It appears to me that Microbics may want full ownership, at this moment Sub-Surface(SSWM) only has 10% ownership. They (SSWM) are a subsidiary of Microbics(BUGS).
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He was an original marketing team member with i-STAT, Inc, http://www.abbottpointofcare.com/istat/ Princeton, NJ, the first commercially successful handheld blood gas analyzer company, where he managed an implementation team marketing Point of Care testing to hospital and IDN laboratories, directly and through co-marketing ventures with Hewlett Packard, and Abbott Diagnostics. http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=-86620