Mr. Peralta has served as Chief Executive Officer of NanoBio Corporation since July 2012. He joined NanoBio in February 2006, and served as Chief Operating and Financial Officer from 2006 through June 2012. During this time, Mr. Peralta was directly responsible for all of the company’s business development, fundraising, and finance-related activities, in addition to managing the company’s day-to-day operations. Prior to joining NanoBio, Mr. Peralta served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Arbortext, Inc., a venture-backed enterprise software company. While at Arbortext, Mr. Peralta played a key role in transforming the company to a high-growth software business, which ultimately led to Arbortext being acquired in 2005 for $195 million in cash. Before joining Arbortext, Peralta served for six years as the Chief Financial Officer of Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDII), a publicly-held software company. Mr. Peralta directed all finance and investor relations activities at Mechanical Dynamics during the company’s initial public offering in 1996, and up through the sale of the company in 2002. Mr. Peralta is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Michigan.