Mr. Jamal Yanaki
Mr. Jamal Yanaki is the President, CEO and Founder of ActivaTek, Inc., an innovative drug delivery company located in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has over eighteen years of medical-device experience in product development, manufacturing, sales and marketing in the health care industry. Mr. Yanaki was a major contributor to the development of the ActionPatch® which was licensed to EMPI Inc. He was also the V.P. and General Manager of the commercial business for Iomed Inc. Mr. Yanaki has held senior positions with medical device companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Coherent Laser Inc. and Bacterin International, Inc. His latest creation is the Trivarion Iontophoretic drug delivery electrode, which incorporates his knowledge, education and experience in the drug delivery design and development field. He has several patents and publications in various industry journals. Mr. Yanaki received his Executive M.B.A. from the University of Utah, a M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and a B.S degree in Chemistry from Loyola University of Chicago.
Tim Lucas
Mr. Tim Lucas is the Executive Vice President of Market & Business Development and co-founder of ActivaTek. He has a proven record of success; for over 20 years, he has worked in sales, sales management, business development and customer-relationship management in startup, turnaround and established medical device, drug delivery environments. Mr. Lucas held senior positions in sales marketing and business development in companies such as Bacterin International, Inc., Iomed, Inc., Medtronic, Inc., and Sepro Healthcare, Inc. Mr. Lucas received his marketing degree from York College of Pennsylvania.
Glenn D. Warden, MD, MBA – Chief Medical Officer
Glenn Warden received his M.D. from the University of Utah in 1968.
His distinguished career in burn surgery began with a research fellowship
at the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Unit
at Brooke Army Medical Center (1971-1974). In 1976, he was appointed
to the surgical faculty at the University of Utah, rising to full Professorship
in 1985. He served as Director of the Intermountain Burn Center and
the Trauma Division in the Department of Surgery from 1977 to 1985.
In 1985, he became Professor of Surgery at the University of Cincinnati,
College of Medicine, Director of the Burn Division of the Department
of Surgery and the Chief of Staff of the Shriners Hospital for Children
- Cincinnati Burns Hospital. He was appointed Vice-Chairman of the
Department of Surgery in 1997. In 1999, he received a Masters of Business
Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Warden
has authored over 600 manuscripts in burn care and serves as Emeritus
Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation.
He was President of the American Burn Association (ABA) from 1992-1993
and recipient of the coveted Harvey Stuart Allen Distinguished Service
Award in 1997 and the American Burn Association Special Achievement
Award in 2006. He chaired the General and Plastic Surgery Devices Council
of the Food and Drug Administration in 1992 and contributes to several
medical advisory boards and 39 professional societies. Dr. Warden is
currently Adjunct Professor of Surgery, University of Utah, Professor
of Surgery Emeritus, University of Cincinnati, Emeritus Chief of Staff
of the Shriners Hospital for Children, Cincinnati Burns Hospital and
Staff Surgeon, Intermountain Shrine Hospital for Children, Salt Lake
City, Utah.