Mr. Beshar joined NPS in November 2007. He is a former CFO of various public and private companies and has more than twenty five years of general and financial management experience. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Cambrex Corporation, a global life sciences company, and senior vice president and chief financial officer at Dendrite International, a leading provider of services to the life sciences industry. Mr. Beshar began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co. He is a certified public accountant, obtained his undergraduate degree in accounting and finance from Michigan State University and is a graduate of The Executive Program at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia.