Managing Partner, Cofounder

Scientist & lawyer; >20 patents, >70 papers

Founded multiple biotech companies

Leads NIH-funded tech-transfer office consortium

• Built top-10 ranked structural genomics company

• Invented biotechnology; Sold to Novartis (> $60M)

• Paper w/Nobel laureate

• Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CUW) and Business (Walsh)

• Active grants connecting private and R1 Universities for translation

• Healthcare policy expert & author

Partner & CFO, Cofounder

Founding Dean of School of Pharmacy; campus CEO

Former Mayor and State Representative

Experienced entrepreneur; executive recruiter

• Authored influential healthcare legislation

• Started Pharmacy school (CUW)

• Led a Concordia campus (CUAA)

• Pharmacist & hospital administrator

Early-stage investor, prior founder & operator

Led multiple tech startups/products from launch to early revenue

Kauffman Fellow; MBA, Northwestern - Kellogg School of Mgmt.

Partner, Cofounder

• Impact Venture Capital, fund formation, operations & portfolio support

• Samsung Electronics, corporate venture fund launch and investment lead

• Corp Dev advisory on multiple mid-market transactions (acquisitions, spinouts, investments)

• Early background in management consulting (strategy, operations delivery, merger integrations)