John W. Burns

JOHN W. BURNS, has been the Chief Financial Officer of GlycoGenesys,
Inc., since January 2000 and a Class I Director, whose term expires in
2005, since June 2002. Prior to that, Mr. Burns was the CFO/Senior Vice
President, Finance and Business Operations for South Shore Hospital, a
regional healthcare services provider based in South Weymouth,
Massachusetts from February 1993 to February 1999. From January 1989 to
December 1992, Mr. Burns was the Vice President/Treasurer and a
subsidiary CFO/Vice President, Finance for Eastern Enterprises, a NYSE
company engaged in energy and marine transportation. Mr. Burns has also
held corporate finance and treasury positions with Allied-Signal,
Citicorp Investment Bank, and International Paper. Mr. Burns holds a
Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from New York
University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mathematics from Stevens
Institute of Technology.