Stephen Austin - Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Independent Director

Mr. Stephen G. Austin, CPA, is Independent Director of Imprimis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., since July 2012. He has served as our director since July 2012. He was a Partner in Swenson Advisors, LLP, a regional accounting firm, since May 1998 and has served as Managing Partner since October 2006. At Swenson Advisors, Mr. Austin manages assurance, SarbanesOxley and other business consulting for public and private companies with a focus on technology, manufacturing, service, real estate, social media and nonprofit organizations. Prior to joining Swenson Advisors, Mr. Austin accumulated over 22 years of experience as an audit partner with Price Waterhouse LLP, where he worked from 1976 to 1996, and with McGladrey Pullen, LLP, where he worked from 1996 to 1998, serving both public and private companies. He serves as a board member or advisory board member for various notforprofit foundations, associations and public service organizations in the United States, is on the global board of directors of Integra International, an international association of accounting firms, and served as a director on the board of Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from March 2003 to December 2012, where he also served on the audit committee and compensation committee. In 2004, Mr. Austin published a book on business ethics entitled Rise of the New Ethics Class, and in 2005 and 2006 he published articles in Asia discussing The SarbanesOxley Act of 2002. Mr. Austin has also authored articles for the American Institute of CPAs, including the Journal of Accountancy since 2012.