Ron  Wright

 

Mr. Wright is the President/CEO of Sands Research Inc.  He teamed up again with Dr. Sands in their second successful venture in January of 2008.

 

In their first endeavor together, Mr. Wright with Dr. Sands founded and served as President / CEO of Neuroscan, Inc., the leading manufacturer of research EEG and related neuroimaging software based systems. They established Neuroscan in 1988 and sold the company to The Marmon Group of Chicago in 1998. Mr. Wright acquired and merged two additional medical device companies while at Marmon and remained with the Company until the end of 2002.

 

Mr. Wright also is Chairman of Next Century Technologies, Inc. (NCT), (www.nxtcent.com) an international holding company of healthcare, software and biotechnology corporations based in Northern Virginia.  After leaving Marmon, Mr. Wright served as President of JNetDirect Incorporated, (www.jnetdirect.com) a leading Northern Virginia software company in which NCT invested and now wholly owns.

 

In public service, Mr. Wright was appointed for two terms by Virginia’s Governor (now U.S. Senator) Mark Warner to the Board of Directors of the Virginia Biotechnology Research Park Authority. He served as the Treasurer of the Park Authority and as a Director of the Virginia Biosciences Development Center subsidiary. He is also a member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, was appointed for two terms to the New York District Export Council by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and has served on the Finance Committee for numerous federal and state political campaigns.

 

Prior to the formation of Neuroscan Inc., Mr. Wright was President of a private market research consulting practice based in New York City and received a degree in Public Policy from Eisenhower College in Upstate New York.