Company: OCEA
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001493152-25-008279
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Company: Ocean Biomedical, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: DEF 14A
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 in February 2009 and American Teleradiology NightHawks, Inc. in March 2003. American Teleradiology NightHawks, Inc. merged with NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. and the combined company went public on Nasdaq in October 2006. Dr. Kathuria served as a director of The X-Stream Networks Inc. from March 1998 to March 2000, an internet service provider which was sold to Liberty Surf Group S.A. and subsequently went public on the Paris Stock Exchange. Dr. Kathuria has also been involved in space exploration, and was the Founding Director of MirCorp in January 1999, the first commercial company to privately launch and fund manned space programs. From 1994 until 1995, Dr. Kathuria served as a Manager at Morgan Stanley where he helped establish the first office in India for a U.S. based investment bank. Dr. Kathuria ran for U.S. Senate in Illinois, becoming the first Indian-American to run for the U.S. Senate in U.S. history, in a race that included eventual winner, former President Barack Obama. Dr. Kathuria received a Bachelor of Science degree and Doctor of Medicine degree from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University. We believe that Dr. Kathuria is qualified to serve as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors based on his historic knowledge of Ocean Biomedical, vision for company growth and his leadership and managerial experience.

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Non-Employee Directors

Jack Elias, M.D.has served on Ocean Biomedical’s board of directors since August 2022. Since March 2022, Dr. Elias has served as Emeritus Dean, Biology and Medicine and as Warren Alpert Professor of Translational Sciences at Brown University. He is also a Professor of Molecular Biology Cell Biology and Biochemistry, a position he has held since January 2014, and a Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Professor of Medicine at Brown University, positions he has held since September 2013. From April 2017 to March 2022, Dr. Elias was the Senior Vice President for Health Affairs at Brown University. Dr. Elias also served as Dean, Biology and Medicine and as Frank L. Day Professor of Biology at Brown University from September 2013 to March 2022. Dr. Elias received his B.A. and M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is not standing for reelection.

Jonathan Kurtis, M.D