Mississauga, ON, Canada - HearAtLast Holdings announced the company has assembled a new board of directors.
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The present Advisory Board will make up the new HearAtLast Board of Directors along with the addition of Janice Parente as a new member to the Board.
HearAtLast also announces the following Advisory Board Members returning and accepting positions as members of the Board of Directors: Louie Mele, consultant and former CEO of McDonald's Canada; and Gora Ganguli, President & CEO of VitaSound Audio, Inc.; and Dr. Randy Lacey.
Ms. Parente completed both her PhD and Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Molecular Pharmacology.
After developing her skills at the Director level in global pharma, Ms. Parente founded a Canadian CRO and was its President and Managing Director for 10 years.
Ms. Parente created Montreal-based ethica Clinical Research Inc., a contract research organization (CRO) that conducts ethical clinical research in the development of drugs, devices, and natural health products.
Ms. Parente is also congratulated in ranking 65th of Canada's top 100 women entrepreneurs in the 2008 PROFIT W100 ranking of Canada's Top Women Entrepreneurs by PROFIT Magazine.
Ms. Parente is also an active member of various industry organizations such as BioQuebec, the Drug Information Association (DIA), and the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB).
Mr. Mele began his career with McDonald's in 1972 as a crew member and through his dedication and commitment he was eventually appointed to Operations Manager in 1985.
In 1987 he took his Canadian experience overseas to Italy where he assumed the role of Director of Operations and in April 1990 was named President of McDonald's Italy.
Mr. Mele relocated to the United States in 1995 where he served as Regional Manager of the Southeast Division, a position held until 2001.
In April 2001, Mr. Mele returned to Canada where he took on the role of Executive Vice President of McDonald's Restaurants of Canada and in 2003, he added the role of Chief Operating Officer for the Company.
In April 2005 he was appointed as President of McDonald's Restaurant Canada bringing in a renewed focus to the Canadian System.
Mr. Ganguli is President & CEO of VitaSound Audio, Inc., an early stage technology company. He is a technology/business executive with extensive experience in the microelectronics and semiconductor industries.
Prior to VitaSound, Gora was a Senior Vice-President at Gennum Corporation and General Manager of its Audio & Wireless Division.
During this period, he served two terms as Director on the boards of the Hearing Industry Association and the Better Hearing Institute and was twice elected Secretary/Treasurer of both organizations.
Before Gennum, Mr. Ganguli was with IBM in their Micro-Electronics Division.
At IBM, he performed various technical and management functions, and ultimately in senior operational and business unit management positions.
Based in Canada, Mr. Ganguli also undertook international assignments in the United States and Japan.
Mr. Ganguli was on the Advisory Board of the Operations Management Program at McGill University's Faculty of Management, where he also taught Operations Management as a Faculty Lecturer. ■