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| Kevin Kimberlin has made a career of recognizing | | | | In 1993, he co-founded Ciena Corporation, which |
| technological and medical revolutions in their early | | | | commercialized the first wave division multiplexing |
| stages. As published in Forbes magazine, Kimberlin has | | | | (WDM) system - what George Gilder, author and |
| distinguished himself by backing "obsessive | | | | futurist, called WDM "comparable in importance to the |
| missionaries,"such as Dr. Jonas Salk, Dr. Walter Gilbert, | | | | integrated circuit."- turning one-lane optical fiber into a |
| Dr. John Wennberg, and David Huber. | | | | multi-lane information highway, an essential catalyst in |
| Kevin Kimberlin has made a career of recognizing | | | | the explosion of the internet.The Wall Street Journal |
| technological and medical revolutions in their early | | | | called Ciena "one of the biggest jackpots in the |
| stages. As published in Forbes magazine, Kimberlin has | | | | history of venture capital." |
| distinguished himself by backing "obsessive | | | | Prior to its public offering, Kimberlin was the general |
| missionaries,"such as Dr. Jonas Salk, Dr. Walter Gilbert, | | | | manager of Next Level Communications, a leader in |
| Dr. John Wennberg, and David Huber. | | | | VDSL, integrated broadband access platform to |
| In 1982, Kevin Kimberlin structured the first outside | | | | deliver voice, high-speed data and digital video over |
| financing for Millicom, helping the company to form its | | | | existing copper telephone lines. Kimberlin guided Next |
| joint venture with Racal Electronics which evolved | | | | Level through its IPO with underwriters CSFB, Merrill |
| into Vodafone Group Plc , now the world's largest | | | | Lynch, UBS and Lehman Brothers, achieving a market |
| mobile telecommunications company by market cap, | | | | cap of $17 billion before being acquired by Motorola in |
| with over 625 million customers worldwide. | | | | 2002. |
| In 1986, Mr. Kimberlin co-founded The Immune | | | | In 1993, Kimberlin co-founded the first stem cell |
| Response Corporation with the polio vaccine hero, Dr. | | | | company, Osiris Therapeutics. Osiris uses adult stem |
| Jonas Salk. Immune Response was founded with the | | | | cells derived from bone marrow - bypassing the |
| mission to provide the world with a much-needed | | | | ethical and moral controversy surrounding this |
| vaccine for AIDS, a virus that is on track to kill more | | | | scientific breakthrough. By regenerating a variety of |
| people than all the wars in human history | | | | human tissue, Osiris is treating heart attacks, Type I |
| combined. After years of trials at a cost of $350 | | | | diabetes, Graft versus Host Disease, Crohn's Disease, |
| million, the company plans to donate the assets to | | | | and excessive exposure to radiation. |
| the AIDS emergency relief fund, [PEPFAR]. Run by | | | | In 1999 Kimberlin financed the healthcare revolution |
| Dr. Joe O'Neill,the Whitehouse Deputy Global AIDS | | | | of Dr. John Wennberg as a Director of Health Dialog - |
| Coordinator, PEPFAR is the largest international health | | | | a company confronting the rapidly rising cost of |
| initiative ever dedicated to a single disease. | | | | healthcare by exposing unwarranted variation in |
| Kimberlin co-founded Myriad Genetics, the first human | | | | medical practice. The company was acquired by |
| genome company, with Dr. Walter Gilbert, the Nobel | | | | BUPA in 2008 for $775 million. |
| Laureate who challenged the scientific community to | | | | Some of Mr. Kimberlin's current business endeavors |
| map the human genome. Kimberlin and Gilbert | | | | include: |
| founded Myriad to identify genetic predispositions for | | | | * Prescient Medical - predicting and preventing |
| killer diseases, rather than mapping the entire human | | | | the rupture of vulnerable plaque (the cause of 85% |
| genome. Myriad Genetics first received international | | | | of all heart attacks). |
| acclaim by discovering the breast cancer gene, | | | | * Local Matters - Creating a leader in online local |
| BRCA1. As Dr. James D. Watson, co-discoverer of | | | | search. |
| DNA's double-helix structure, noted: there is "no more | | | | * Vyteris - Developing transdermal medicine to |
| exciting story in medical science. Now a leader in | | | | therapy without pills or needles. |
| predictive medicine, Myriad Genetics has a Alzheimer's | | | | * InnoCentive - Building the world's leading |
| Disease therapy in the largest Phase III clinical trial to | | | | innovation marketplace. |