OpGen, Inc. announced that David E. Lazar will be appointed as CEO following the initial closing of transaction closing as Oliver Schacht, PhD, resigned as CEO. Mr. Schacht will continue to serve as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development to assist with the transition period following the transactions. David E. Lazar (33) has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc. listed on the Nasdaq (TTNP) since August 2022, where he also served as a director and board chairman from August 2022 until October 2023.

On December 28, 2023, Mr. Lazar was appointed Chief Executive Officer and to the board of directors of Minim, Inc. Mr. Lazar has successfully served as a custodian to numerous public companies across a wide range of industries, including without limitation, C2E Energy, Inc., China Botanic Pharmaceutical Inc., One 4 Art Ltd., Romulus Corp., Moveix, Inc., Arax Holdings Corp., ESP Resources, Inc., Adorbs, Inc., Exobox Technologies Corp., Petrone Worldwide, Inc., Superbox, Inc., Sino Green Land Corp., SIPP International Industries, Inc., Cereplast, Inc, Energy 1 Corp., ForU Holdings, Inc., China Yanyuan Yuhui National Education Group, Inc., Pan Global Corp., Shengtang International, Inc., Alternaturals, Inc., USA Recycling Industries, Inc., Tele Group Corp., Xenoics Holdings, Inc., Richland Resources International Group, Inc., AI Technology Group, Inc., Reliance Global Group, Inc., Melt, Inc., Ketdarina Corp., 3D MarkerJet, Inc., Lvpai Group Ltd., Gushen, Inc., FHT Future Technology Ltd., Inspired Builders, Inc., Houmu Holdings Ltd., Born, Inc., Changsheng International Group Ltd., Sollensys Corp., Guozi Zhongyu Capital Holdings Co. and Cang Bao Tian Xia International Art Trade Center, Inc. Mr. Lazar currently serves as an Advisor to PROMAX Investments LLC, a position he has held since July 2022, and as an Ambassador at Large for the Arab African Council for Integration and Development, since March 2022.   He has also served as the CEO of Custodian Ventures LLC, a company which specializes in assisting distressed public companies through custodianship, since February 2018, and Activist Investing LLC, an actively managed private investment fund, since March 2018.

Previously, Mr. Lazar served as Managing Partner at Zenith Partners International Inc., a boutique consulting firm, from July 2012 to April 2018. In his role as Chief Executive Officer of Custodian Ventures LLC, Mr. Lazar has successfully served as a custodian to numerous public companies across a wide range of industries. Based on Mr. Lazar?s diverse knowledge of financial, legal and operations management, public company management, accounting, audit preparation, due diligence reviews and SEC regulations, its Board believes that Mr. Lazar has the appropriate set of skills to serve as a member of the Board.