Gary Fudge
Chairman of the Board
A resident of Newport Beach and a Trustee of the Fudge Family Foundation. He is the founder of Automotive.com, which sold in 2005 for a nine-figure sum. Fudge has previously worked as the CFO of a public company, where he was responsible for handling all the banking, taxes, audits, and SCC reporting, managing the financial operations and budgeting of the organization. Additionally, he has served as the CEO of a private company and has extensive experience in leveraged buyouts. Read More
A director at Hoag Foundation and a benefactor of Hoag Hospital. He contributed to the Fudge Family Birthing Suites and Fudge Family Rehab Center. Has a B.S. in Physics from Indiana University, an M.S. in Engineering from Princeton University, and an MBA in Finance from American University.
Matthew Nuñez
CEO & Director, Muse Microscopy, Inc. Currently serves as the CEO & Director of Muse Microscopy, Inc. A seasoned technology entrepreneur and executive with more than 25 years of experience in bringing new products and concepts to commercial markets. He has special expertise in biomarker discovery and development and has been recognized as an innovator in a scientific journal for innovations in biomarker discovery based in systems biology. He co-founded Liquid Biosciences, which focuses on advanced evolutionary computing and forms of AI and bioinformatics tools and is highly proficient in complex mechanical engineering. Read MoreLarry Dentice
President & Director, Muse Microscopy, Inc.
Currently serves as the President & Director of Muse Microscopy, Inc. In these commercialization roles he oversees the distribution of diagnostic and imaging platforms. Over 40 years of experience in the diagnostics imaging field, as a senior healthcare executive with proven expertise and experience in engineering, service, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and business operations. Read More
He has worked for several Fortune 500 companies in the past, including GE Healthcare where he was a member of the engineering teams responsible for developing and servicing of CT, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine products, this allowed him to advance into management positions at GE. Dentice also worked at Philips Medical Systems, where he was responsible for the $4B imaging product portfolio, marketing, commercialization, sales, service, applications, and dealer networks. In addition, he served as the SVP and General Manager for the $3B medical imaging business at Toshiba America Medical Systems/Canon Medical Systems. This role included overseeing operations, engineering, product portfolio development, finance, marketing, HR, sales, and service. He was also the President of the imaging division at Esaote, where he was responsible for operations, finance, marketing, sales, and dealer network of the ultrasound and MR product portfolio.
Furthermore, he has held positions and board seats for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a division of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and Phillips/ De Lage Landen finance board member.
Darin Nelson
Advisor & Director
Began his career in Veterinary Medicine in 1986 as a sales rep for a Veterinary Diagnostic Lab company in New York. From there later transitioned to a sales management role for another Veterinary Laboratory in Southern California in 1991. The company was acquired by VCA in 1994. Over the next several years VCA rolled up numerous Laboratories. Read More
In 1996 became Antech Diagnostics VP of Sales and Marketing. In 2000 became Senior VP of Business Development for VCA acquiring more than 500 animal hospitals and other companies through 2012. From 2012-1015 joined Trupanion as Senior Vice President. Then in 2015 joined Thrive Pet Healthcare as Executive VP and led the growth of that company acquiring another 250 animal hospitals and other businesses leading to a recap valued at more than 2.6 billion in the process creating more than 1.5 billion dollars for shareholders. Currently work at Thrive supporting both business development and other important functions.
Yanbin (Eric) Qiang
A graduate of Hangzhou Dianzi University, China, where Qiang majored in Business Administration. With thirty years of experience in the medical industry, he specializes in overall brand marketing. He is known for his steadfastness and unique marketing strategy, which makes him a motivated team builder focused on driving team collaboration. His leadership skills have led the company team to have strong market development capabilities.