Vartan Ghazarossian, Ph.D. - President & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Ghazarossian has more than 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and head of R&D in medical devices, biopharmaceuticals and diagnostics. He has been instrumental in four medical device startups, including serving as President/CEO for three of them. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. He has authored multiple scientific publications and is an inventor or co-inventor on more than 20 issued US Patents.

Daniel Kraft, M.D. - Founder & Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Kraft, the scientific founder of StemCor, is a Hematologist/Oncologist specializing in the field of Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT), and a faculty member at Stanford University and UCSF. He received his training at Stanford Medical School, and performed his Residency ad Harvard University. He is currently on faculty with Stanford Medical School's Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine. His research focus at Stanford University includes adult bone marrow derived stem cells. He has multiple publications related to stem cells and is an inventor on one allowed and multiple filed US Patents. Dr. Kraft also founded Online Medical Bookstore, a company that was acquired in 1999.

Michael Sterns, D.V.M. - Executive Vice President
Dr. Sterns has greater than 18 years of experience in business development, marketing, sales and operations in medical devices, drug delivery, biopharmaceuticals and research tools. He has been a part of senior management in seven start-up companies, including four that became public companies through initial public offerings and one that was acquired. His most recent position was as Chief Business Officer of Xenogen Corporation where he built the international sales and marketing organization, and was also in charge of business development services, reagent sales and eCommerce, growing annual revenue greater than 300% in four years prior to the company being acquired. He was originally trained as an Equine Veterinarian, receiving his DVM from the University of California, Davis and his MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Mike Crocker - Vice President, Engineering
Mr. Crocker is an accomplished medical device executive and expert in the development of high-end medical technology. He has more than 25 years of medical device engineering experience across multiple therapeutic areas, including Cardiology, Urology, and Neurology. Mike is an inventor on 25 issued US Patents and received his BS in Industrial Engineering from Drexel University.