MicroGen Vet

Animal Wound Care World Wide - Founder, CEO - 2014 - 2017 Kurt Dombkowski, MBA, is an award-winning sales executive who has a record of capturing market share by developing loyal relationships with market influencers since 2001. He is a well respected thought leader for directing strategic initiatives, for his superior industry knowledge and competitive product insight. Kurt has over 17 years of sales and brand management experience as a talented director and mentor from his career with Novartis Pharmaceuticals. He has a deep understanding of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Disease State Management earned from his training in conjunction with the Joslin Diabetes Center at the Harvard Medical School. In 2010 Kurt shifted his focus to Wound Care and Infectious Disease management as the Northeast Director with Pioneer Therapeutics. During his time with Pioneer he built key relationships with industry thought leaders, including; the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Wound Value and Analysis Team; Dr William Costerton, Director of the Biofilm Research Center for Genomic Sciences at Allegheny Health Network; and Dr Joseph Cacchione, Chairman of Operations and Strategy at the Cleveland Clinic and current President of Ascension Medical Group, the largest non-profit health system in the US. As full time CEO and Managing Member of MicroGen Vet since September 2017, Kurt leverages his extensive knowledge of Wound Care and Biofilm management and relationships build from Animal Wound Care WW to provide business strategy and to oversee sales channel development for the business.

PhotoPhage Systems LLC - Founder, President 2016 - > Medical diagnostic unit research & development HCC Lens LLC - Founder & President, 2015 - 2017 > Medicare reimbursement software platform Avnet Government Solutions (subsidiary of Avnet Inc.) - General Manager 2012 - 2015) > Public Sector Division for market leading Information Tech product & services distributor Mr. Ramey facilitated the acquisition of Pepperweed Consulting by a publicly traded IT distribution conglomerate. (Fortune 108; $28B annual revenue) in July 2012. Following the acquisition, Mr. Ramey built and ran the company's public sector business and was responsible for business and operational performance of the $850Million/year revenue organization. Ray is an accomplished business executive with a proven track record in finance, strategy, sales, marketing, and operations. Successful business outcomes in diverse industries, geographies and technology markets have been delivered through leadership and ownership roles in both small and large organizations. He is a relationship builder with a record of negotiating complex business relationships and mutually beneficial strategic alliances throughout his career and has been a founder or partner in several startup business ventures resulting in successful exits. As full time VP of Operations and Managing Member for MicroGen Vet since September 2017, Ray provides business acumen and operational skills to develop and drive overall business and operational systems and partnerships. He is responsible for corporate governance and regulatory compliance and oversees funding and investor communications. Mr. Ramey provides ongoing part time advisory services to PhotoPhage Systems ( 5-10 hrs/week). These services will wind down by the end of 2018.

Dr. Welker is the co-Director of Ohio State University’s department for large animal services. The facility is a full service, 24 hour large animal ambulatory and outpatient, urgent care facility. The mission of the operation is to provide services at competitive pricing while teaching students the business and providing an opportunity to practice medicine in a practice setting. He was presented with the Norden Teaching award for his work at the university. Prior to Ohio State University, Dr. Welker was a respected staff surgeon and Surgery Section Chief at Virginia Tech where he was recognized with 11 teaching awards for his leadership. He has also been awarded the Outstanding Speaker Award by the North American Conference and has special areas of interest including practice & wound management, field anesthesia and practical fluid therapy.

Dr. Barr earned her veterinary degree at the University of Pennsylvania. She then completed a one-year internship at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital and a two-year internal medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center. Dr. Barr was a staff member for one year at Texas A&M University before rejoining Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in 2001 as an associate veterinarian specializing in internal medicine. She became boarded in internal medicine in 2003. Her areas of special interest include equine neonatology, equine infectious diseases and infectious disease control. Dr Barr is the co-author of Equine Pediatrics.

Dr Reed earned his veterinary degree at The University of Ohio. He then completed an internship and residency at Michigan State University. After a period at Washington State University, he returned to The Ohio State University, retiring from there as a professor emeritus in 2007. At the same time he chose a new career path away from academia and is now a shareholder and a member of the Internal Medicine Service at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. His special interests include Equine Neurology and EPM research.

Rick Martin has over 20 years of global business development, marketing, strategy and leadership experience in the healthcare market. This experience spans start-ups to multi-nationals. Mr. Martin had 20 years of experience with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals where he was responsible for Sales operations for Europe and Canada reporting directly to the VP of Europe/Canada, Ian Read, who is the current CEO of Pfizer. Mr. Martin managed a sales organization covering 21 countries and 11,000 sales representatives. Mr. Martin is the Founder of MicroGen DX which is a company formed for the acquisition of PathoGenius in 2016. Mr. Martin is the Chairman and CEO at MicroGen DX and leads its business development efforts for targeted human markets. Beyond the success that Rick has achieved in business, he is also a former Army officer leading high performance teams and achieving Airborne/ Ranger qualification. The attributes he learned while serving our country are the bedrock of his capability as a leader. Mr. Martin received his Bachelors of Arts from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst). Mr. Martin provides technology and diagnostics strategy advisory services to MicroGen Vet and shares his knowledge with Veterinary Research Universities and other key customers in support of MicroGen Vet.