Board of Directors

• Hank Gauthier
• Maynard Howe, PhD
• Len DeBenedictis
• Eric B. Stang
• Bill Harrington, MD, MBA, CFA
• Steve Mendelow
• Glen D. Nelson, MD
• Bob Quillinan
• Robert Zollars

Hank Gauthier

Hank helped to build Coherent, Inc. into the premier laser manufacturing company in the industry. He joined the ophthalmic and surgical laser manufacturing company in 1973 as Vice President of Marketing, when the company's revenues were approximately $8 million. Hank was promoted to General Manager in 1974, Chief Operating Officer in 1980, and President, Chief Executive Officer and Director in 1983. When he retired in 1996, the company's annual revenue was at $600 million. He subsequently served as Chairman of Coherent's Board of Directors until 2002 and currently serves as Vice-Chairman. Hank also presently serves as Chairman of the Board at Alara, Inc. Hank attended the United States Coast Guard Academy, San Jose State University, and the Stanford University Graduate Business School (Executive Institute).

Maynard Howe, PhD

Maynard brings a richly diverse background to Reliant. Along with his brother, Roger, he has launched five successful start-up ventures in the market research, software, testing and measurement, quality and consulting fields. As a consultant, he has helped more than fifty Fortune 500 companies coordinate their company-wide quality and customer relationship initiatives. As a senior executive and co-founder of a leading customer and market research company, he was responsible for conducting extensive marketing and branding campaigns, market assessment and trend research in both business-to-business and business-to-consumer environments.

He has experience in setting up distribution and managing sales channels throughout North America, Europe and parts of Asia.

Maynard is the author and co-author of numerous articles and a top selling business book as well as a national and international lecturer. His benchmark book on quality: Quality on Trial, Bringing Customer Relationships into Focus is in its second edition and has been published in several languages. Other books include a five part implementation manual series Business to Business Marketing Management System published by McGraw-Hill, and The Executives Guide to Knowledge Management: Implementing World Class Knowledge Management Initiatives also by McGraw-Hill.

Len DeBenedictis

Len is the longest standing board member of Reliant Technologies, joining the board in 1996.

He became active in the management of the company beginning in the Fall of 2001, bringing over 30 years of experience in lasers, laser scanners, medical systems and senior management within the laser industry. Len has been the driving force behind the breakthrough technology in the Fraxel® SR laser. He has provided leadership to the company as President, Chief Technology Officer, and CEO. In his present role, Len directs Reliant's new technology, product and applications development.

Previous to Reliant, Len spent 11 years with Coherent Inc. in a variety of positions, ultimately becoming General Manager of the Medical Group. At Coherent, Len turned a poorly performing division into a profitable one with annual sales over $100M. During that period, Coherent Medical introduced to the aesthetics market the UltraPulse CO2 laser, the most rapidly adopted aesthetic laser product until the Fraxel SR Laser. Many of Coherent's leading engineers and executives have joined Len at Reliant Technologies, a testament to their belief in his vision and leadership abilities.

Prior to Coherent, Len was the Engineering Manager for the Construction Systems Division of Spectra Physics, Inc., Director of Operations and Engineering at ARCO Ventures and Manager of Laser Scanning Technology for Xerox. In his position leading the Laser Scanning Technology Center for Xerox, Len developed the insights that have fueled the patented technology underlying the Fraxel SR Laser.

Len's industry experience goes back to 1965 as an early contributor at Korad Lasers, the first commercial laser company, reporting to Dr. Walter Koechner, whose work and classical texts in solid state lasers continue to be the reference of choice for the industry. Korad was founded by Theodore Maiman, who demonstrated the first lasing action in solid state materials and built the first Ruby laser systems that were used in Ophthalmology.

Len is a well-respected executive and a highly-regarded scientist. Working closely with Dr. R. Rox Anderson at the Wellman Institute for Photomedicine, Len led the development of the system technology, scanner technology, biomedical and clinical studies upon which the Fraxel SR Laser was built. As a senior executive and technical leader, he continues to shape the vision for the future for Reliant Technologies.

Eric B. Stang

Prior to Lexar, Eric was at ADAC Laboratories, where he led the company's worldwide radiation therapy planning business, the fastest growing and most profitable division within ADAC at the time. He also served as vice president and general manager of ADAC Laboratories. Previously, he was director of operations at Raychem Corporation. Eric co-founded Monitor Company Europe Limited, an international strategic consulting firm in Europe. He has also worked for McKinsey & Company and as a software engineer at Ford Aerospace (now Loral). He holds a B.A. in economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business, Harvard University. Additionally, Eric sits on the board of Miradia, a private company which designs and manufactures a micro-mirror array that drives high performance, high definition displays.

Bill Harrington, MD, MBA, CFA

Bill is currently a partner at Three Arch Partners. Following medical school, he did postgraduate training in internal medicine and diagnostic and interventional radiology at UCSF. Before joining Three Arch, he practiced as an interventional radiologist for nine years and maintains a clinical faculty appointment at University of California, San Francisco. He has broad experience with a wide variety of medical devices, minimally invasive surgical procedures, and related clinical trials. He was a founder of Bay Medical Management, a 50 physician, 300 employee medical group in Northern California.

Bill received a BS in Biology and Chemistry from Tufts University where he graduated summa cum laude. He obtained an MD from Harvard Medical School. He completed his MBA at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Bill is a CFA charter holder.

Steve Mendelow

Steve has been a Principal since 1983 with Konigsberg Wolf and Company, one of the oldest and most distinguished mid-sized certified public accounting and consulting practices in the New York metropolitan area. The firm serves corporate needs in the areas of: capital formation, audit, tax, mergers and acquisitions, strategic and financial planning. He specializes in unique transactions, family wealth building and generational matters and financial restructuring. He serves as advisor to the chairman of a New York Stock Exchange company, and also as advisor to the chairman of an American Stock Exchange company. Steve serves as a Board member with several public and privately- held companies. He has played an integral role in the development of numerous growth-oriented companies and has provided strategic and tactical consulting to many established organizations. Throughout his career, he has been a general partner in more than 30 substantial commercial real estate transactions. He has served as treasurer of his co-op board for more than ten years. He is a board member of Soldiers For The Truth and a trustee of The Washington Institute for Near East Studies. Along with his wife Nancy, he is actively involved in the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to making a world of difference for seriously ill children and their families and the Foundation Fighting Blindness whose mission is to support research for an entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases. Steve received his B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Accounting from Bucknell University in 1964 and was elected to Delta Mu Delta, the National Economics Honor Society.

Glen D. Nelson, MD

Dr. Glen D. Nelson retired after 22 years on the Medtronic, Inc. Board of Directors in 2002. He served as Vice Chairman of the biomedical device manufacturer since 1988.

Dr. Nelson brings decades of leadership in emerging medical technologies as well as an extensive surgical background to Reliant at a time when the company is poised for tremendous growth. As a key leader of the Medtronic acquisitions team, Dr. Nelson helped acquire more than 100 companies, minority investments, technologies, and licenses.

Prior to joining Medtronic, Dr. Nelson practiced surgery from 1969 to 1986 and served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Park Nicollet Medical Center - a large multi-specialty group practice in Minneapolis - from 1975 to 1986. He was also chairman of the board and chief executive officer of American MedCenters, a managed care organization, from 1984 to 1986.

Dr. Nelson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College in 1959 and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Minnesota in 1963. He completed his training and general surgery at Hennepin County General Hospital, Minneapolis, in 1969. Dr. Nelson was certified by the American Board of Surgery in 1970.

Dr. Nelson is currently supporting the following companies: Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Director; Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Director; Carlson Companies, Inc., Director; Harvard University Dean's Council, Member; Johns Hopkins Medicine Board of Visitors, Member; Juran Center for Leadership in Quality, Co-Chair; The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc., Director; Stanford Radiology Medical Imaging Advisory Board, Member; University of Minnesota, Emeritus Clinical Professor of Surgery.

Bob Quillinan

Robert J. Quillinan (Bob) retired as Executive Vice-President, Mergers and Acquisitions for Coherent, Inc., a leading supplier of photonics based solutions, primarily lasers for commercial and scientific research applications. Bob was elected to Coherent's Board of Directors in May 2001. He served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer from 1984 to April 2002, VP-Treasurer from 1982 to 1984 and as Corporate Controller from 1980-1982. Bob was Director of Finance for Synertek, Inc., a subsidiary of Honeywell, Inc. from 1978 to 1980. He began his career in Finance within the audit department of Main Lafrentz & Co., a CPA firm. A CPA, Bob received his BS and MS in Accounting from Clarkson University (Clarkson College of Technology).

Robert Zollars

Robert Zollars is Chairman and CEO of Vocera Communications and joined the company in May 2007. He has more than 28 years of experience having led several leading healthcare and technology organizations. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of Wound Care Solutions, the leading operator of outsourced chronic wound care centers. For the six years prior to that, he was Chairman and CEO of Neoforma, Inc, (NASDAQ: NEOF) a leading healthcare technology company focused on the supply chain servicing 1,200 hospital and 465 supplier customers. Before Neoforma, he was executive vice president for Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) a $75 billion healthcare product and service company, where he was responsible for five wholly owned subsidiaries: Pyxis Corporation, Owen Healthcare, Medicine Shoppe International, Cardinal International and Cardinal’s Information Technology businesses. Bob came to Cardinal from Baxter International (NYSE: BAX) where he led five different operating divisions ranging in size from $100 million in revenue to over $5 billion in revenue. He started his career at American Hospital Supply Corporation which was acquired by Baxter in 1985.

Mr. Zollars has an MBA in Finance from John F. Kennedy University and graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Marketing from Arizona State University.

He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Advisors for the Center for Services Leadership at Arizona State University. He is also a Director of VWR International and Diamond Foods.