Anthony Mack, MBA became a director and our Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer in May 2017. Mr. Mack has more than 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and finance industries. Prior to founding Virpax in 2016, Mr. Mack founded SCILEX Pharmaceuticals in September 2012 and served as its President and CEO until ZTlido was approved in February 2018. Mr. Mack founded his first pharmaceutical company, ProSolus Pharmaceuticals, in 2009, where he served as President before selling the company to Mission Pharmacal in June 2015. Mr. Mack has held high-level management positions with Purdue Pharma, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Novartis AG, and EKR Therapeutics Inc. (acquired by Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc.). He has led training, marketing, and commercial distribution for billion-dollar pain management products and has forged key strategic alliances. Mr. Mack also founded and serves as Director of IACTA Pharmaceuticals Inc. By serving on executive boards, Mr. Mack has utilized his skills and experience to implement policies relating to corporate governance and overall business strategy. Mr. Mack holds an Executive MBA in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing from Saint Joseph’s University. Mr. Mack was selected as a director due to his leadership experience at other companies and his history of founding and operating specialty pharmaceutical companies.
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Christopher M. Chipman, CPA became our Chief Financial Officer in May 2020. Mr. Chipman has more than 20 years of public and private accounting experience. Since November 2000, Mr. Chipman has been a managing member of Chipman & Chipman, LLC, a consulting firm that assists public companies with the preparation of periodic reports required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. Mr. Chipman is a CPA and was Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Capital Gold Corporation from March 2006 to June 2011. Capital Gold Corporation was a publicly-held gold production and exploration company, until its acquisition by AuRico Gold, Inc. (formerly, Gammon Gold). From July 1996 to August 1998, Mr. Chipman was a senior accountant with the accounting firm of Grant Thornton LLP and from August 1998 to March 2000 he was a Senior Financial Analyst for GlaxoSmithKline. Prior to that, from July 1994 to July 1996, he was an Audit Examiner for Wells Fargo Corporation. Mr. Chipman received a B.A. in Economics from Ursinus College in 1994.
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