Mr. Jamal Yanaki
Mr. Jamal Yanaki is the President, CEO and Founder of ActivaTek, Inc., an innovative drug delivery company located in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has over eighteen years of medical-device experience in product development, manufacturing, sales and marketing in the health care industry. Mr. Yanaki was a major contributor to the development of the ActionPatch® which was licensed to EMPI Inc. He was also the V.P. and General Manager of the commercial business for Iomed Inc. Mr. Yanaki has held senior positions with medical device companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Coherent Laser Inc. and Bacterin International, Inc. His latest creation is the Trivarion Iontophoretic drug delivery electrode, which incorporates his knowledge, education and experience in the drug delivery design and development field. He has several patents and publications in various industry journals. Mr. Yanaki received his Executive M.B.A. from the University of Utah, a M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and a B.S degree in Chemistry from Loyola University of Chicago.
Tim Lucas
Mr. Tim Lucas is the Executive Vice President of Market & Business Development and co-founder of ActivaTek. He has a proven record of success; for over 20 years, he has worked in sales, sales management, business development and customer-relationship management in startup, turnaround and established medical device, drug delivery environments. Mr. Lucas held senior positions in sales marketing and business development in companies such as Bacterin International, Inc., Iomed, Inc., Medtronic, Inc., and Sepro Healthcare, Inc. Mr. Lucas received his marketing degree from York College of Pennsylvania.