Bret E. Megargel, Vice President, Corporate Development

Bret E. Megargel is one of our co-founders and has served as our Vice President of Corporate Development since August 2006. From January 2006 to August 2006, Mr. Megargel served as a consultant to our predecessor company, which was originally known as CG Pharma, Inc. From January 2005 to August 2007, Mr. Megargel served as Vice President of Planet Technologies, Inc. From 2002 to December 2004, Mr. Megargel served as Vice President of Business Development for Avera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a private, CNS-focused development company. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Megargel served as a Venture Partner for Windamere Venture Partners, LLC. During his tenure at Windamere, Mr. Megargel served as Vice President of Business Development for MD Edge, Inc., and Director of Business Development for Converge Medical, Inc. and was a member of the founding team of Dexcom, Inc. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Megargel served as a consultant for The Healthcare Group of Marketing Corporation of America (now a Division of The InterPublic Group), where he was a case manager for projects that included major product development, licensing and acquisition, and marketing strategy assignments for pharmaceutical clients. Mr. Megargel received his M.B.A. at Stanford University Graduate School of Business and is a graduate of Dartmouth College, where he obtained a B.A. in Economics.