Over 20 years of general management, marketing, technology, new product development and business start-up experience at Neovex, Baxter Healthcare, 3M and Allied-Signal. Mr. Hughes has been President of Neovex Corporation, a pharmaceutical production technology company; President of Caire, Inc., a $35 million medical device manufacturer; and Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at Baxter Healthcare. He has started or built six new businesses, one of which is now over $300 million in sales. He established the new business and products group at Allied-Signal and has managed marketing and sales in industrial, commercial, consumer and medical businesses.

Mr. Hughes has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Political Science from Colorado College.