Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> April 25, 2005

Richard Gabriel – Dnaprint Genomics Inc (dnap)

RICHARD GABRIEL is President and Chief Executive Officer of DNAPrint_ genomics, Inc. Mr. Gabriel served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Calix Corp., parent company to Pharm-Eco Laboratories, Inc., from 1998 to 2001. He was instrumental in closing and managing more than $135 million in contract revenue for Pharm-Eco Laboratories and successfully completed the formation of numerous joint ventures, limited liability companies and spin-offs that resulted in several public and private companies in the genetics/chemistry/pharmaceutical field. From 2001 until joining DNAPrint, Mr. Gabriel consulted for several startup companies while working as a Partner at Genbiomics, LLC, and as head of Life Sciences Practice at Semaphore, Inc. Prior to the formation of his own consulting practice in 1985, he was a Product Manager for W.R. Grace. Mr. Gabriel obtained his MBA from Suffolk University's Executive MBA Program, Boston, Massachusetts, in 1985, and a BS in Chemistry from Ohio Dominican College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1978. Profile
TWST: Would you give us an overview of DNAPrint_ genomics and how you

conceptualize the company at this point?

Mr. Gabriel: Dr. Tony Frudakis founded the company in 1999. Tony is a

geneticist