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Mary Pat Moyer, Ph.D Dr. Mary Pat Moyer, President and Chief Executive Officer, is a recognized entrepreneur, scientist, and technology business leader. Dr. Moyer's career spans more than 30 years of experience in multidisciplinary scientific research and technology applications. She is an internationally recognized expert in human cell biotechnology and has developed the only human intestinal cell lines that exist in the world. Her expertise in microbiology and biodefense, vaccines, and disciplines where life sciences meet information technology and engineering make her uniquely qualified to manage convergent or fusion technologies projects and consortia. Over the past ten years she has founded or co-founded several companies (for profit and not-for-profit). These include her innovative life sciences company, INCELL Corporation, where she has orchestrated INCELL's growth in its 9 clinical pipeline products, and its research products, which focus on vaccines, cell and gene therapies, pre-clinical testing, bioassay evaluations and laboratory services. INCELL's research and development activities have been expanded with management of a worldwide group of 70 Consultant Scientists and eight small business research grants awarded through NIH since 1997. She has served as a Consultant to national and international government agencies (e.g., WHO, NIH, NASA, DoD) and to universities and industry. EDUCATION: B.S. and M.S. degrees in biology (Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton); Ph.D. degree in microbiology (1981) from The University of Texas at Austin. James V. Janowiak Treasurer and Vice President for Finance and Administration, is a Certified Public Accountant with a master's degree in accounting. His wide range of accounting and auditing experience in different types and sizes of businesses, as well as consulting, has made him uniquely qualified for the demands of an emerging company. He received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1977 and a master's degree in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985, where he was awarded the Tenneco Accounting Scholarship. His experience includes cost and managerial accounting, financial accounting, and internal audit in manufacturing and other environments, as well as external auditing with a Big 4 public accounting firm. At INCELL, he is responsible for all financial, tax and accounting matters, purchasing, human resources, and administration. For the past six years, he has also been co-owner, Chief Finance Officer and a Member of the Board of TEKSA Innovations Corporation, a for-profit technology and biotechnology-based business incubator. Charles R. Bauer M.D. Consulting Medical Director, provides input to research and development, and applications related to clinical products and services. He served in the Air Force for more than 20 years and upon retirement joined the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) As a general and trauma surgeon and Assistant Dean for Ambulatory and Emergency Services. The American College of Physician Executives has recognized him as a Certified Physician Executive (CPE), is on numerous committees and Advisory Boards dealing with Trauma, Disaster Preparedness, and CBERNE. He has participated in numerous International Disaster Conferences, and has been a moderator and program committee member. EDUCATION: Doctor of Medicine from Marquette University School of Medicine (1958), Surgery Internship at St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee WI and a four year surgery residency at Shands Teaching Hospitals, Univ. of Florida Ms. LuAnn Kirk Office Manager, has worked at the University of Texas Health Science Center with Dr. Moyer and managed all aspects of her office operations for more than 16 years. Her strong skill sets include: preparation of grants and contracts, business components of operations and proposals, from budgets to certifications (such as human subjects and animal research) to coordination of intern programs, office supplies and equipment, preparation of presentations and marketing materials, general communications, receptionists, and scheduling meetings with visitors. Dr. Erik Verona is a Research Scientist and Biosafety Manager with extensive experience in microbiology and molecular biology using a variety of systems and techniques. He completed a BS in Microbiology (1997) at the University of California at Santa Barbara, followed by a MS in Biotechnology (2001) at the Univerity of Texas at San Antonio. He received a PhD in Cellular and Structural Biology (2007) at the University of Texas Health Science Cneter at San Antonio. His experience comes from both academic and industry training. He has expertise in packaging systems, plasmids, transfection, genetic analysis, and bioinformatics.
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