Mr. Amick has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since March 2005. Mr. Amick was retired from March 2004 until he began serving as a consultant to Aldagen in March 2005, before becoming an employee in March 2006. Mr. Amick served in a series of positions with Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries and divisions from 1974 until his retirement in February 2004, including Vice President, Business Development of the Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation from January 2003 to February 2004, President of Ortho Biotech Europe from June 2000 to December 2002, President of Janssen-Ortho, Inc. from March 1999 to June 2000 and Vice President of the Oncology Franchise for Ortho Biotech Products,L.P. from 1997 to March 1999. Mr. Amick has served as a director of Discovery Laboratories, Inc., a publicly traded life sciences company, since September 2004 and as the chairman of its board of directors since March 2007.
