Mr. Schmieg is a “C” level executive with a diversified background in the global biotech, pharmaceutical, and med-tech industries with 40 years of business experience. He is the Co-Founder of Clear Intradermal Technologies, Inc. (ClearIt), a privately held medical device company based in Texas.

Mr. Schmieg’s early career focused on accounting and financial leadership serving as Chief Financial Officer to privately held Cytometrics, Inc., Advanced Bionics Corporation and publicly traded Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. and Isolagen, Inc. With Cytometrics, he raised $55 million in four rounds of venture capital financing to bring the company’s Cytoscan® instrument to market. With Advanced Bionics, he was the financial architect of the company’s sale to Boston Scientific (BSX) for $4.2 billion. With Sirna Therapeutics and in collaboration with its venture owners, he co-developed the company’s strategic plan which led to the company’s acquisition by Merck & Co for $1.3 billion. In 2006, Mr. Schmieg assumed the position of Chief Executive Office of Freedom-2, Inc., a venture startup in novel dermatology applications. While at Freedom-2, Mr. Schmieg raised $14 million in venture capital and led the company in the development and market introduction of InfinitInk®, which was a Time Magazine “Invention of the Year” in 2008. In 2009, Mr. Schmieg reversed merged Freedom-2 into Nuvilex, Inc., now PharmaCyte, Inc. Since 2010, Mr. Schmieg, through his company, Soar Ventures, has been providing strategic and venture advisory services to numerous life science companies. Martin holds a BS from LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA and is a certified public accountant (inactive).