Mr. Hooks was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Axio Research Corporation in 2001. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Point of CareWare.com, a Bellevue-based medical software company. Prior to his position at Point of CareWare.com, Mr. Hooks was Executive Director of Providence Health Plan of Washington. Hooks came to Seattle from San Francisco, where he was vice president of CSC Index and was responsible for the management consulting firm's West Coast healthcare practice. He received his MBA from the University of Chicago.

Ms. McBride is Scientific Director of Axio. Ms. McBride has over 20 years experience with NIH- and industry-sponsored clinical trials and data management. She was Deputy Director for the Coordinating Centers for the Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Studies, the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial, and the Antiarrhythmic Versus Implantable Defibrillator trials. In addition, she has served on the Board of Directors for the Society for Clinical Trials and as the co-editor of a special supplement to Controlled Clinical Trials on clinical data management. Ms. McBride holds a ScB in Applied Mathematics from Brown University.

Ms. Nealy was appointed as Axio’s Controller in 2008. She brings 17 years of accounting, IT, and HR experience to the firm. At Axio, Ms. Nealy will oversee financial accounting and project information systems. Prior to joining Axio, she spent 8 years in the financial services sector with Seattle venture capital firm Buerk Dale Victor, serving as Controller for the last 5 years. Her other professional experiences include various positions within the manufacturing and construction industries, such as assistant business manager, personnel administrator, staff accountant, and office manager. Ms. Nealy holds a BA in Arts and Sciences from the University of Washington.

Mr. Ingersoll was appointed Director of Production of Axio in 2004. He has an extensive experience in industry-sponsored trials, data management and electronic data capture systems. While at Axio, Mr. Ingersoll has overseen the development of electronic data capture and support systems as well as the implementation of vendor software for both EDC and paper-based trials. He has also serves as Project Director and oversees the data management staff. Mr. Ingersoll holds a BS in Microbiology from the University of Washington.

Mr. Case has been Director of Business Development for Axio since 1998. He has an extensive background in the fields of finance, corporate development and business strategy. Prior to joining Axio, Mr. Case served as Director of Corporate Development for Targeted Genetics Corporation. Prior to that, he was with Centocor, Inc., most recently as Director of Business Development. Mr. Case received his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Richard has been in Axio's Human Resources Department since 2001. She has 10 years of experience in all aspects of Human Resources issues and development in consulting and biotech industries. She has served on the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association's (WBBA) Human Resources Group since 2001. Ms. Richard has a BA in business and received her national certification as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) from the Human Resources Certification Institute.