Mark de Bruin
Chief Executive Officer

Mark most recently served as senior vice president and president of pharmacy for Sears Holdings.  Formerly, Mark was the executive vice president of pharmacy for Rite Aid and vice president of pharmacy for Albertsons.  Mark also held several senior positions at American Stores Company, including General Manager, and served as Vice President of RxAmerica, a pharmacy benefits management company.  Mark previously served as Chairman of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores-Policy Council, Chairman of the National Association of Chain Drugstores Pharmacy & Technology Annual Meeting and as a member of the Federal Medicaid Commission, appointed by HHS Secretary, Michael O. Leavitt.  Mark is a graduate of the University of Utah, College of Pharmacy.

Linda Pinney
Founder and Chief Business Officer

Linda, Founder of Asteres Inc., was the CEO of The StartUp Lab, Inc., a venture development company serving venture capital firms and venture-backed companies.  Previously she founded and was Chairman & CEO for DNA Dynamics, Inc., a top 10 finalist for San Diego’s most innovative new company of the year award in 1999.  Linda was hired as the 13th employee of Pyxis Corporation and served as Vice President of Business Development for 10 years. Linda successfully developed, patented and led Pyxis into new product offerings including SupplyStation, Pyxis Data System and PyxisStation.  She also created and led the Alternate Site Division to $20 million in revenue in two years. Linda took Pyxis outside healthcare constructing a licensing and equity deal with a private company pursuing industry applications of Pyxis products.  Pyxis enjoyed a successful IPO in 1992 and was sold to Cardinal Health for close to $1 billion in 1996.  Prior to Pyxis, Linda was in business development for Sharp HealthCare and Centinela Hospital.  She has a Bachelor of Science in Genetics from U.C. Davis, and a Masters in Business & Healthcare Administration from U.S.C.

Joe D'Esopo
Senior Vice President, Sales

Joe has nearly three decades of experience in high technology capital equipment sales and other related areas.  Prior to his appointment at Asteres, Joe held several key management positions at Cymer, Inc. including VP North American Sales and Service, VP Business Operations and Sr. Director of Advanced Process Control products.  Before joining Cymer, Joe was responsible for all sales for Micron Semiconductor products in California, and Silicon Valley in particular.  He began his career as a Marketing Representative with IBM in Los Angeles and graduated with a bachelors degree in Mathematics from UCLA.

Laird Broadfield
Vice President of Research and Development

Laird was most recently Vice President of R&D for the Pyxis division of Fortune 500's 17th ranked Cardinal Health. Laird's responsibilities included product portfolio management and M&A evaluation as well as leading the product development staff of 220, encompassing product conception and design, embedded and application software development, hardware development, industrial design, and product assurance. He was the first member of Pyxis's development staff, and held various technical and management roles during his 16 years there, through the company's growth from its first narcotics control product to a suite of more than 70 products, including medication and supply management systems, clinical safety software, medication workflow systems, and point-of-care systems. He was a member of Pyxis's executive committee, and an officer of its development subsidiary. Prior to Pyxis, Laird worked in scientific software and instrument development for Hybritech, San Diego's first biotechnology company; his other technology experience includes work in instrument development for pharmaceutical companies and software design and operations for the financial services industry.