tamir biotechnology inc
(ACEL:Grey Market)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Mr. Tommy G. Thompson, J.D., serves as an Operating Partner of MTS Health Investors, LLC. Mr. Thompson serves as Strategic Advisor of IxReveal, Inc. Mr. Thompson serves as Advisor at Liazon Corporation and Peak Ridge Capital Group, Inc. He serves as a Senior Advisor at McKinley Reserve. He served as a Senior Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP from 2005 to early 2012. Mr. Thompson focused on the development of the Private Equity and Advisory Services Groups within ... Peak Ridge. He serves as the Head for Domestic and International Business Development of PURE Bioscience, Inc. He serves as National Policy Advisor at U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc. He served as a Senior Advisor to Deloitte & Touche LLP from 2005 to 2009. He was Venture Partner at Burrill Venture Capital. Mr. Thompson served as a Secretary of Allezoe Medical Holdings, Inc and Novation Holdings, Inc. Mr. Thompson served as a Special Advisor of Tamir Biotechnology, Inc. (formerly Alfacell Corp.) from January 9, 2006 to 2008 and its Special Advisor to Chief Executive Officer since July 2010. He served as Special Advisor to the Chairman at Curaxis Pharmaceutical Corp. From February 2001 to January 2005, he served as the Secretary of United States Department of Health & Human Services. He worked to modernize and add prescription drug coverage to Medicare for the first time in the program’s history. From 1987 to February 2001, he served as the Governor of the State of Wisconsin. He served as the President at Logistics Health, Inc. since March 2005. With nearly 40 years of Mr. Thompson’s career devoted to public service, he is recognized for his candor and as an Advocate for the health and welfare of all Americans. He has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in public service. In 1986, Mr. Thompson was elected to the first of four consecutive terms as Governor, he was reelected in 1990, and in 1994 became the first governor in the state’s history to be elected to a third four-year term. In 1998 he was elected to a fourth term, and served in that position until his appointment as secretary of Health & Human Services in 2001. These efforts focus on improving the use of information technology in hospitals, clinics and doctors offices; promoting healthier lifestyles; strengthening and modernizing Medicare and Medicaid; and expanding the use of medical diplomacy around the world. He has dedicated his professional life to public service and made Wisconsin state history when he was re-elected to his gubernatorial office for a third term in 1994 and a fourth term in 1998. Mr. Thompson was elected assistant Assembly minority leader in 1973 and Assembly minority leader in 1981. He began his career in public service in 1966 as a representative in Wisconsin's state Assembly. He has been the Chairman of Poliwogg Holdings, Inc. since March 27, 2013. He serves as the Unit Chairman of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP and serves as an Independent Chairman of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Mr. Thompson serves as the Chairman of the Board of Armada Media Corporation, Careview Communications, Inc., AGA Medical Corporation and Logistics Health Incorporated. He has been Chairman of Stayhealthy, Inc. since May 2011. He has been the Chairman of TherapeuticsMD, Inc since May 16, 2012. He serves as the Chairman of Advisory Board of Constella Group, LLC. He has been the Chairman of the Advisory Board at Spectrascience Inc. since January 2010 and CNS Response, Inc. since March 2010. Mr. Thompson has been the Chairman of Board of HealthShares at DBX Strategic Advisors LLC (formerly XShares Advisors LLC) since March 2007. He served as Chairman of National Railroad Passenger Corporation. He served as Chairman of AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. from August 2005 to November 17, 2010. He has been a Director at Centene Corp. since April 21, 2005, Cytori Therapeutics Inc. since May 2011, Tenex Health, Inc. since March 2013 and Cancer Genetics, Inc. since 2008. He serves as a Director of Global Renewable, LLC, WebLOQ Inc. Organ Transport Systems, Inc., and Lifenexus, Inc. He has been an Independent Director of CR Bard Inc. since August 2005 and United Therapeutics Corporation since January 1, 2010. Mr. Thompson has been a Director of Picis, Inc. since November 15, 2005. He serves as Member of Advisory Board at TelaDoc, Inc. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Wisconsin bars. Mr. Thompson has been a Member of Regulatory Advisory Panel of HealthMarkets, Inc., since November 2006. He has been a Director of Careview Communications, Inc. since October 26, 2005. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Cleveland HeartLab, Inc., Catalina Health Resource, LLC, Burrill Life Sciences Capital Fund III, L.P., and HxTechnologies, Inc. He has been a Member of Advisory Board PURE Bioscience, Inc. since September 2009. He serves as Trustee of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He served as a Member of Executive Council of Prematics, Inc. He served as a Director of PURE Bioscience, Inc. from February 2006 to September 2009, CNS Response, Inc. from August 26, 2009 to March 2010 and Spectrascience Inc. from September 2007 to December 17, 2009. He served as a Director of Voyager Pharmaceutical Corp. since February 2005. He served as a Member of the Advisory Board at IxReveal, Inc. He served as a Director of Procure Treatment Centers, Inc., U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc. and Harmony Information Systems, Inc. He served as a Director of Novation Holdings, Inc. from September 2005 to May 2011. He served as a Director of Applied Digital Solutions Inc. (now Digital Angel Corporation) since July 2005 and VeriChip Corporation (now PositiveID Corporation) from July 2005 to March 2007. He served as a Director of Allezoe Medical Holdings, Inc. from September 2005 to June 28, 2011 and Medco Health Solutions, Inc. since October 2006. He serves as Chairman of Committee on Cost Reduction Through Preventive Healthcare at MDVIP, Inc. Mr. Thompson serves as the Chairman of National Governors Association, Education Commission of the States, and Midwestern Governors Conference. He is the Honorary Chairman of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Mr. Thompson has received numerous public service awards, including The Anti-Defamation Leagues Distinguished Public Service Award, Governing Magazines Public Official of the Year Award in 1997, the Horatio Alger Award in 1998, and the Cedars of Lebanon Freedom Award. Mr. Thompson holds both his J.D. in 1966 and B.S. in 1963 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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