Chairman of the Board
Andy Arno joined our Board of Directors in June 2015 and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in May 2022. Mr. Arno has over 30 years of experience handling a wide range of corporate and financial matters, primarily including work as an investment banker and strategic advisor to emerging growth companies. Since October 2023, Mr. Arno has served as a managing member of Unterberg Legacy, LLC, a merchant bank and multi-family office. He previously served, from 2015 to 2023, as vice chairman of Special Equities Group, LLC, a privately held investment banking firm affiliated with Dawson James Securities Inc. and previously with Bradley Woods & Co. Ltd. and Chardan Capital Markets LLC. From 2013 until 2015, Mr. Arno served as managing director of Emerging Growth Equities, an investment banking firm, and was previously president of LOMUSA Limited, an investment banking firm. From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Arno served as vice chairman and chief marketing officer of Unterberg Capital, LLC, an investment advisory firm that he co-founded. He was also vice chairman and head of the equity capital markets division of Merriman Capital LLC, an investment banking firm, and served on the board of the parent company, Merriman Holdings, Inc. Mr. Arno currently serves on the boards of directors of XXII Century Group (XXII), a biotechnology company, Smith Micro Software, Inc. (SMSI), a software company, Catheter Precision, Inc. (VTAK), a medical device company, and Independa, Inc., a privately held software company. Mr. Arno also serves as chairman of the board of directors at ComHear Inc., a privately held audio technology R&D company. Mr. Arno previously served as a director of Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. from August 2014 until it was acquired by Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. in March 2019. Mr. Arno received a BS degree from George Washington University.