Meet the
MicroPac Leadership Team
MicroPac Founder
Glenn Ramos
CEO
Board of Advisors
Duane Saikami, PharmD, MBA
Board of Advisors
Meet the
Glenn Ramos
CEO
[Bio Coming Soon]
Duane Saikami, PharmD, MBA
Board of Advisors
Duane Saikami, PharmD, MBA (USC School of Pharmacy 1985) was partner and co-founder of PharMedQuest Pharmacy Services, a company that owned and operated 26 Community Clinic pharmacies throughout the State of California. Dr. Saikami and his partner sold PharMedQuest to the private equity firm Kinderhook Industries in 2019. PharMedQuest is now a part of Avita Pharmacy, one of the nation’s largest HIV and 340B pharmacy program administrators. Dr. Saikami’s previous roles included CEO and Founder of Pharmedex, a business-to-business e-commerce company designed to improve pharmaceutical distribution in Japan, Vice President of Business Development with Merck Medco a Pharmacy Benefit Management division of Merck Pharmaceuticals, Vice President of Pharmacy Services at MedPartners a Physician Practice Management Company, and Senior Vice President of Pharmacy at Friendly Hills HealthCare Network (a large integrated health care system in Southern California). Dr. Saikami has a passion for entrepreneurship and enjoys traveling, running, and golf and serves on the Board of Directors of several companies. In May 2022, Dr. Saikami joined the Board of QSAD Centurion, an organization that supports students at the USC School of Pharmacy.
Richard Pak
Board of Advisors
Richard Pak is currently the Co-founder & CEO of Curvalux Inc. and a Director & Board Member of Saturn Satellite Networks, Inc., bringing over 30 years of leadership experience as an entrepreneur and senior executive in the technology, telecommunications, and satellite industries.
Before joining Curvalux, Mr. Pak served as Chief Development OƯicer at ABS, a global satellite operator, where he was responsible for securing over $500 million in commercial transactions. His accomplishments include multiple "Condosat" sales to KT Corporation and GT Satellite Systems, S.A., as well as expanding ABS’s satellite fleet through strategic acquisitions of in-orbit satellite assets from Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Korea Telecom (KT), and SK Telecom (SKT). The company was later sold to private equity firm Permira Equity Partners.
An early pioneer in internet broadcasting and streaming, in 1995 Mr. Pak was instrumental in building an internet startup company AudioNet (later rebranded Broadcast.com) to become the world’s first and largest internet streaming company in the world. In 1997, Broadcast.com achieved a record-breaking IPO on NASDAQ. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Pak played a key role in the company’s landmark $5.7 billion merger with Yahoo! Inc. Following this success, Mr. Pak relocated to Asia where he served as the Regional Managing Director for Yahoo!’s Business & Enterprise Services unit, overseeing operations across multiple Asia-Pacific markets, including Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Singapore, India, and Australia.
Mr. Pak holds a degree in Business Analysis and Computer Science from Texas A&M University.
Before joining Curvalux, Mr. Pak served as Chief Development OƯicer at ABS, a global satellite operator, where he was responsible for securing over $500 million in commercial transactions. His accomplishments include multiple "Condosat" sales to KT Corporation and GT Satellite Systems, S.A., as well as expanding ABS’s satellite fleet through strategic acquisitions of in-orbit satellite assets from Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Korea Telecom (KT), and SK Telecom (SKT). The company was later sold to private equity firm Permira Equity Partners.
An early pioneer in internet broadcasting and streaming, in 1995 Mr. Pak was instrumental in building an internet startup company AudioNet (later rebranded Broadcast.com) to become the world’s first and largest internet streaming company in the world. In 1997, Broadcast.com achieved a record-breaking IPO on NASDAQ. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Pak played a key role in the company’s landmark $5.7 billion merger with Yahoo! Inc. Following this success, Mr. Pak relocated to Asia where he served as the Regional Managing Director for Yahoo!’s Business & Enterprise Services unit, overseeing operations across multiple Asia-Pacific markets, including Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Singapore, India, and Australia.
Mr. Pak holds a degree in Business Analysis and Computer Science from Texas A&M University.
Glenn Ramos
CEO
[Bio Coming Soon]
Duane Saikami, PharmD, MBA
Board of Advisors
Duane Saikami, PharmD, MBA (USC School of Pharmacy 1985) was partner and co-founder of PharMedQuest Pharmacy Services, a company that owned and operated 26 Community Clinic pharmacies throughout the State of California. Dr. Saikami and his partner sold PharMedQuest to the private equity firm Kinderhook Industries in 2019. PharMedQuest is now a part of Avita Pharmacy, one of the nation’s largest HIV and 340B pharmacy program administrators. Dr. Saikami’s previous roles included CEO and Founder of Pharmedex, a business-to-business e-commerce company designed to improve pharmaceutical distribution in Japan, Vice President of Business Development with Merck Medco a Pharmacy Benefit Management division of Merck Pharmaceuticals, Vice President of Pharmacy Services at MedPartners a Physician Practice Management Company, and Senior Vice President of Pharmacy at Friendly Hills HealthCare Network (a large integrated health care system in Southern California). Dr. Saikami has a passion for entrepreneurship and enjoys traveling, running, and golf and serves on the Board of Directors of several companies. In May 2022, Dr. Saikami joined the Board of QSAD Centurion, an organization that supports students at the USC School of Pharmacy.
Richard Pak
Board of Advisors
Richard Pak is currently the Co-founder & CEO of Curvalux Inc. and a Director & Board Member of Saturn Satellite Networks, Inc., bringing over 30 years of leadership experience as an entrepreneur and senior executive in the technology, telecommunications, and satellite industries.
Before joining Curvalux, Mr. Pak served as Chief Development OƯicer at ABS, a global satellite operator, where he was responsible for securing over $500 million in commercial transactions. His accomplishments include multiple "Condosat" sales to KT Corporation and GT Satellite Systems, S.A., as well as expanding ABS’s satellite fleet through strategic acquisitions of in-orbit satellite assets from Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Korea Telecom (KT), and SK Telecom (SKT). The company was later sold to private equity firm Permira Equity Partners.
An early pioneer in internet broadcasting and streaming, in 1995 Mr. Pak was instrumental in building an internet startup company AudioNet (later rebranded Broadcast.com) to become the world’s first and largest internet streaming company in the world. In 1997, Broadcast.com achieved a record-breaking IPO on NASDAQ. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Pak played a key role in the company’s landmark $5.7 billion merger with Yahoo! Inc. Following this success, Mr. Pak relocated to Asia where he served as the Regional Managing Director for Yahoo!’s Business & Enterprise Services unit, overseeing operations across multiple Asia-Pacific markets, including Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Singapore, India, and Australia.
Mr. Pak holds a degree in Business Analysis and Computer Science from Texas A&M University.
Before joining Curvalux, Mr. Pak served as Chief Development OƯicer at ABS, a global satellite operator, where he was responsible for securing over $500 million in commercial transactions. His accomplishments include multiple "Condosat" sales to KT Corporation and GT Satellite Systems, S.A., as well as expanding ABS’s satellite fleet through strategic acquisitions of in-orbit satellite assets from Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Korea Telecom (KT), and SK Telecom (SKT). The company was later sold to private equity firm Permira Equity Partners.
An early pioneer in internet broadcasting and streaming, in 1995 Mr. Pak was instrumental in building an internet startup company AudioNet (later rebranded Broadcast.com) to become the world’s first and largest internet streaming company in the world. In 1997, Broadcast.com achieved a record-breaking IPO on NASDAQ. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Pak played a key role in the company’s landmark $5.7 billion merger with Yahoo! Inc. Following this success, Mr. Pak relocated to Asia where he served as the Regional Managing Director for Yahoo!’s Business & Enterprise Services unit, overseeing operations across multiple Asia-Pacific markets, including Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Singapore, India, and Australia.
Mr. Pak holds a degree in Business Analysis and Computer Science from Texas A&M University.