MANAGEMENT


David B. Hirsch - President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Hirsch has been a Director and our President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2009.  Mr. Hirsch became a Director, President and Chief Executive Officer following the change of control transaction with the Koski Family Limited Partnership, discussed below. Mr. Hirsch began working for the Company as a consultant in April 2008 and joined the Company as a full-time employee in May 2008.  Mr. Hirsch became our Chief Operating Officer effective June 27, 2008 and assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer on July 15, 2008. Mr. Hirsch assumed the additional role of Acting President and Chief Executive Officer on March 18, 2009 upon the resignation of the Company’s former chief executive officer and president and Mr. Hirsch relinquished his position as Chief Operating Officer at that time.  Mr. Hirsch further relinquished his position as our Chief Financial Officer in June 2009 upon the appointment of Mr. Bohunicky to that position.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hirsch operated a boutique legal and consulting practice since January 2002 with a focus on financing and advising emerging technology companies. Prior to starting his own firm, Mr. Hirsch worked at Deloitte and Touche, LLP in San Francisco, California as a Manager in its restructuring group; at Mutual Ascent, a registered investment advisor; and at The Cottonwood Group, a venture capital firm in San Mateo, California in various capacities.  He holds a MSIA (MBA) from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, a JD from Drake University Law School and a B.A. in Economics from Indiana University. Mr. Hirsch is also a licensed attorney in the States of Florida and Indiana.

Dr. Jeffrey D. Hillman - Chief Scientific Officer

Dr. Hillman has been our Chief Scientific Officer since November 1996, a Director since November 1996 and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors from November 1996 to December 2004. Since November 1991, Dr. Hillman has been a Professor in the College of Dentistry at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.  However, Dr. Hillman retired from the University of Florida, as of July 2008.  Dr. Hillman received undergraduate training at the University of Chicago (Phi Beta Kappa), and his D.M.D. degree (cum Laude) from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and his Ph.D. from Harvard University Medical School. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications and textbook chapters on subjects related to infectious diseases, including their etiology and prevention. He has also worked extensively in the area of novel antibiotics. He is the inventor or co-inventor of Oragenics’ technologies, including the platform technologies to identify targets for the development of new vaccines and diagnostic tests for a wide variety of infectious diseases and cancer.

Brian Bohunicky. 

Mr. Bohunicky has been our Chief Financial Officer since June 2009.  Mr. Bohunicky joined the Company in early January 2009 as the Company Controller and following the change of control transaction with the Koski Family Limited Partnership, discussed below, he became our Chief Financial Officer and subsequently our Treasurer and Secretary.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bohunicky was the Vice President and Controller of Idex Corporation’s Fire, Safety and Diversified Segment from October 2002 to November 2009.  In this role, Mr. Bohunicky was responsible for managing the financial aspects of Idex’s worldwide fire and rescue manufacturing businesses.  Mr. Bohunicky’s global responsibility included eight manufacturing facilities totaling approximately $300 Million in annual revenue.  Mr. Bohunicky was the financial leader on acquisitions in the US, Germany and China and led restructuring programs throughout his career at Idex.  Prior to joining Idex, Mr. Bohunicky had multiple general manager and controller assignments with Flowserve Corporation and Ingersoll Rand Company.  Mr. Bohunicky holds a BA degree in Economics from Moravian College. 

Gerard “Gerry” David.

Mr. David has served as our executive vice president of sales and marketing since September 2008.  Prior to that time he provided services to us pursuant to a consulting agreement with his company, Certified Nutrition for Less, LLC.  Mr. David brings more than three decades of experience in the natural products and direct sales industry. He served as president and COO of Växa International in Tampa, Florida, from March 2007 to July 2008. From August 2006 to February 2007 he served as COO of Cyberwize, located in Sarasota, Florida.  From March 2003 to July 2006, he served as president and COO of Vitarich Labs in Naples, Florida. David also served as chief operating officer for Life Science Technologies, where he extended the reach of distribution to 50 states and successfully merged the company with a public entity. Mr. David was the executive vice president international, at the Home Shopping Network Direct from 1993 to 1997, managing the company's operations in 72 countries.