Mr. Howard has served as our director since 2012. Since 2010, Mr. Howard has served as chief financial officer of SciQuest, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQI), a company providing a leading on-demand strategic procurement and supplier enablement solution that integrates customers with their suppliers. From 2008 through 2009, Mr. Howard served as chief financial officer of MDS Pharma Services, a contract research organization providing drug discovery and development solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. From 2003 until joining MDS Pharma Services, Mr. Howard operated his own financial consulting company, Rudy C. Howard, CPA Consulting, in Wilmington, North Carolina, where his services included advising on merger and acquisition transactions, equity and debt issuances and other general management matters. In addition, since 2012, Mr. Howard has served as a director and member of the audit committee of Metabalon, Inc., a privately-held diagnostics and services company.
