intoximeters and Reach Systems. He serves as Director of Zygogen, LLC. He served as a Non-executive Director of Sygen International plc until January 11, 2002. He served as Director of Divergence, Inc. Mr. Urban served as Mayor of the City of Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Urban serves as Member of Advisory Board of SemiosBIO Technologies Inc. He was Visiting Professor at Harvard University in the Graduate School of Business from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Urban holds a M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from Middlebury College.

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