John
J. Moroney, President, and founder
of Landmark Financial Corporation has
over 25 years of experience in both the
funding and operational management of
life science companies,beginning with
the formation and funding of research
limited partnerships for the generic drug
industry in 1979. In 1983,Mr. Moroney
founded Landmark to provide corporate
finance advisory services to emerging
life science companies,in particular,the
nascent generic drug industry.Early clients
included Sidmak Laboratories,Inc.(now
Pliva d.d.,LSE:PLVD) Hi-Tech Pharmacals
Co.,Inc.(NSDQ:HITK) Copley Pharmaceuticals,(now
NSDQ:TEVA) and Par Pharmaceuticals, (NYSE:PRX).
Mr.Moroney was an investor, served as
a director and managed Copley's private
placement of equity and the subsequent
sale of that interest to TA Associates.
Between 1985 and 1991 Landmark operated
under an exclusive arrangement with Ladenburg,Thalmann
& Co., one of the oldest investment
banks in New York, whereby Landmark functioned
as Ladenburg's principal Life Sciences
Group, with Mr Moroney serving as Managing
Director. During this period Landmark
served as investment banker for many noted
life science companies in a variety of
key deals, and developed a unique service
niche specializing in assisting foreign
clients to become established in the United
States and developing various strategies
for US market penetration.Landmark implemented
a very successful strategy of cross border
merger and acquisitions and cross border
licencing and joint ventures for it's
clients.Landmark's accomplishments during
this period include F.Faulding & Co.,
Ltd.'s (Australia's largest pharmaceutical
company) acquistion of Solvay's Purepac
division,Elan Coporation,plc.,(NYSE:ELN)
strategic initial investment/joint venture
with Dura pharmaceuticals (Elan subsequently
acquired Dura) and the initial public
offerings of both Par Pharmaceutical Companies
(NYSE:PRX) and Physican Computer Network,Inc.
(now WebMD,NSDQ:HLTH).In addition Landmark
was retained to restructure Carrington
Laboratories,Inc. (AMEX:CARN) and Harvard
Appartus,Inc.(now Harvard Bioscience,Inc.(NSDQ:
HBIO).
In 1991,Mr Moroney became a co-founder
and Chairman of Flemington Pharmaceutical
Corporation (now NovaDel Pharmaceuticals
(AMEX:NVD)),a development-stage drug delivery
company,where he served for 10 years in
various capacities ,including CEO and
President, and presided over the Company's
initial public offering and follow-on
financings.Mr. Moroney divested his holdings
in NovaDel in 2003 with the completion
of a financing with Paramount Capital.
Currently, Mr. Moroney is a Director
and the President & CEO of Juvent,Inc.,a
medical technology company positioned
to become the leading provider of non-drug
therapies for the prevention and treatment
of bone loss associated with osteopenia,osteoporsis,and
related diseases.Juvent's Dynamic Motion
Therapy technology was acquired from Smith&Nephew
in November 2003 when Mr.Moroney negotiated
and participated in a management led buyout
of the assets associated with this technology.
Prior to founding Landmark Mr, Moroney
spent ten years in commercial banking
with Citibank,United Jersey Bank,and Midlantic
Bank,Mr.Moroney holds a B.S. and M.B.A.
from Fordham University.
Mark
W. Blomquist, Esq., Executive
Vice President and General Counsel, has
served the Company since 1992. His previous
commerical and investment experience includes
positions held with Chase Manhattan Bank,
Thomson McKinnon Securities, and Ladenburg,
Thalmann & Co. He is a member of both
the New York and Louisiana Bars, the CFA
Institute, and the New York Society of
Security Analysts. Mr. Blomquist holds
a B.A. degree from SUNY at Albany, an
M.B.A. (with honors) from St. John's University,
and a J.D. from Tulane Law School.
John
R. Toedtman, Managing Director
has over thirty-five years experience
in investment banking, corporate finance,
and operating technology companies. Prior
to joining Landmark, Mr. Toedtman was
the CEO of Albert, Inc., a developer and
marketer of highly advanced search and
information retrieval software, and the
COO of InSage, Inc., a publicly-held multi-lingual
web services provider. He has also held
senior executive positions with a number
of other companies, including Chairman,
CEO Personnel Diagnostics, Inc., Image
Engineering Labs, LLC., COO of Respiratory
Management Technology, Inc., Chairman,
CEO and Director of GenRx, Inc., a manufacturer
of generic injectible drugs for the veterinary
and human markets. Mr. Toedtman holds
an A.B. in Economics from Georgetown University
and has been on the Board of Directors
of seven different public companies, including
Vital Signs, Inc.,(NSDQ:VITL) the leading
medical device manufacturer for anesthesia,
respiratory/critical care and sleep/ventilation
markets.
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