Management

Adolph J. Ferro, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer

Al Ferro, President and Chief Executive Officer, has been a director of Virogenomics since January 2001 and a director of Artielle since its formation in 2004.  As a member of A&G Management LLC, he provided consulting services to the company from January 2001 until August 2001 when he joined the company as an employee.  He was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Agritope, Inc. from 1989 to 2000 when Agritope was sold to Exelixis, Inc.  Agritope, which is now named Exelixis Plant Sciences, is an agricultural genomics and biotechnology company.  Dr. Ferro was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Epitope, Inc. from 1990 through 1998, when Agritope was spun off from Epitope.  Epitope, which is now named OraSure Technologies, is a medical diagnostics company with several FDA approved products. Prior to joining Epitope, Dr. Ferro was a Professor of Microbiology at Oregon State University and is the author of numerous publications in both the medical and agricultural fields.  Dr. Ferro received a B.S. degree in zoology from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in microbiology from Washington State University.

Gilbert N. Miller
Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

Mr. Miller, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, has been a Director of Virogenomics since January 2001.  As a member of A&G Management LLC, he provided consulting services to the company from January 2001 until August 2001 when he joined the company as an employee.  He was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Agritope, Inc. from 1998 to 2000, when Agritope was sold to Exelixis, Inc.  Mr. Miller was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Epitope, Inc. from 1989 through 1998, when Agritope was spun off from Epitope.  Prior to joining Epitope, Mr. Miller held several executive positions, including Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, of Northwest Marine Iron Works; Senior Vice President/Finance of Nicolai Company; Director of Corporate Finance, Georgia-Pacific Corporation and Audit Manager, Arthur Andersen & Co.  Mr. Miller received a B.S. degree in business administration and technology from Oregon State University and a M.B.A. degree from the University of Oregon.  He is a certified public accountant.

Andrew S. Goldstein
Vice President of Product Development

Mr. Goldstein was Vice President Product Development of Virogenomics from its formation in 2001 until joining Artielle in 2004. Mr. Goldstein was a co-founder and Director of Epitope, Inc.  At Epitope, he was Senior Vice President, Product Support and Improvement and Senior Vice President of Product Development.  Prior to joining Epitope, Mr. Goldstein was Manager of the Oregon Health Sciences Renal Transplant Laboratory.  Mr. Goldstein received a B.S. degree in microbiology from Cornell University and a M.S. in cytology from Fordham University.