Brian M. Posner has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2009.  Mr. Posner’s career spans over 20 years in global finance positions in the healthcare industry.  From June 1999 to December 2008, Mr. Posner served in a series of positions of increasing responsibility with Pharmacopeia, Inc., a clinical development stage biopharmaceutical company, culminating in his service as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from May 2006 to December 2008. Prior to Pharmacopeia, Mr. Posner was Chief Financial Officer at Phytomedics, an early stage life sciences company. 

 Prior to this position, Mr. Posner was a Regional Chief Financial Officer at Omnicare, Inc., where he was responsible for financial reporting and human resource functions for its Northeast subsidiaries. In addition, he previously held senior financial positions at Executive Health Group and Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center. Mr. Posner was a member of the audit team at Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Posner received his B.A. in Accounting from Queens College and his M.B.A. from Pace University. In addition, Mr. Posner is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York.