Mr. Goldman is the President and Founder of Goldman Capital Management, Inc., a family office since 2018, which was previously an investment advisory firm founded in 1985. He was First Vice President of Research at Shearson Lehman Hutton. He has also held senior positions as a money manager and research analyst with a variety of firms including Neuberger Berman, Moseley Hallgarten Estabrook and Weeden, Bruns Nordeman, and Russ and Company. Mr. Goldman serves as Chairman of Charles & Colvard, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CTHR) since 2016 and serves on the board of Imageware Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWSY). He also serves on the board of Deep-Down Inc. (DPDW). Prior to their acquisition, he served on the boards of Blyth Industries and IPASS Corporation. Mr. Goldman is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He also serves on numerous non-profit boards. Mr. Goldman received his B.A. degree in Economics from The City University of New York (City College).
Dr. Demesmin is an interventional pain medicine physician who is double board-certified in both anesthesiology and pain medicine. He is the founder of University Pain and Spine center, a well-respected interventional pain management and spine surgery clinic that operates 7 offices across New Jersey and New York. He is also the founder of STEMMEE Surgery Center, an ambulatory surgery center providing state of the art surgical and interventional procedures. Dr. Demesmin is also affiliated with some of the most well-respected hospitals in Central New Jersey, such as Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, JFK Medical Center, Somerset Medical Center, and Saint Peter’s University Hospital, where he is the director of pain medicine. He is also an assistant clinical professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Demesmin earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed his anesthesia residency training at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and his interventional pain fellowship program at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons-St. Luke’s Roosevelt Medical Center in New York. He holds an MBA from Northwestern-Kellogg School of Management.
Ms. Casamento currently serves as a retail consultant specializing in finance, business operations, financial planning and analysis. Ms. Casamento previously served as Chairman and President of Allyke, Inc., an artificial intelligence company creating digital imagery insights for retail and other industries. She also served as CEO of Calypso St. Barth, a luxury lifestyle brand, as well as a consultant to private equity firms with portfolio interests in retail and fashion. Earlier in her career, she served as Executive Vice President of Finance & Operations at The Talbots Inc. and held various senior leadership positions at Liz Claiborne, Inc., including President of Liz Claiborne Brands and President of the Ellen Tracy and Dana Buchman brands. She serves on the Board of Directors for Charles & Colvard, a globally recognized fine jewelry company. She is also involved in various charitable organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors of Women in Need, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides housing, programs, and other services to New York City’s homeless mothers and their children.
Michael McGeehan has been a director of Milestone Scientific since October 2017. Mr. McGeehan is a business consultant with 30 years of experience in a variety of business domains, including financial services, medical and healthcare products, consumer package goods and the software technology industry. Mr. McGeehan started his career at Metaphor Computer Systems in 1988 and then went to work at Microsoft Corporation in 1991. In 1995, Mr. McGeehan left Microsoft and founded Forefront Information Strategies, an information technology consulting firm. In 2002, Mr. McGeehan returned to Microsoft where he worked until 2017, when he returned to and re-started Forefront. Mr. McGeehan professional experience and background have given him the expertise needed to serve as Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and as one of our directors.
Mr. McGeehan was on the Board of Directors of Wand Dental Inc., (subsidiary of Milestone Scientific) a maker of a painless, anesthetic injection system for dentists. Mr. McGeehan has a Master’s in Business Administration from Pace University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Marquette University. Mr. McGeehan background has given him the experience needed to serve as one of our directors.
Leonard Osser has been a Director since December 2017. From July 2017 to December 2017, he had been Managing Director –China Operations. Prior to that, he served as Milestone Scientific’s Chairman from 1991 until September 2009, and during that time, from 1991 until 2007, was also Chief Executive Officer of Milestone Scientific. In September 2009, he resigned as Chairman of Milestone Scientific, but remained director, and assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer. From 1980 until the consummation of Milestone Scientific’s public offering in November 1995, Mr. Osser was primarily engaged as the principal owner and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Asian Consulting Group, Inc., a New Jersey-based provider of consulting services specializing in distressed or turnaround situations in both the public and private markets. Mr. Osser’s knowledge of our business and background with us since 1980 provides the Board with valuable leadership skills and insight into our business and accordingly, the expertise needed to serve as one of our directors.
Gian Domenico Trombetta has been a director of Milestone Scientific in May 2014 and served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Milestone Scientific’s Dental Division (Wand Dental Inc.) from October 2014 until May 2020. He founded Innovest S.p.A in 1993, a special situation firm acting in development and distressed capital investments. He has been its President and Chief Executive Officer since its inception. He served as the Chief Executive Officer or a board member of several private commercial companies in different industries including both industrial (e.g. IT, media, web, and fashion) and holding companies. Before founding Innovest, Mr. Trombetta was Project Manager for Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., a management consulting firm from 1988 to 1992. Mr. Trombetta holds a degree in business administration from the Luiss University in Rome, Italy, and an MBA degree from INSEAD-Fontainbleau-France. Mr. Trombetta business background and experience has given him the expertise needed to serve as one of our directors.