Board of Directors

Mr. Kilcoyne, Micrus' Chief Executive Officer, was elected Chairman in September 2007. Prior Mr. Kilcoyne had served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2004. From April 2002 to April 2004, Mr. Kilcoyne served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Solace Therapeutics, Inc., a medical device company. From November 1997 to January 2002, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Endonetics, Inc., a medical device company. From February 1997 to November 1997, he served as the Vice President Sales and Marketing and New Business Development at Medical Scientific, Inc., a medical device company. From July 1993 to February 1997, he served as the Director of Marketing at Microsurge, Inc., a medical device company. Mr. Kilcoyne served in various sales and marketing positions with Guidant and Boston Scientific. Mr. Kilcoyne received his B.S. from Cornell University. Mr. Kilcoyne serves as a member of the board of directors of Onset Medical, a private company.

Mr. Eagle is chairman of the board of directors of Favrille, Inc., a publicly traded company, and a member of the board of Radiant Medical, Inc. and of Siegel-Robert Corporation, both privately held companies. Mr. Eagle is a Founding Member of Barnard Life Sciences, LLC. Mr. Eagle served as Vice President of Manufacturing for Eli Lilly and Company from 1994 through 2001 and held a number of executive management positions with Eli Lilly and its subsidiaries throughout his career there. Mr. Eagle has a degree in mechanical engineering from Kettering University and an MBA from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University. He is chairman of the board of trustees of Kettering University, on the Dean's Senior Advisory Council of the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University and on the board of directors of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art.

Mr. Holubow has served as our director since July 1999. Since January 2001, Mr. Holubow has been a Managing Director of William Harris Investors, a registered investment advisory firm. From August 1982 to January 2001, Mr. Holubow served as Vice President of Pegasus Associates, a registered investment advisory firm he co-founded. He is a director of BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a pharmaceuticals company. He received his B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MBA from the University of Chicago.

Dr. Hopkins has served as our director since September 1998. Dr. Hopkins has served as a Professor and Chairman of Neurosurgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo since January 1989 and as a Professor of Radiology at the State University of New York at Buffalo since July 1989. He received his B.A. from Rutgers University and his M.D. from Albany Medical College.

Mr. Shammo has served as our director since July 2004. Since 2003, Mr. Shammo has served as President of the West Area for Verizon Wireless, a telecommunications company. From 1995 to 2003, Mr. Shammo served as Vice President and Controller of Verizon Wireless. Mr. Shammo is a Certified Public Accountant. He received his B.S. in accounting from the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science and his MBA from LaSalle University.

Mr. Thiel has served as our director since 1999. Since 2003, Mr. Thiel has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Devax, Inc., a medical device company. From January 2001 until June 2002, Mr. Thiel served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Radiance Medical Systems, Inc., a medical device company. Prior to that, Mr. Thiel served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Radiance Medical Systems, Inc. from February 1999 until January 2001, and as Vice President of Operations from October 1996 until February 1999. Mr. Thiel received his B.S. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and his MBA from the College of St. Thomas.

Mr. Wolf served as the President of CIGNA Group Insurance as well as its subsidiaries, CIGNA Life Insurance Company of New York and Life Insurance Company of North America from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Wolf joined CIGNA in 2001 as a Division President to lead a new business development initiative. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Wolf was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of nextHR.com, an application service provider of human resource asset management services. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Wolf held various positions with Humana, Inc., including Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Chief Operating Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Wolf is a graduate of Penn State University and Central Michigan University.