John J. Turanin, Vice President, Operations

John J. Turanin is one of our co-founders and has served as our Vice President, Operations since our formation in May 2006. From 1997 to April 2006, Mr. Turanin served as Vice President, Corporate Planning and Program Management and held positions as Senior Director of Program Management, Director of New Product Planning and Director of Respiratory Products Business Unit at Aradigm Corporation, where he was responsible for leading numerous product development programs and strategic alliances. Mr. Turanin was also responsible for directing Aradigm’s integration of the DosePro™ technology acquisition and serving as Program Director for the sumatriptan DosePro development program. From 1987 to 1996, Mr. Turanin was General Manager of operations, quality, product development and marketing for the respiratory therapeutics division at Invacare Corporation, a global manufacturer of home medical products. Mr. Turanin holds an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.A. in Business from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.