James R. Grabek
Senior Advisor, Focus, LLC

Mr. Grabek is the current President of Agricultural Solutions Inc. (ASI), a health detection technology company for the worldwide dairy industry. He is also Chairman of Comedicus Incorporated, a cardiovascular medical device manufacturer, founded in 1992. Comedicus has developed a new and improved physiological path for delivering cardiovascular drug therapy and cardiovascular diagnostic and therapeutic appliances. Mr. Grabek has over 35 years of executive management experience in the global business community working in various executive capacities with G.V. Medical, St. Jude Medical, United States Surgical Corporation and New Dimensions in Medicine. In addition, he consults with various start-up companies.

Mr. Grabek’s primary concentration has been on medical devices used in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. He hired and directed the quality, technical, and sales and management teams, which designed, developed and marketed a breakthrough laser-enhanced angioplasty catheter system worldwide. He introduced technology for a new pathway for treating heart disease. His notable achievements include the founding of three corporate ventures whose investment funds have been in excess of 60 million dollars, one of which is publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange.

In addition to his involvement in the business community, Mr. Grabek is a frequent lecturer at seminars, symposiums, medical and investment conferences. This has served to keep the companies, their products, technologies and growth potential in the eyes and minds of the consumer, medical, government healthcare, and financial communities. He also taught as adjunct faculty for 10 years at the University of St. Thomas in the Graduate School of Business program for Entrepreneurship. In 2002, he was the recipient of the “Excellence in Teaching” Award from the University of St. Thomas and the “Distinguished Alumni Award” from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, where he now serves on the Board of its Alumni Association.

Mr. Grabek holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing, Masters in Business Education from Northern Illinois University and a certificate from the Executive Business Management program from Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. As an inventor, he holds 13 patents on medical and agricultural device technology.

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