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Spencer Stuart/Directors & Boards Directors Roster
Directors & Boards, Summer, 2002
OptiCare provides eye care services. Revenues are $112 million. PSS is a distributor of medical supplies and diagnostic equipment. Revenues are $2 billion. DRS supplies defense electronics products and systems. Revenues are $517 million.
ORCHID BIOSCIENCES INC.
4390 US Route 1 North, Princeton, NJ 08540
has added to its board:
Nicole S. Williams
Bio Notes: Has more than 25 years of management and finance experience. Is a consultant to early-stage science and technology-based companies. Served seven years as EVP, CFO and corporate secretary of R.P. Scherer Corp., an international drug delivery company. Formerly held senior positions in finance at SSPS Inc., CECO Industries, and Swift Independent Corp.
Orchid BioSciences develops genetic analysis and DNA diagnostic products. Revenues are $41 million.
PCTEL INC.
1331 California Circle, Milpitas, CA 95035
has added to its board:
Richard Gitlin
Chief Technical Officer
C&C Research Labs
NEC USA INC.
4 Independence Way, Princeton, NJ 08540
Bio Notes: Is a co-inventor of DSL technology and holds 44 U.S. patents in the areas of data communications, digital signal processing, wireless systems and broadband networking. In present position since 2002. Previously was a visiting professor of electrical engineering at Columbia University. Formerly spent more than 30 years at Lucent Technologies Inc. and its predecessor companies, where from 1995-1998 he was SVP of communication sciences research at its Bell Labs subsidiary. Age 59.
PCTEL provides Internet access products and modems. Revenues are $35 million. NEC manufactures communications equipment and software.
PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLIES INC.
9125 Recho Road, San Diego, CA 92121
has added to its board:
Arthur B. Laffer
Bio Notes: Has more than 35 years of economic research, governmental services and academic experience. He was noted in Time magazine's 1999 cover story, "The Century's Greatest Minds," in recognition of his achievements in economics. Was a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board from 1981-1989.
Petco is a specialty retailer of pet food and supplies. Revenues are $1.5 billion.
PHARMOS CORP.
99 Wood Avenue S., Suite 301, Iselin, NJ 08830
has added to its board:
Lawrence F. Marshall
Professor and Chair
Division of Neurological Surgery
San Diego Medical Center
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
9500 Gilman Dirve, La Jolla, CA 92093
Bio Notes: Has had a 30-year career as a scientist and neurosurgeon. Has been the principal investigator or co-investigator on various head and spinal cord injury trials.
Pharmos is a biopharmaceutical company that develops therapeutics for the treatment of inflammatory and neurological disorders. Revenues are $3 million.
POGO PRODUCING CO.
5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2700, Houston, TX 77046
has added to its board:
Carroll W. Suggs
Bio Notes: From 1990-2001 served as chairman and CEO of Petroleum Helicopters Inc. Also is a director of GlobalSantaFe Corp., Whitney Holding Co. and Taylor Energy Co. Age 63.
Pogo is a natural gas and oil production and exploration company. Revenues are $578 million.
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