bill maya, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Maya has over 30 years of hands-on operating experience, predominantly in senior management roles. He is a results-driven executive with creative problem solving capabilities, and is extremely adept at identifying, fixing and capitalizing on under-performing business assets / opportunities. As an intuitive, effective leader, he is astute at restructuring operations for growth & profitability and has a strong track record of proven success. Considered a strategist, he has effectively managed change and crises in several troubled situations towards successful outcomes, constantly driving innovation that has delivered strong bottom-line results. Augmenting his executive level, company building skill set, Mr. Maya has wide-ranging Board and Chairman level experience that has effectively guided / communicated strategic vision to several senior management teams, while building consensus that drove multiple organizations to success. Having significant experience with private equity and venture funds, Mr. Maya's leadership spans turnaround and rapid growth environments. He has advised and operated both public and private companies in domestic and international markets. Although Mr. Maya's experience spans several industries, he has particular core strengths and expertise in the life sciences and various healthcare technologies. He also has wide-ranging software industry experience, including the successful completion of a number of purchase and sale transactions.

Robert H. Colgrove, Executive Vice President of Operations

Mr. Colgrove has over 30 years of experience in senior operating roles, with significant expertise in start-up, turnaround and various rapid growth technology-based manufacturing companies. His experience includes strategic planning and implementation, ERP / MRP materials management systems, acquisition management, facilities expansion and capital equipment planning / justification, budgeting, new product development, quality systems, and leading-edge, multiplant manufacturing and MIS technologies, primarily with medical device and capital equipment companies. He has served as COO for KRh Thermal Systems, VP Engineering & QARA for Advanced Spine, VP of Operations and VP of Corporate Development for Birtcher Medical Systems, VP of Operations for Pilling Company, and President, CEO and Director of Roconex Corporation. Earlier career experience included various manufacturing engineering and plant management roles. Mr. Colgrove received B.S and M.S degrees in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from Lehigh University and an M.B.A from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Gary Scheel, Vice President, Sales

Gary Scheel joined OrthAlign in April 2009. Gary has more than twenty-five years of experience in selling and marketing orthopedic medical devices. His senior management experience spans large and small companies including Smith & Nephew, OsteoBiologics, Inc. Regeneration Technologies, Inc. and Orthopaedic Biosystems Ltd. Gary is recognized for his excellent track record in building dynamic and successful sales teams. Over the last ten years he has been instrumental in the success of several start up companies. Gary holds a BA degree from Lakeland College, Sheboygen, Wisconsin.

Nick Van der Walt, Vice President, Engineering

Nick van der Walt joined OrthAlign in August 2008. Nick has over 15 years of project management and medical device product development experience. Prior to joining OrthAlign, Nick was the founder and CEO of a start-up venture based in South Africa. Earlier, Nick held the role of Director of R&D for Cryogen where he held the overall engineering and R&D responsibility. After Cryogen was sold to American Medical Systems, Nick maintained his position as R&D Director and was responsible for the strategic planning of new product development activities and growth of his business unit. Nick has a track record of successfully leading the introduction of new products to market and possesses a number of patents and patent applications. Nick holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Faranak Gomarooni, Director, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs

Faranak Gomarooni joined OrthAlign in May 2010. Faranak has over 10 years of experience in Material and Process Engineering as well as Quality Management Systems. Prior to joining OrthAlign, Faranak held a Quality Manager position at Terumo CVS. Faranak holds several certifications in Quality Management Systems including CQE, CBA, CSSBB and RABQSA. For last two consecutive years, Faranak has been the Chair of ASQ Southern California Discussion Group and currently holds the position of the Program Chair for SCDG. Faranak holds a BS in Chemical Engineering and a BS in Chemistry from University of California, Irvine.

Sandy Guzman, Director, Clinical Sales and Client Services

Sandy Guzman joined OrthAlign in January 2009 and serves the company in a clinical sales and client services role. Over the course of her career she has developed broad expertise in sales and marketing. Prior to joining OrthAlign, Sandy was a manager at OCTANe, an organization focused on entrepreneurship and company development for Orange County's IT and biomedical industries. While at OCTANe, Sandy was responsible for developing TalentEngine, an online job board connecting technical talent with local IT and biomedical companies; and OCTANe Next, a program for young professionals to integrate into OC’s high tech business community. Prior to OCTANe, Sandy was a HR Representative for ITT Corporation - Marine & Leisure. In her role, she successfully helped to integrate two business units during a restructuring and closures of two manufacturing plants. Sandy started her career in 2002 at medical device company GenSci OrthoBiologics that later became IsoTis, Inc. She holds a BA in Psychology, from California State University, Fullerton.

Darius Kharabi, Vice President, Corporate Development

Darius Kharabi joined OrthAlign in June 2009. Prior to assuming a corporate development role, Darius served the company in program management, marketing, finance and legal functions. Darius has consulted to a number of organizations in the medical device space, including ExploraMed, Medtronic, Obalon Therapeutics and Okapi Venture Capital. Darius started his career as a corporate attorney in the Technology Transactions Group of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati counseling public and private medical device and biotechnology companies on deal structures and assisting in their negotiation. Darius has published several articles covering topics in medical device company incubation and venture capital, biotechnology licensing and biochemistry research. Darius received a BS in Biochemistry from Georgetown University, and holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a JD from Stanford Law School.