Dr. Cochrane is president of W.A. Cochrane and Associate Inc., a biotech products consulting company. Dr. Cochrane is well recognized as the founding Dean of Medicine for the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary. He served as Deputy Minister of Health Services with the Government of Alberta, prior to his appointment as President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Calgary. In 1978, Dr. Cochrane assumed a business career as Chairman, President and CEO of Connaught Laboratories Ltd. Today Dr. Cochrane is a Director of several Canadian and American companies and is the Chairman of IVT’s Compensation Committee.