Dr. James A. Hayward, Ph.D., has been Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Applied DNA Sciences Inc. (Formerly Known as Prohealth Medical Tech, Inc) since March 17, 2006 and since June 12, 2007 respectively. Dr. Hayward has been the President of Applied DNA Sciences Inc., since June 12, 2007. He is a General Partner at Double D Venture Fund. He has over 15 years of experience in the consumer product, biotech and pharmaceutical industries. He founded Collaborative Laboratories Inc. (CLI) in 1990 and served as its President. In 1990, Dr. Hayward founded The Collaborative Group. For 14 years, he served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Collaborative, The Collaborative BioAlliance, and Collaborative Labs. Dr. Hayward served as Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of Applied DNA Sciences Inc., since October 17, 2005 and served as its Acting Chief Executive Officer from October 5, 2005 to March 17, 2006. He served as Vice President of Personal Care & Life Sciences for BASF Catalysts LLC (also known as Engelhard Corp.), since August 2004. From 1990 to July 2004, he served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive of Collaborative Group Ltd. In 1983, Dr. Hayward was one of the founding Principals and Research Director of Biocompatibles Ltd. He has been a Director of Applied DNA Sciences Inc., since 2005. From 1984 to 1989, he was responsible for product development at Este??? Lauder Companies, where he served as Director of Research Worldwide. Since June 2004, Dr. Hayward has been the Chairman of Evotope Biosciences Inc. Since 2001, he has been a Director of Q-RNA Inc. He serves on the boards of the Council on Biotechnology and the Research Foundation of the State of New York (Research Foundation Of State University Of New York, The). He serves as a Director of Softheon, Inc. He served as Director of Long Island Life Sciences Initiative (LILSI), Long Island Association Inc., Stony Brook Foundation, and the New York Biotechnology Association Inc. Dr. Hayward has more than 50 patents and original publications to his credit regarding the applications of liposomes. Dr. Hayward has been twice named Entrepreneur of the Year; in 2002 by Inc. Magazine and in 2009 by the Long Island Technology Hall of Fame. In January 2014, Dr. Hayward was given the David Award by Networking Magazine as one of eight of Long Island's most accomplished individuals. He received his Doctorate in Molecular Biology and Biophysics from SUNY at Stony Brook. Dr. Hayward received his Bachelors degree in Biology and Chemistry from the State University of New York at Oneonta in 1976 and his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1983.