SAN DIEGO--- JMAR Technologies Welcomes James B. McCarthy to Board of Directors
JMAR Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:JMAR), a leading developer of advanced laser, photonics and detection technologies, today announced that James B. McCarthy has been unanimously elected to the Company’s Board of Directors, and further appointed to serve on the Compensation and Governance/Nominating Committees, effective immediately. “Jim is a well respected and highly experienced professional with great expertise in legal, organizational and financial matters,” said Dr. Neil Beer, President and CEO of JMAR. “We are very excited to have a board member of Jim McCarthy’s caliber advising us. He will be invaluable to JMAR as we continue to move forward with our technology development and commercialization efforts.”
Mr. McCarthy is currently Chairman and CEO of Gemini Consulting Group, an international management consulting and development company focused on the health care industry. Prior to forming Gemini, McCarthy was the Executive Vice President of a Chicago-based health care consulting company. He has also held positions as Vice President and General Manager of a medical device manufacturing company in Chicago, and spent five years in increasingly responsible planning positions with the Medical Products Division of 3M Company.
Mr. McCarthy received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, his J.D. from the Loyola University School of Law, and his M.B.A. from the Keller Graduate School of Management. He is a member of various state and national organizations, including the American Health Lawyers Association. He also serves on the National Advisory Council of the Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago, Illinois.
Mr. McCarthy is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sirigen, Inc., Santa Barbara, California and is a member of the Board of Directors of Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, Hinsdale, Illinois; Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFC, NASDAQ), Lake Forest, Illinois; and Protein Polymer Technologies, Inc. (PPTI), San Diego, California.
About JMAR
JMAR Technologies, Inc. is a late-stage technology company with expertise in the development and early commercialization of detection and laser-based technologies for nano-scale imaging, chemical and biological analysis, and fabrication. The Company is leveraging more than a decade of laser and photonics research in developing a portfolio of products with market applications in high interest areas such as homeland security, biological monitoring of water quality, and hazardous materials detection. These technologies represent significant intellectual property which includes more than thirty issued or pending patents.