Board of Directors
Jack M. Gill, Ph.D. is the founder of Palo Alto-based Vanguard Ventures, a high-tech venture capital firm managing over $500 million. Throughout his career, Mr. Gill has achieved success in five different careers as a scientist, entrepreneur, corporate executive, venture capitalist, and university professor.
Mr. Larry Lawson founded eCardio Diagnostics, LLC, and serves as the its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman.
David Klein is the CEO of Klein Equitities, a venture capital firm that specializes in real estate lending.
Members
Bob Brockman is chairman and CEO of The Reynolds and Reynolds Company. Mr. Brockman has several decades of experience dealing with software development for the automotive industry.
Rod Canion is co-founder & former CEO of Compaq Computer Corporation. Compaq was the fastest startup in history to reach $1 billion revenues and F-500 status.
John Chaney guided the growth of TeleCheck Services Inc. as Chairman/CEO/co-Founder, the world’s leading check acceptance provider. He has a proven track record with having successfully completed more than 30 acquisitions and created more than a dozen start-up companies.
Dr. Nancy T. Chang, Ph.D. serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Apex Enterprise, Inc. Dr. Chang has more than 30 years of experience in the biophermaceutical industry, successfully developing and commercializing therapeutic and diagnostic products.
Mr. Gaut is the founding Chairman of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc., and until May 2017 was also the Chief Executive Officer, having served in those positions since August 2010.
Anthony George is an entrepreneur and inventor for 25 years in the fields of Automation and Control Systems Engineering and Marine Fuel Management systems.
Mr. Giles is a successful businessman and lawyer who has successfully handled a number of civil and criminal cases throughout California, twenty-one different States, and three different countries.
Mr. Charles Herder is a principal shareholder and Co-Chariman of Colliers International in Houston, TX sitting on the board of Directors and serving on the Governance Committee.
Michael Holthouse was founder and CEO of Paranet, Inc., a computer network services company.
Mr. Huff serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Huff International, a company that invests in in international energy and technology opportunities. Previously served as Chief Executive Officer at Oceaneering International Inc.
Mr. Kendall has served as managing director and chief executive officer of Kenmont Capital Partners, a private equity firm, since October 1998. Mr. Kendall previously served as president of Cogen Technologies Capital Company, a power generation firm, and concurrently as chairman and chief executive officer of Palmetto Partners, an investment management firm, from July 1993 to October 1998.
Dr. McLendon currently serves as the Vice President of Therapeutic Research and Development at Carolinas HealthCare System. Dr. McLendon has co-founded several medical research companies and was the founding co-director of TMCx, the largest biomedical start-up accelerator.
Dr. Price is a scientist, businessman and entrepreneur, with more than 30 years in the biopharmaceutical industry. He is currently Executive Vice President of Business Development at Nascent Biotech, a clinical-stage public company developing cancer biologic drugs.
Mr. Raspino was the President, CEO and Director of Pride International, and has experience that spans almost 40 years in the energy industry.
Mr. Smisek was formerly the Chairman, CEO and President of United Continental Holdings, Inc., a Fortune 100 airline, and has served on numerous for-profit and non-profit boards.
Daniel E. Steppe is the director of the Wolf Center for Entrepreneurship at University of Houston. Serial entrepreneur with over 39 Years of Successful Business & Professional Career.
Jim Yim is an investor and entrepreneur based in the Boston area. After running his own company, Opentech, from 1996 to 2001, Jim has been involved in numerous start-ups.
