Management

Peter G. Savas
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer: Mr. Savas has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since September 2004. Prior to joining ALSE, Mr. Savas was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aderis Pharmaceuticals, a privately held biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Hopkinton, MA. He undertook and completed a $45 million private placement at nearly double the valuation of the prior venture round, strengthened the Board of Directors, Scientific Advisory Board and management, culled out dead-end programs and revitalized and expanded corporate partnerships. Before joining Aderis, Mr. Savas was Chairman, President, and CEO of Unisyn Technologies, a company he refinanced, repositioned and subsequently merged with Cellex Biosciences. Before Unisyn, Mr. Savas served as Senior Vice President of Zymark Corporation, a laboratory automation company; Chairman, President and CEO of Xydex Corporation, a company he founded to in-license, develop, and commercialize novel separations technology which he subsequently sold to Genex Corporation. He was also Vice President and General Manager of Business Operations of the Continental Water Systems and the Waters Associates Divisions of Millipore Corporation. He serves on the Board of Directors of Sivida Corporation. Mr. Savas earned his BA in chemistry from Syracuse University.
Kenneth L. Rice, Jr., JD, LLM, MBA
EVP of Finance & Administration, Chief Financial Officer and In-House Counsel: Mr. Rice brings over 25 years of experience in life sciences related businesses. Most recently, Mr. Rice served as V.P., Chief Financial Officer and Chief Commercial Officer of Aderis Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Rice previously held executive positions with MacroChem Corporation, Pentose Pharmaceuticals, Unisyn Technologies, Zymark Corporation and Millipore Corporation. Mr. Rice earned his LLM Taxation from Boston University Law School, his Juris Doctor Cum Laude from Suffolk University Law School and his MBA and BS/BA from Babson College.