Mr. Leonhardt is the co-founder, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Bioheart. He has served as our Chairman of the Board since our incorporation in August 1999. He resumed his position as Chief Executive Officer in July 2008 after having also served in such capacity from August 1999 until March 2007. In March 2007, Mr. Leonhardt was appointed as our Chief Technology Officer. In 1986, Mr. Leonhardt founded World Medical Manufacturing Corporation, or World Medical, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1986 until December 1998 when World Medical was acquired by Arterial Vascular Engineering, Inc., or AVE. AVE was acquired by Medtronic, Inc. in January 1999. Mr. Leonhardt was the co-inventor of World Medical's primary product, the TALENT (Taheri-Leonhardt) stent graft system. From December 1998 until June 1999, Mr. Leonhardt served as President of World Medical Manufacturing Corporation, a subsidiary of Medtronic. Scientific articles written by Mr. Leonhardt have been published in a number of publications including Techniques in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and the Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. Mr. Leonhardt received a diploma in International Trade from the Anoka-Hennepin Technical College, attended the University of Minnesota and Anoka-Ramsey Community College and holds an honorary Doctorate Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Northern California.

Mr. Kline has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2006. Previously, from October 1999 until August 2006, Mr. Kline served as Senior Vice President for WildCard Systems, Inc., a debit card processing company that provides technology for electronic stored-value accounts and related Web-based software. At WildCard Systems, Mr. Kline was responsible for, among other things, the implementation of accounting, financial reporting and budget systems. He also was involved in all capital transactions at WildCard Systems, including the sale of the company to eFunds, Inc. in July 2005. Prior to joining WildCard Systems, Mr. Kline was the Partner-in-charge of the financial services practice for KPMG LLP in South Florida. Mr. Kline has over 30 years of diversified financial, operational and managerial experience and was the managing partner of KPMG's healthcare practice in Tulsa and Boston. Mr. Kline received an M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1972, an M.S. in Statistics from the University of Delaware in 1971, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Harvard College in 1967.

Mr. Burke was appointed as our Vice President of Financial Operations in July 2007. From October 2001 through June 2007, Mr. Burke served as Vice President and Controller of Viragen, Inc., a publicly-traded bio-pharmaceutical company engaged in the research, development, manufacture and commercialization of therapeutic proteins for the treatment of cancers and viral diseases. Prior to joining Viragen, from October 1999 until October 2001, Mr. Burke served as Corporate Controller of SmartDisk Corporation, a computer peripherals technology company whose securities were publicly traded from October 1999 until May 2003. From September 1994 until September 1999, Mr. Burke was a senior member of the audit staff of Ernst & Young LLP, concentrating his practice in the computer technology and biotechnology industries. Mr. Burke received a Masters Degree in Accounting from Florida International University in 1996 and a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from Florida International University in 1993.

Catherine Sulawske-Guck. Since January 2007, Ms. Sulawske-Guck has served as our Vice President of Administration and Human Resources. Ms. Sulawske-Guck joined Bioheart in the full-time capacity as Director of Administration and Human Resources in January 2004 after having served us in a consulting capacity since December 2001. Prior to joining Bioheart, from May 1989 until November 2001, Ms. Sulawske-Guck served as Director of Operations and Customer Service for World Medical.

Mr. Bromley joined Bioheart in December 1999 and serves in a full-time capacity as our Vice President of Public Relations. From 1986 until 1998, Mr. Bromley was employed in the sales and marketing department at World Medical. In May 1986, Mr. Bromley co-founded Bromley Printing, Inc., a private printing and communications firm.