Stephen J. Fanning
Chairman of the Board, President & Chief Executive Officer

Stephen J. Fanning was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Thermage, Inc. on January 15, 2005 and Chairman of the Board of Directors effective as of July 31, 2006. Mr. Fanning joined Thermage, Inc. from Ocular Sciences, Inc., a $350 million global public company, which developed, manufactured and marketed disposable contact lenses. Mr. Fanning had been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of the Board of Directors since August 13, 2001. Under his leadership, Ocular Sciences implemented a next-generation manufacturing process significantly driving down the cost of goods sold, achieved significant increases in global market share and attained more than $300 million in annual sales. In January 2005, Ocular Sciences was successfully acquired by CooperVision for $1.3 billion. Mr. Fanning joined Ocular Sciences from Johnson & Johnson (J&J), one of the world's largest manufacturers of healthcare products, where he served in various senior executive positions of escalating responsibility for 25 years. His most recent position was President, Worldwide, of J&J's McNeil Specialty Products division. Prior to that, he served as President of Johnson & Johnson Medical, a medical device company. Mr. Fanning has also served as Managing Director of J&J Austria/Switzerland, and Vice President, Sales, of J&J's McNeil Consumer Products Division. Mr. Fanning holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Philadelphia University.

 

Harold L. Covert
Director

Mr. Covert was nominated to our Board of Directors effective July 11, 2007 and serves as Chairman of our Audit Committee. In October 2007, Mr. Covert was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Silicon Image, a leader in the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content. From October 2005 to October 2007, Mr. Covert served as Chief Financial Officer of Openwave Systems, a provider of software solutions for the communications and media industries. From December 2003 to September 2005, Mr. Covert served as Chief Financial Officer of Fortinet, a security software company. From July 2001 to October 2003, Mr. Covert served as Chief Financial Officer of Extreme Networks, a network infrastructure equipment provider. Mr. Covert currently serves as a director of JDS Uniphase, a networking equipment manufacturer. Mr. Covert received his B.S. degree from Lake Erie College and his M.B.A. from Cleveland State University. Mr. Covert is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

Edward W. Knowlton, MD
Founder, Director

Dr. Knowlton is the original founder of Thermage. His many accomplishments include the invention of the ThermaCool TC System. Dr. Knowlton is also an active Plastic Surgeon with 26 years of experience in private practice. He is the founder of the Danville Ambulatory Surgery Center, an outpatient Plastic Surgery Center of Excellence that was established in 1983. Dr. Knowlton graduated from the Washington University Medical School in St. Louis in 1973, completed his surgical residency in 1978, and was certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 1981. He is the author of numerous patents in the medical device field and has written several scientific papers on Plastic Surgery including an innovative approach to breast reconstruction called the Peg Procedures.

 

Cathy L. McCarthy
Director

Ms. McCarthy was nominated to our Board of Directors effective July 11, 2007 and serves on our Audit and Compensation Committees. Ms. McCarthy is President & Chief Executive Officer of SM&A, a provider of business capture and post-award risk mitigation services. Since 2000, Ms. McCarthy has served in various senior executive positions at SM&A, including Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and from 2005 to the mid-2007, Ms. McCarthy served as its President and Chief Operating Officer. Ms. McCarthy currently serves as a director of Operation Homefront, a charitable organization and the Orange County Advisory Board of City National Bank. Ms. McCarthy attended Robert Morris College and the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

 

Marti Morfitt
Director

Ms. Morfitt was nominated to our Board of Directors effective July 11, 2007 and serves as Chairman of our Nominating & Governing Committee. From March 1998 to March 2007, Ms. Morfitt was the President and a Director of CNS, a manufacturer and marketer of consumer healthcare products. From 1998 until June 2001 she served as CNS' President and Chief Operating Officer, and from June 2001 until March 2007 as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to CNS, Ms Morfitt spent 16 years with The Pillsbury Company, a consumer food products company. Ms Morfitt currently serves as a director of Graco, Inc, a manufacturer of fluid handling systems. Ms Morfitt received her HBA from the University of Western Ontario and her MBA from York University in Toronto.

 

Mark M. Sieczkarek
Director

Mark M. Sieczkarek is President/CEO of Conceptus, Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors since April 2003. He also serves as Chairman of our Compensation Committee. Mr. Sieczkarek was Senior Vice President and President of The Americas Region, responsible for the commercial operation of all Bausch & Lomb businesses in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Mark joined Bausch & Lomb in 1995 as Vice President and Controller in the former Personal Products division and also served as a Vice President in Corporate Business Development. Previously, Mark held executive level position with KOS Pharmaceuticals, several Bristol Myers-Squibb subsidiaries and Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur. He received a MBA degree in Finance from Canisus College in Buffalo, NY., and a B.S. degree in Accounting from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1976.