Steve Dubin

Biography

 Steve Dubin has served as Chairman of our board of directors since his January 2014 and served as Vice Chairman since his appointment as a director in April 2013. Since November 2011, Mr. Dubin has been a Principal in SDA Ventures LLC, a firm focused on assisting emerging growth and middle-market companies, primarily in the health & wellness and nutritional products markets, on matters including corporate development, business acquisition, customer relations, growth strategies and corporate finance. In connection with SDA Ventures, Mr. Dubin acts as a Senior Advisor to Paine & Partners, LLC, a global private equity investment firm located in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, for the purpose of identifying and executing investment opportunities in the global human and animal food and nutritional products industries. From 2006 until its acquisition by Royal DSM N.V. in February 2011, Mr. Dubin served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Martek Biosciences Corporation. He later served as President of DSM’s Nutritional Lipids Division from February 2011 through October 2011 and as a Senior Advisor to DSM Nutritional Products from November 2011 through October 2012. After joining Martek in 1992 and serving in various management positions, including Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Business Development, he served as President of Martek from 2003 to 2006. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Dubin co-founded and co-managed a Maryland-based, angel-investing club and was “Of Counsel” to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., a U.S. law firm, during part of 2001 and 2002. Mr. Dubin currently serves as a member of the board of several privately held companies, including The Brain Center, LLC (where he serves as Vice Chair of the board of directors), MyCell Technologies and its subsidiary Oceans Omega LLC, and Alcresta, Inc. During 2011 and 2012, he was a member of the board of directors of Scerene Healthcare, Inc. Mr. Dubin holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maryland and a Juris Doctor degree from the National Law Center at George Washington University. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the Maryland Bar.

Research Interest

 Steve Dubin has served as Chairman of our board of directors since his January 2014 and served as Vice Chairman since his appointment as a director in April 2013. Since November 2011, Mr. Dubin has been a Principal in SDA Ventures LLC, a firm focused on assisting emerging growth and middle-market companies, primarily in the health & wellness and nutritional products markets, on matters including corporate development, business acquisition, customer relations, growth strategies and corporate finance. In connection with SDA Ventures, Mr. Dubin acts as a Senior Advisor to Paine & Partners, LLC, a global private equity investment firm located in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, for the purpose of identifying and executing investment opportunities in the global human and animal food and nutritional products industries. From 2006 until its acquisition by Royal DSM N.V. in February 2011, Mr. Dubin served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Martek Biosciences Corporation. He later served as President of DSM’s Nutritional Lipids Division from February 2011 through October 2011 and as a Senior Advisor to DSM Nutritional Products from November 2011 through October 2012. After joining Martek in 1992 and serving in various management positions, including Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Business Development, he served as President of Martek from 2003 to 2006. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Dubin co-founded and co-managed a Maryland-based, angel-investing club and was “Of Counsel” to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., a U.S. law firm, during part of 2001 and 2002. Mr. Dubin currently serves as a member of the board of several privately held companies, including The Brain Center, LLC (where he serves as Vice Chair of the board of directors), MyCell Technologies and its subsidiary Oceans Omega LLC, and Alcresta, Inc. During 2011 and 2012, he was a member of the board of directors of Scerene Healthcare, Inc. Mr. Dubin holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maryland and a Juris Doctor degree from the National Law Center at George Washington University. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the Maryland Bar.