Michael P. Whitman founded Power Medical Interventions, Inc. with Gerald Dorros, M.D. in October 1999 and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our Board of Directors since our inception. Before founding our company, Mr. Whitman served as Vice President of Marketing at Olympus America Inc., a manufacturer of endoscopes and medical imaging systems, from April 1998 to October 1999. He has worked for several subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson, serving as Vice President of Sales and as Director of Sales and Marketing for Cordis Endovascular from June 1995 to April 1998, Regional Sales Manager for Ethicon Endo-Surgery from September 1992 to October 1993, and Group Product Director for Ethicon, Inc. from May 1991 to September 1992. Before that he held product development positions at both Ethicon Endo-Surgery and Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems. Mr. Whitman also served as Director of Marketing for Synthes Spine Company, LP, a provider of instruments, implants and tools for orthopedic and spine surgery, from December 1993 to June 1995. Mr. Whitman received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and Economics from Lafayette College.

John P. Gandolfo has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2007. Prior to joining PMI, Mr. Gandolfo was the Chief Financial Officer of Bioject Medical Technologies, Inc., a publicly held supplier of needle-free drug delivery systems to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, from September 2001 to May 2006. He remains a member of the Board of Directors of Bioject. Prior to joining Bioject, Mr. Gandolfo was the Chief Financial Officer of Capital Access Network, Inc., a privately held specialty finance company, from 2000 through September 2001, and Xceed, Inc., a publicly held Internet consulting firm, from 1999 to 2000. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Gandolfo was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Impath, Inc., a publicly held, cancer-focused healthcare information company. A graduate of Rutgers University, Mr. Gandolfo is a certified public accountant (inactive status) who began his professional career at Price Waterhouse.