Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> April 9, 2001

Mark Samuels – Spectrx Inc (sprx)

MARK SAMUELS co-founded SpectRx, Inc. in 1992 and is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Samuels has degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds 11 granted patents in medical and commercial applications of electro-optics and has founded two successful companies. After spending several years in the defense industry developing electro- optic sensors, Mr. Samuels founded Laser Atlanta Optics, Inc. in 1989 with $50,000 in capital. As President and CEO of Laser Atlanta, he directed the design and launch of several commercial laser sensor products including a laser speed detection device used by police and laser rangefinders used in several commercial applications. In addition to his corporate duties, Mr. Samuels founded the Atlanta Chapter of the IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics Society and was Vice-Chairman of the Georgia BioMedical Partnership. Profile
TWST: What's happened over the past year at SpectRx that investors

should be aware of?

Mr. Samuels: We've made progress on all fronts in 2000, especially in

our primary continuous glucose