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Cesca Senior Leadership
Seasoned industry executives:
Significant Insider ownership
Matthew T. Plavan
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BOD
§ COO ’08-’10 (3yrs), CFO ‘05-’13 (8yrs), & CFO for two venture-backed start-ups (5 yrs)
§ Vice-President of Finance & Gen. Mgr McKesson (7yrs) & Ernst & Young (6yrs)
Kenneth L. Harris, M.S.
PRESIDENT, BOD
§ 25 yrs exp. in healthcare & biotech. Previously Chairman, CEO, & Co-
Founder of MK Alliance, Inc. a position (5 yrs)
§ President of Pall Corp’s BioSciences Div. & Cell Therapy Div., ‘01- ‘08
Dan T. Bessey
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
§ Served from ‘08-’12 as Vice-President & CFO of SureWest Communications
(Telecom)
§ VP Finance, Controller & Dir. of Corporate Finance (various roles) during 13yr
tenure at SureWest (previous to CFO)
Mitchel Sivilotti, M.Sc.
SVP, BIOLOGICS
§ 10 yrs exp. In biotech. Previously Vice-Chairman, President & Co-Founder of MK
Alliance, Inc. a position held for 5yrs
§ Prior to MKA, Mitch Managed the Global Cell Therapy Business Unit at Pall Corp.
Hal Baker
SVP, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
§ Various roles as head of sales for ThermoGenesis ‘09- ‘13 (4yrs)
§ VP, Global Sales for Hygenic Corporation ‘06- ’09 (3yrs) & managed sales
and marketing for Pall Corporation ‘01- ’05 (4yrs)
Ken Pappa
VP, OPERATIONS
§ VP Engineering, Manufacturing & various operations management roles ‘06 -
’13 (7yrs) ThermoGenesis.
§ Various positions with Hewlett Packard-Agilent Technologies including Mfg.
Controller & Sr. Operations Manager
Kevin Cooksy
VP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
§ VP, Business Development ‘11- ‘13 (2yrs) ThermoGenesis
§ VP, Business Development ‘07 ‘10 (3yrs) for Perlegen Sciences & held
various management positions in Corporate Development and Global
Marketing ‘05- ‘10 (5yrs) Agilent Technologies