Stephen J. Lombardi

Overview

On March 7, 2008, Helicos announced the appointment of Stephen J. Lombardi, as interim principal financial officer of Helicos, effective as of the March 19, 2008. Mr. Lombardi has served as our President since October 2007 and our Chief Operating Officer since February 2007. He joined Helicos in June 2006 as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He has over 27 years of commercial biotechnology experience as a scientist and in business management. Prior to Helicos he spent four years as a Senior Vice President at Affymetrix, Inc., serving as an executive in its Corporate Development, Product R&D and Marketing divisions. From 1986 to 2002, Mr. Lombardi was employed by Applied Biosystems, a division of Applera Corporation, most recently as Senior Vice President of Applications and Products. From 1989 to 1998, Mr. Lombardi led the formation of Applied Biosystems DNA sequencing and genetic analysis business, resulting in widely-used sequencers, including those which became the standard used for the Human Genome Project. Mr. Lombardi was also involved in forming Celera Genomics within the Applera corporate structure. He earned a BA degree in Biology from Merrimack College. On April 25, 2008, in connection with the appointment of Mr. Hall the Board of Directors of the Company voted to remove Stephen J. Lombardi as Interim Principal Financial Officer. On August 19, 2008, Helicos announced the appointment of Stephen J. Lombardi, 53, as Chief Executive Officer, Director and President of Helicos, effective August 18, 2008.