Thomas E. Zelibor

Thomas E. Zelibor, retired Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, is Chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer of Lightwave Logic, Inc. Mr. Zelibor has served as a director of Lightwave Logic since July 2008 and became Chairman in October 2011. He has over 20 years of strategic planning and senior leadership experience, and is currently the President and CEO of Zelibor & Associates, LLC, which offers professional consulting services to his clients. Previously, from July 2008 until April 2011, Mr. Zelibor served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Flatirons Solutions Corp., a professional services firm that provides consulting, systems integration, systems and software engineering, and program management expertise to corporate and government clients. Previously, Mr. Zelibor served in a number of senior corporate and military positions, including Vice President for Strategic Operations-Strategies, Simulations and Training Business Unit at Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE:SAIC); Director of Global Operations, United States Strategic Command; Director, Space, Information Warfare, Command and Control on the Navy staff; Department of the Navy, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Navy; Commander, Carrier Group Three; and Commander, Naval Space Command.
 Mr. Zelibor received his bachelor’s degree from the United States Naval Academy in oceanography.