David N. Gill became a director of the Company effective May 29, 2018, and chairs our Audit Committee. Mr. Gill served as the President and Chief Financial Officer of EndoChoice, Inc., a medical device company focused on gastrointestinal disease from April 2016 through the sale of the company in November 2016 and as Chief Financial Officer from August 2014 to April 2016. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of INC Research (now known as Syneos), a clinical research organization, from February 2011 to August 2013 after having served as a board member and its Audit Committee chairman from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Gill currently serves on the boards of Melinta Therapeutics, Inc., an infectious disease company, Strongbridge Biopharma, a rare disease company, Evolus, Inc., an aesthetics company, and YmAbs Therapeutics, Inc. an immuno-oncology company. Mr. Gill previously served as a director of two public life science companies, LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. and IsoTis OrthoBiologics, Inc. as well as several private life science companies from 2006 to 2009. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gill served in a variety of senior executive leadership roles for several medical device companies including TransEnterix, NxStage Medical, CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc., Novoste Corporation and Dornier Medical. Mr. Gill holds a B.S. degree, cum laude, in Accounting from Wake Forest University and an M.B.A. degree, with honors, from Emory University, and was formerly a certified public accountant. We believe that Mr. Gills qualifications to serve as a director of the Company include his extensive experience as an executive in the medical device industry and his extensive prior and current service as a director of other public life sciences companies.
Samuel Navarro has served as a member of the Board of Directors since March 2014. Since October 2008, Mr. Navarro has been Managing Partner at Gravitas Healthcare, LLC, which provides strategic advisory services to medical technology companies. From September 2005 to October 2008, Mr. Navarro was Managing Director of Cowen & Co. in New York City and head of their Medical Technology Investment Banking initiatives, leading a team of senior people, and was responsible for building the franchise across all product categories, including M&A/Advisory and financing services and products. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Navarro was at The Galleon Group running the Galleon Healthcare Fund as a Senior Portfolio Manager. He was responsible for all health care investments across all sectors, including pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical industries, medical technology and hospital supplies, and all areas of healthcare services. From July 1998 to February 2001, Mr. Navarro was Global Head of Healthcare Investment Banking at ING Barings. Mr. Navarro has also served or serves on the boards of Arstasis, BioSig Technologies, Derma Sciences, MicroTherapeutics, Jomed, PhotoMedex and Pixelux Entertainment. Mr. Navarro received an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Science in Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. We believe Mr. Navarros qualifications to serve on the Board of Directors include his wealth of knowledge and industry expertise in finance, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, equity research and investment management experience in the medical device industry.
Shmuel (Samuel) Rubinstein became a director of the Company effective May 29, 2018. Mr. Rubinstein has served for over 20 years as the Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Taro Pharmaceuticals Industries, a NASDAQ traded dermatology company. Under his management, Taro grew to become a multinational company with over 1000 employees worldwide and turnover of close to $450 million. In 2003, Mr. Rubinstein received the Exceptional Industrialist award. During these years he also finished an International Marketing Course at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rubinstein serves as a board member in Clal Biotechnology Industries, Exalenz, Medison Biotech, Trima Pharma, Kamada, and as consultant to Marcum and Sol-Gel Pharma. Milky is also a director at the Medical Research Fund near The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and The National Authority for Yiddish Culture. We believe Mr. Rubensteins qualifications to serve on the Board of Directors include his wealth of knowledge and industry expertise in finance, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, equity research and investment management experience in the dermatology industry.
Nachum (Homi) Shamir, and chairs our Compensation/Nominating and Governance Committee became a director of the Company effective May 29, 2018. Mr. Shamir has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Luminex Corporation, which develops, manufactures, and markets biological testing technologies in the clinical diagnostic and life science industries, since October 2014. Mr. Shamir previously served, from 2006 to 2014, as President and CEO of Given Imaging, a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of diagnostic products for the visualization and detection of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Prior to joining Given Imaging, Mr. Shamir was Corporate Vice President of Eastman Kodak Company and President of Eastman Kodak´s Transaction and Industrial Solutions Group. Additionally, he served over 10 years at Scitex Corporation in positions of increasing responsibility, including President and CEO from 2003 to 2004. Prior to Scitex Corporation, Mr. Shamir held senior management positions at various international companies mainly in the Asia Pacific regions. Mr. Shamir currently serve as a director in Luminex Corp (LMNX) and previously served in Given Imaging (GIVN), Congentix Medical (CGNT)