Alfred C. Pollock III, Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board
Mr. Pollock served as CEO for Gene Express from its inception in 1992 until October 2002. In the past, Mr. Pollock has been a Physics teacher, Real Estate Broker, and owner/CEO of a successful start-up business which recovered precious metals. Mr. Pollock’s primary focus is the Company’s long-term strategy.

James C. Willey, MD, Co-Founder, Inventor, Chief Science & Medical Consultant
Dr. Willey is the inventor of Gene Express Inc.’s technology, StaRT-PCR™. Dr. Willey is the George Isaac Professor for Cancer Research & Professor of Medicine in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Toledo Medical Center located on the University of Toledo Health Science Campus.

John C. Anders, Ph.D.,  Vice President of Operations
Dr. Anders has spent 26 years in the drug development sector for both small and large molecules in both government and private sector scientific organizations. Prior to joining Gene Express, Dr. Anders held various positions from Senior Scientist to Director in the Biotechnology Laboratory at AAI Pharma, where he was responsible for building and staffing a state-of-the-art cGMP Biotechnology analytical lab. In addition, Dr. Anders was charged with characterization and release of marketed products and development of investigational drugs in all phases of development.  From 1991 to 1993, Major Anders, Ph.D. served as the Chief of Applied Pharmacology Branch at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense. During his tenure, he led a staff of19 military and civilian personnel in the research and development of various antidotal and pretreatment regimes against chemical warfare agents. Prior to this, Dr. Anders served in various capacities at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research developing anti-malarial drugs and vaccines. Dr. Anders has authored and co-authored more than 20 publications and abstracts.

Elizabeth Herness Peters, Ph.D., Vice President Science & Platform Innovation
Dr. Peters received her Ph.D. in Molecular Basis of Disease with an emphasis in Reproductive Immunology from the University of Toledo Medical Center Health Science Campus (formally known as Medical University of Ohio) in 2002.  Dr. Peters was the Assistant Director of Operations and Manufacturing for Gene Express, Inc. from June 2002 until October 2005. In this capacity, she played a key role in establishing the Toledo-based manufacturing laboratory for the company. In October of 2005, she was appointed Technical Director of Business Development where she provided scientific consultation to the executive team, presented scientific information to clients with the sales/business development team, and made available quality control assessments to the technical operations team. In September 2007, she was promoted to Vice President Science & Platform Innovation.