Executive Team

Chief Executive Officer: Dave Taus

Mr. Taus has over 30 years experience in the medical device, IVD, and biotech industry. He has a proven record in executive management and directing product development, sales, marketing, operations, and manufacturing in medical product regulated markets. He was the founder of Trend Scientific, an infectious disease immunodiagnostic company which was merged with Alexon Biomedical. He served as President of Alexon-Trend, Inc., which was an operating unit of Apogent Technologies. In these capacities he has developed and successfully introduced numerous medical diagnostic products. He received his B.A. in Biosciences from St. Mary’s University

Chief Operating Officer: Ernest Sumsion, M.B.A.

Mr. Sumsion has a 25-year track record in management, operations and regulatory affairs in the medical device industry. He has successfully brought medical devices through the FDA approval process. While Senior Vice President, Vice President of Operations, Chief Operations Officer and Executive Vice President of Gull Laboratories, revenue there grew from $1.2 million to $17.9 million. As Vice President and Director of Operations at Alexon-Trend (Apogent Technologies), Mr. Sumsion achieved ISO9001:1994 certification for its operations. He received his M.B.A. from the University of Utah.

CFO & Co Founder: James Maples, M.B.A.

Mr. James Maples has operated as Chief Financial Officer for DxNA LLC and other preceding related companies. He has lectured at Dixie State Collage on Entrepreneurship and at Utah State University has taught upper division Marketing. Mr. Maples has had a wide and varied career in commercial real estate as a broker and commercial real-estate development. He has been an owner and manager of several small businesses and has served as General Manager of a technical plastics manufacturing company and a Hologram manufacturing company. He received his B,S, in Production Management and his M.B.A. from Utah State University.

Engineering Manager: Clark Braten