Partner
Founders Factory

In October 2008, Matt launched MobileWait, a SaaS restaurant guest management and marketing technology, as CEO and Founder. In conjunction with his partner, after boot strapping the business, being awarded several rounds of seed funding and obtaining key customers, MobileWait was sold in under two years to a VC and roll-up entity based in Denver.

Prior to MobileWait, Matt co-founded and was a senior leader of several start-ups throughout the Midwest including cities like Milwaukee, Chicago and Minneapolis. During those years and beyond, Matt led strategic CRM consulting projects for major corporations in a variety of verticals including Consumer Packaged Goods, Luxury Retail, Automative, Manufacturing, Professional Sports and Consumer Banking. In addition, he led global channel, national business development, product management and direct sales organizations for companies such as Fair Isaac and Experian Marketing Services.

Currently, as a partner in Founders Factory, Matt actively advises and invests in early stage technology companies under his holding company, Heir to Wisdom, LLC. As part of his passion for philanthropy and his alma mater, The University of Toledo, he is one of the founders of The Chuck Ealey Foundation, championing the 'Undefeated Spirit' across the US and Canada.

Tax Director
Deloitte

CEO/Senior Advisor
Blanquera Consulting

In 2011, Ben was named by Computer World to its Premiere100 list of top IT leaders nationwide. Senior leadership roles previously held by Ben include VP of IS for Progressive Medical, Director of the Columbus Technology Council, and Director at Owens Corning.

As a community leader Ben facilitates the Central Ohio agile executive forum, is the founder of TechLife Columbus, writes a blog chronicling the Columbus Tech community, and is the curator of the Columbus Startup Digest.

Ben resides in Dublin with his wife Sandy and his 4 daughters.

Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Quorumm Digital Ventures

At Quorumm Digital Ventures, Martin worked closely with the Managing Directors and global partners to determine the appropriate strategy and vision to support all investment decisions of the fund, including alternative deal structures, M&A and exits strategies for the portfolio companies.

Before joining Quorumm, Martin was a member of the executive team for Havas Digital arm EuroRSCG in Latin America, leading the digital and Social Media initiatives in the region. Earlier, Martin was the Vice President of Digital for JWT, where he was responsible for the inception of the interactive marketing operation of the group in the early 2000.

Angel investors and serial entrepreneur, Martin lead more than 18 digital Pre-IPO startups from 1995 to 2005, including Fiera.com, Neocard,E-Food.com,OnYoyage.com and Mrbite.com. He is widely recognized as a Latin American pioneer in the internet space, starting the first commercial ISP (Los Pinos) in the early '90s.

In 2010, Martin was elected chairman of the Digital Venture Capital Association (DVCA) where he led the transformation of the group, to become a global professional organization representing the digital VC and angel investment community. Apart from his professional work, Martin also plays a philanthropic roll in several social ventures funds, as an advisor and investor. He is a graduate of the National Technology University of Buenos Aires.

Venture Partner
NCT Ventures

Prior to his career with Nationwide, Michael served as CFO for an Ohio-based manufacturing and distribution company and as a Senior Consultant with Ernst & Whinney. Additional career highlights include business development/sales management for numerous business units, acquisitions/divestures of customers and competition, and formation of strategic partnerships.

Michael holds an MBA from Ashland University and a BS in Accounting from The Ohio State University. Michael's affiliations include CPA, CLU, ChFC and CFS, as well as insurance and securities licenses. To date, he sat on the Boards of 17 companies and is actively involved with the United Way of Central Ohio, Boys & Girls Clubs, Childhood League Center, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Ohio and Easter Seals.

Principal
Innovation Forward

At the Ohio State University Research Park (Scitech) Mark managed seed funds that invested $1.4 million into 14 early-stage technology companies. He then secured $25 million of follow-on venture and angel investment and $8 million of Federal and State grants. Mark also co-founded the Ohio TechAngels which is investing from its third fund and, with 256 Members, is the second largest angel fund in the U.S.

At The Ohio Partners, a $35 million early-stage venture capital fund affiliate of The Dispatch Printing Company, Mark was an active board member of several portfolio companies and helped recruit senior management, attract venture capital for the next round of investment, make sales contacts, and assist in IPO's. Fund performance included 1 IPO and 7 acquisitions.

At CompuServe, an $880 million information services company, Mark led the launch a $530 million IPO led by Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch. He also helped grow revenues 330% ($655 million) over 6 years by directing the M&A, venture capital, strategic planning, treasury, budgeting and analysis, cost accounting, and internal reporting activities.

At OCLC Online Computer Library Center, a $246 million library services company, Mark directed the new product analysis process which launched the world's most used reference database (OCLC FirstSearch). He helped grow revenues 200% ($59 million) over 7 years by managing the M&A, planning and analysis, and internal reporting activities.

Mark received his MBA in finance from Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. He earned his undergraduate degree in management and was recognized as an Outstanding Undergraduate at the Ohio University College of Business.

Executive Director
Center for Entrepreneurship at The Ohio State University

At Ohio State, Dr. Camp sets the strategic direction and programmatic platform for entrepreneurship education, oversees the design and development of the academic and outreach initiatives and directs strategic partnerships with other entrepreneurship and technology commercialization support organizations. As part of the extended curriculum, Camp recently launched the 10x initiative, Ohio's first technology-based startup accelerator for young entrepreneurs. 10X assists select young entrepreneurial teams from around the country in the design, launch and development of high-growth ventures.

Camp was recently recognized by CNN Money and Fortune Small Business as one of the nation's top entrepreneurship professors. In March, 2011 he received the prestigious Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education for his work as the architect and developer of the Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (TEC) Academy, an interdisciplinary, graduate-level program to train business and technology students in the strategies and techniques for evaluating the commercial potential of new technologies.

In 2009, he received the coveted Olympus Innovation Award for how he integrates technology commercialization into the cross-campus, graduate-level instruction. Camp's primary course was profiled in Inc. magazine (April 2011) as one of the nation's most innovative courses to provide real world learning opportunities for technology and business students.

Founder/Partner
Hatch

Christopher's affinity for "campaigns" took him from politics to advertising where he spent fifteen years in various marketing agencies, eventually serving as president of several firms including Resource (www.resource.com), a national technology marketing firm, where he managed offices in Columbus and San Francisco. During this period Christopher played a key role in the e-commerce launch and web fashion show for Victoria's Secret that garnered international attention and was named ADWEEK's Marketing Event of the Year.

In 2004, Christopher became a Founder & the first President of FindawayWorld, whose core product is Playaway, the world's first preloaded digital audio book format (www.playaway.com). Called a "genius idea" by Oprah Magazine and the "simplest way to get from the bookstore to Chapter One" by the New York Times, Christopher helped to lead Findaway from a start-up idea to a profitable, Inc 500 success. In 2010, after selling his interest in Findaway, Christopher shifted his attention to Hatch (www.hatch.us.com), a boutique consultancy whose mission is to provide coaching, connections & capital to early-stage entrepreneurs.

Christopher and his wife - fellow entrepreneur Nancy Kramer - have six children between them. While Christopher serves on several boards, he spends most of his free time with family, writing about leadership or helping friends and fellow entrepreneurs catalyze new ideas.

Vice President of Marketing
Victoria's Secret

Over the last three decades Victoria's Secret has grown from a niche store with a small catalogue business to one of the world's most recognized and powerful brands. As the Vice President of Marketing at Victoria's Secret Dan Clifford is one of the leaders behind the company's pioneering efforts in recent years across social, mobile and digital marketing strategies.

With 11 years of tenure at Victoria's Secret he is responsible for social marketing for the organization, shares responsibility for mobile marketing as well as oversees marketing strategy for the Stores channel. The social and mobile strategies are consistently recognized as industry leading and span a robust ecosystem from Facebook to Twitter to various apps, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube and others.

Prior to Victoria's Secret he worked in advertising for Euro RSCG and Resource Interactive where he drove work for a variety of companies including Apple and various Procter & Gamble brands.

Additionally Dan is a board member for Lot18.com and ModaOperandi.com.

He has a BA in Journalism from The Ohio State University.

Managing Director
Fort Washington Capital Partners Group

Paul was a Partner and founding member of Mellon Ventures, the venture capital affiliate of Mellon Financial Corporation, which grew to more than $1.3 billion of investments and commitments with investments in over 115 companies and 70 private equity funds. In addition to his direct investment responsibilities, Paul was responsible for directing Mellon Ventures fund investment program. Paul served on the boards of a number of portfolio companies and on the advisory boards of a number of other private equity funds while he was at Mellon Ventures.

Previously Paul held various investing and lending positions with Mellon Financial and Westinghouse Credit Corporation. Paul received a B.S. and M.B.A. from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Partner
Virtucon Ventures

Eric then launched the first Online Marketplace for Intellectual Property to allow for the licensing and sale of patents. IdeaBuyer.com has listed over $1 billion in intellectual property since 2007 and has become a widely used tool by corporations, investors, and entrepreneurs looking to purchase or license new and patented technologies/products from universities, corporations, and inventors. In addition to the online marketplace, the Idea Buyer team has generated over 70 licensing agreements, raised over $2MM for new products, and has generated over $10MM in initial purchase orders for new products and technologies.

Prior to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Eric was a student at The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business in the Honors Program (2004-2008). Eric was heavily involved with the Business Builder's Club, The Center for Entrepreneurship, and was selected as one of three students to represent Fisher College in two international business case competitions.

President and Founder
Business Development Index, Ltd.

As president of BDI-LTD Inc. Mr. Dix provides board of director participation for a wide variety of both public and privately held product and service based companies in the U.S. and Canada. His role in these long term relationships is best described as facilitating strategic thinking and operational excellence that leverages core strengths and challenges paradigms that prevent dramatic business growth. Mr. Dix brings a long history and significant experience in the role of advisor and in providing appropriate governance.

John has served as a member of the board of directors of a wide variety of private and public North American companies including: The E.D. Smith Company, Canada's leading producer of jams, jellies and condiments (retired); Acordia McElroy-Minister, Ohio's largest insurance broker company (retired); Lord Sullivan and Yoder, Central Ohio's leading Advertising and Public Relations firm (retired); Fiesta Salons Inc., a large chain of Beauty Salons in five Midwestern states (retired); Excel Management Systems Inc., a major technology solutions provider to business and government; Shared Resources Inc., outsourced computer services (retired); Trillium Health Care Products Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of over-the-counter and pharmaceuticals and skin care products for the North American market (retired); Cosuvina, Inc., a Saratoga, California based manufacturer of canned milk products serving North America; New Product Innovations, Inc., a Columbus, Ohio, based company providing new product engineering, innovation and commercialization for leading manufacturers of consumer and industrial products (retired); Dare Foods Inc., a North American manufacturer of crackers, cookies, and candies; Kahiki Foods, Inc., North American marketer and manufacturer of frozen entrees and appetizers for the retail and food service markets (retired); Quick Solutions, a Columbus, Ohio, information technology solutions provider (Emeritus); Kenra, LLC an Indianapolis, Indiana based manufacturer of hair care products for the professional salon market (retired); Wilson Bohannon, Inc., a Marion, Ohio manufacturer of padlocks serving the market for commercial security locks (retired); Pronto-Med Inc., a Dublin, Ohio-based provider of medical practice operating software (retired), and One Call Now, a Troy, Ohio industry leading company, in automated phone messaging.

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Principal
The Pursuit Group

As a Principal at The Pursuit Group, John directs digital marketing and sales initiatives for both B2B and B2C clients. Prior to joining The Pursuit Group, his responsibilities at AOL, Netscape, and Time Warner included content acquisition, publishing, and revenue generation, as well as business development, licensing, and OEM initiatives. He also helped lead the digital integration of the Time Inc. and Turner brands into the AOL Web Properties Network after the merger. John has a B.S. and an MBA from The Ohio State University in both Marketing and Finance.

Managing Partner and Founder
Athenian Venture Partners

Prior to Athenian, Elderkin was co-head of Generics Asset Management (GAM), the London-based venture capital arm of Generics Group, PLC, a technology consulting organization located in Cambridge, UK. At GAM, he shared responsibility for that venture fund's management and its investment activities, which covered a range of technologies and industries, including electronic communications and medical devices.

In his early period with Generics, he was a management consultant. Prior to his venture capital career, Elderkin spent 7 years in engineering, manufacturing and capital investment management with Texas Instruments in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Elderkin holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, with international studies at London Business School.

Managing Partner
StrateSphere LLC

Mike graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1993 where he was an honor graduate and a Distinguished Cadet. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army. He spent five years as an Armor officer in a variety of roles including Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Personnel Officer and ROTC Instructor at Duke University.

After leaving the Army, he joined McKinsey and Company as a management consultant. He served clients in several industries on a variety of issues (strategy, M&A, cost reduction, growth and business building). Mike next worked at Capital One Financial as Group Manager of Strategy & Analysis and as Director of Specialty Collections. He was responsible for approximately $1B in collections annually.

Mike's most recent roles were Vice President, Quality Improvement, Customer Service, Business Development & Service Support for Scotts LawnService where he was responsible for acquisitions, strategy, technology infrastructure, and customer service. Previously, he was Vice President, Strategic Planning at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) where he was responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company by working directly with the executive team.

Mike founded thoughtLEADERS, a leadership development training firm that serves many Fortune 500 companies. He's also a principal at weBuild – a web and mobile accelerator that helps founders take ideas from napkin to viable business. He's currently the CEO of TiXiT (a weBuild portfolio company) and he's an investor in The Ohio TechAngel Fund. He was recently named the Columbus, Ohio Small Business Leader of the Year for 2010 by the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and Business First.

President
Upper Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce (UAACC)

UAACC's work in Ohio focuses on small business development and business retention.

In addition to her duties as President of UAACC, Ms. Hajost serves the community as a board member of the Upper Arlington Community Improvement Corporation, (UACIC).The UACIC advise the city on economic development decisions for business attraction and retention.

Her board experience has been with the following organizations; YMCA, The Robert Fox Family Y, Main Street - Heritage Ohio: Lancaster, Special Improvement District – Historic Lancaster, Fairfield Visitors and Convention and Rotary International.

Entrepreneur and Dreamer

Other successful startups include DOmedia (with NCT Ventures), a marketplace for buyers/sellers of Out-Of-Home (OOH) advertising, HeadStartup.com and AboutOurWork.com, a social business network. David is also involved with and actively advises several new Internet startups.

Partner
Calfee

Steve also effectively serves as outside general counsel to a number of private companies that do not have in house legal staffs. As such, Steve advises clients on a wide variety of day to day legal matters, including employment and consulting agreements, noncompetition agreements, executive compensation arrangements and distribution agreements. Additionally, he counsels senior executives on company business strategy.

Steve represents both buyers and sellers of businesses in various transactions, including asset purchases, stock purchases and mergers. These transactions have involved a diverse group of clients, including international conglomerates, U.S. public companies, private equity funds, large privately held entities and early stage enterprises. Steve has extensive expertise representing venture capital funds and early stage companies on their investments and fund raising alternatives. His counsel includes helping clients comply with the federal and state securities laws as well as the pros and cons of different fund raising strategies.

Prior to returning to Ohio, Steve practiced for eight years in Boston, Massachusetts during the Internet boom where he gained extensive experience advising technology clients on a broad variety of intellectual property and corporate issues.

Steve’s twenty plus years of diverse experiences have taught him to be flexible and practical in his legal practice. “One size fits all” is not an effective way to deliver legal advice. Each client’s concerns, demands and style is different, and legal advice has to be tailored effectively for each.

Steve has been a member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Entrepreneurship at The Ohio State University Fisher School of Business since 2005 and a member of Reservoir Ventures Partners II Advisory Board since 2010. Steve is also active in civic organizations in New Albany, Ohio.

He is a member of the New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Columbus Bar Associations. Steve has been an associate with the law firms of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in New York City, and Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a partner with the firm of Goldstein & Manello P.C. before joining Calfee as a partner in 2000.

CEO
Nanofiber Solutions

During his tenure, Claremont grew from a start-up to over one thousand professionals. Claremont managed a successful IPO and subsequent acquisition by Covansys. Prior to Claremont, Ross delivered several large, custom software engagements (including offshore) with Andersen Consulting (Accenture). Ross's business background includes executive experience with operations, sales and business development, turnaround situations and international responsibilities.

Further, Mr. Kayuha has considerable experience with managing and growing start-up companies and practices. He is a member of the Ohio TechAngel Fund, the nation's second largest angel investment group where he helped author the Fund's Due Diligence and Valuation manuals. Ross serves as a mentor for graduate students at the Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business Center for Entrepreneurship program. Ross holds an MBA from the University of Illinois and a BS in Business Administration from West Virginia University. He is an inactive CPA and has served on the Board of Directors for the Dublin Youth Athletics organization and several start-up companies.

Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and Presiden
High Performance Technologies, Inc

Keenan is a member of the Fisher Dean’s Advisory Council, the board of advisors for James Madison University School of Business, and the dean’s advisory council at George Mason University’s College of Science. He also serves on the Fairfax Partnership for Youth Board of Directors, an organization that offers positive programs to at risk youth.

He has been honored with the Government Contractor Award for Executive of the Year, the American Business Awards “Stevie” for Best Executive, Winning Workplaces’ Best Bosses Award, Professional Achievement Award from The Ohio State University Alumni Association, and the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Greater Washington.

Keenan has published papers on change management, transformation and entrepreneurial leadership in high technology firms, and is a sought after speaker at government and industry forums. Keenan earned a BSBA from Fisher and an MBA from Southern Illinois University.

Partner
Sequoia Capital

Director of Job Creation
State of Ohio

Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 1999, Mark was Chairman and CEO of CKS Group, an advertising agency that pioneered new advertising strategies by integrating marketing with technology. CKS helped launch Yahoo, Excite, eBay, Amazon as well as help companies like GM, MCI, Apple, McDonalds and many others. Earlier in his career Mark was a Director of International Marketing for Wyse Technology, the President and CEO of International Solutions, and was a founding member of Apple France. Mark has a BA in French Literature and Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.

Founder and CTO
QStart Labs

Chronologically, after graduating with a degree in Computer Engineering, Jeff spent four years active duty as an officer in the Air Force working at the National Air Intelligence Agency. Upon return to civilian life, he founded Computer Wizards Consulting, a virtualized computer consulting firm focused on database-intensive web applications which was eventually purchased by Leader Technologies. Jeff stayed on as CTO and led the development of 60+ patentable technologies.

After five years with Leader, Jeff explored the worlds of real estate, restaurant and bar ownership, and helped start a web-based telephone conferencing company. Having enjoyed a semi-retired state, Jeff returned to the business world, accepting a CTO role with Interactive Ink, an interactive marketing company.

As he helped to successfully launch a number of websites for a wide range of clients, he also helped prepare the company for its eventual sale to Northlich, a Cincinnati-based advertising agency. Following the acquisition, Jeff remained with Northlich as their CTO until fate brought him to QStart Labs.

Vice President
Fast Switch

Founder
NCT Ventures

In 2001, Mr. Langdale (along with other persons affiliated with NCT Ventures) founded and developed the Center for Entrepreneurship at The Ohio State University, which quickly earned a tier one ranking from Entrepreneur Magazine. Mr. Langdale helped develop the Entrepreneurship curriculum in addition to teaching undergraduate, MBA and Executive MBA courses on Entrepreneurship. Mr. Langdale is an executive board member of The Columbus Chamber of Commerce (former Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Steering Committee), OSU's Center for Entrepreneurship, Columbus Technology Council and Nationwide Children's Hospital (Research Board).

Mr. Langdale has received numerous awards for his business and civic contributions including: Columbus Chamber of Commerce & Mayor Ambassador of Columbus, 2002; The Ohio State University Supporter of Entrepreneurship Award, 2003; Four time finalist for Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year.

Mr. Langdale regularly attends Harvard Business School's Executive Education Program. He attended The Ohio State University prior to beginning his career as an entrepreneur and investor.

Dell KACE

Brian also created an early stage Internet company accelerator called weBuild (webuildstartups.com) through which he has helped advise and launch a number of startups in Ohio including TiXiT (tixitbox.com). He has been the CTO at Toobla.com, a visual bookmarking company as well a retail software company, NSB Group. He is currently an advisor to multiple startups in San Francisco and Columbus and works full-time for Dell KACE where he's building a new IT professional community to be launched this year called ITNinja.com.

Managing Director
West Capital Advisors

Most recently, Madeleine was Founder and Principal of LudlowWard Capital Partners, serving privately-held middle market companies in a wide variety of financial services. She also served as Chairman and CEO of Cadence Networks, Inc., a privately-held, venture backed energy management company. Prior to joining Cadence, Madeleine was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cinergy Corp, a public utility in Cincinnati. She also served as VP of Enterprise Corporate Development at PSEG and spent nine years as a Principal in the investment banking department of Morgan Stanley.

Madeleine holds an M.B.A. from The Darden School, University of Virginia and as well as a BA from the University of Virginia. She currently serves on the Board of ALLETE, Inc. (NYSE:ALE) and is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Darden Foundation at the University of Virginia and former member of the Board of Trustees of Cincinnati Country Day School.

Principal
Invergarry Partners

Parker's financial services career has combined commercial banking, angel investing and start-up business ventures. At Bank One, he led teams of retail, commercial and community bankers to serve their clients. At CFBank, he successfully launched the entry of the company into the Columbus market and built a base of satisfied clients.

As a member of the Executive Committee of, and an investor in, the Ohio TechAngel Funds, Parker assists entrepreneurs with the growth of their emerging businesses. He is an active angel investor in fourteen companies. He co-founded a highly successful entertainment venture in Columbus and a Nashville-based publishing company.

Parker has served on the boards of five for-profit companies, one of which had a successful liquidity event. He has also served the communities in which he's lived and worked on the boards of twelve not-for-profit organizations in the arts, workforce development, healthcare and other fields. Parker is the immediate past chair of the Small Business Council of the Columbus Chamber and a member of the Chamber Board of Directors.

Parker holds an undergraduate degree in music from Dartmouth College and a Master's Degree in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management. He is an active musical performer, and the thrill of being on stage is exceeded only by the satisfaction of participating in a new venture and helping it succeed.

President and Co-Founder
Bluemile, Inc.

Prior to founding Bluemile Michael served at Merrill Lynch from 1995-1999, as a Certified Financial Manager. From 1999-2003 he was an associate vice president at Morgan Stanley where he was recognized nationally for his accomplishments. Michael holds a B.A. in Economics from The Ohio State University.

Tax Manager
Deloitte

Managing Director
Allos Ventures and Blue Chip Venture Company

He continues as a managing director with Blue Chip Venture Company and is also active with Blue Chip's Validation Fund, which invests in seed-stage technology companies in Ohio. John has been involved in a variety of entrepreneurial initiatives throughout the region, including serving as a founding member of the Michigan Venture Capital Association board of directors and as President of the Northern Kentucky University Entrepreneurship Institute Advisory Board.

John holds a BA from Hillsdale College and earned a JD from Case Western Reserve University.

Executive Vice President
Bluemile, Inc.

John established Bluemile's enterprise sales organization that has landed clients which include Fortune 100 companies, dynamic SaaS providers, SME businesses as well as government, higher-ed and K12 organizations.

Under John's leadership, Bluemile continues to open cloud nodes and sales and support offices in new markets across the country.  His business initiatives are designed with one goal in mind, to bring greater value to all of Bluemile’s constituents.

Prior to joining Bluemile, John held sales and leadership positions with AT&T, StorageTek and Cisco. John earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University. He enjoys traveling, coaching his three kids and spending time with his wife, Christina, their family and friends

Partner
Morgan Law.co

Doug is the founder and president of Morgan Law.co, a full-service business law firm which utilizes technology and a virtual platform to deliver high quality legal services to clients in a much more cost effective, client-centric manner than traditional "bricks and mortar" law firms. Doug began his career with a top Wall Street law firm and has more than 25 years of experience in general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities, in addition to his experience in the areas of banking, real estate and venture capital.

Doug was recently named the top "Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year" in Columbus for 2012 by the prestigious "Best Lawyers in America" survey. This survey is compiled from exhaustive peer reviews and only one lawyer per specialty is singled out for this award each year.

Doug's involvement in the community includes his board memberships with the Columbus Chamber of Commerce (where he chairs the Green Council), Nationwide Children's Hospital Foundation and Consider Biking. Doug is the former chairman of the board of trustees for the Franklin Park Conservatory, a founding board member of TechColumbus, and a former member of the City of Columbus Civil Service Commission. He also served as a member of the Brookings Institute-sponsored "Restoring Ohio's Prosperity" project committee which created and issued a report recommending several Ohio public policy initiatives, including collaboration and cost-sharing among political subdivisions.

Doug is well known as a leader of the "pedaling revolution" in Central Ohio. He bicycles to work every day and in addition to his work on the board of Consider Biking, Central Ohio's bicycle advocacy group, Doug is frequently invited to speak on how active transportation can transform communities and improve personal, environmental and community health. Doug's bicycle blog can be found at www.twowheeling.com.

Doug is also the founder and president of the Mount Vernon Barn Company ("History in the Re-Making") which dismantles, rebuilds and restores historic 19th century barns and log houses for a variety of adaptive reuses. The company's website can be found at www.mtvernonbarn.com.

Managing Director
Early Stage Partners

Venturing to Silicon Valley upon graduation, Mr. Murray worked in consulting before taking a job with Spectra Laboratories, a provider of clinical testing services to kidney dialysis clinics. During his tenure there, he simultaneously built and managed the marketing and software development departments, as well as directing the telecommunications department. This experience imbued him with a love of entrepreneurial endeavors that helped to solidify his continued move away from the corporate world.

When Spectra was acquired in 1997 by the large, multinational corporation Fresenius AG, Mr. Murray accepted a position as President of Volk Optical, a Mentor, Ohio manufacturer of lenses used by ophthalmologists and optometrists to examine eyes for disease.

Following his tenure at Volk Mr. Murray was President of Incubation Services, a consulting firm that provided strategy development, business planning, and financial consulting to early stage companies in life sciences and information technology. Among his clients were Athersys Inc., Aelita Software, ConnectSpace, IdeaStar, and the Edison BioTechnology Center (EBTC). As an advisor to EBTC, Mr. Murray authored a report recommending significant additional investment in Ohio's life sciences industry.

Mr. Murray has been Managing Director of Early Stage Partners since the autumn of 2000. The fund focuses on investing in early stage technology-based companies in industries in which Northeast Ohio has distinctive competence. He sits on the boards of Ayalogic, Unitask, Imalux, TOA Technologies, Intelligent Clearing Network, OnShift, and the Ohio Venture Association and is a past Board Member of Ohio's Singing Angels.

Partner and Business Manager
Robert Gregory Partners

Shawn is a successful entrepreneur, executive, and investor. His experience over the past 20 years ranges from consulting and C-suite roles in corporate environments, to the management of start up, launch and operation of new ventures, along with investing in ventures at various stages.

During his nine-year tenure at Accenture, Shawn held positions ranging from programming to program management of $10 million-plus projects. He served a mix of clients, primarily in the financial services industry.

He later moved to J.P. Morgan Chase, where he ultimately became the Chief Technology Officer for both the Commercial Bank and Global Banking Operations. Shawn managed a significant portion of the shift to electronic clearing of checks and statement image processing capabilities for J.P. Morgan Chase. This included the implementation of image enabled ATMs, teller capabilities and an iPhone check deposit application.

In early 2008, Shawn co-founded Second Chance Counseling Center Inc., a substance abuse treatment facility that provides outpatient care. Second Chance Counseling Center continues to be a highly successful outpatient treatment facility in Central Ohio.

Building on several of his past executive roles, Shawn co-founded Robert Gregory Partners, an executive coaching firm based in Dublin, Ohio. Robert Gregory Partners has developed an advanced coaching methodology that pushes past traditional approaches and opens new opportunities for executives to achieve their full leadership potential and advance a company’s overall success.

Shawn holds a B.S. in economics from John Carroll University.

Senior Vice President, Enterprise Group
ProfitStreams

Managing Director
Capital Informatics, Ltd.

He has served as a CEO, CTO, CISO, a founder, and an investor for several technology companies and has helped numerous early stage companies raise capital, grow revenue, develop products, and successfully exit.

He provides business strategy, product management, and investment to high potential start-up companies. Most recently he founded Founders Factory, an Internet start-up accelerator established to help early stage companies rapidly become viable and sustainable businesses.

Director of IT Commercialization
TechColumbus

Integrated Mobile was sold to the Enhanced Equity Group of New York in 2007 and to Broadsouce of Atlanta in 2010. To facilitate the growth of Integrated Mobile Greg attracted and executed upon 3 rounds of Angel Investment and 2 rounds of Venture Funding. While at Integrated Mobile Greg Pugh held various positions including CEO, COO, and SVP of Product Development. Greg has twice been named a regional finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and has been named to Business First’s 40 under 40 in Central Ohio.

In February, 2011 Greg Pugh joined TechColumbus as Director of IT Commercialization. In his current role Greg is a mentor and coach to IT start ups in Central Ohio. Greg works with entrepreneurs to increase their probability of success as well as identifies the most promising start ups as investment opportunities. Before joining TechColumbus and the success of Integrated Mobile, Greg held multiple business development roles for Columbus based IT companies. Greg began his career as a High School Physics Teacher.

Chief Operating Officer
Fast Switch

Managing Director
West Capital Advisors

Prior to joining Draper Triangle, Mark has been involved in many entrepreneurial ventures. Most recently he was part of the PlanSoft management team that successfully merged with seeUthere in 2004 creating OnVantage. Mark also founded Synchrony Communications in 1997 raising $40 million in funding from leading VCs, including Charles River Ventures, APAX Partners and GE Equity. He grew the company to a size of more than 130 employees in four cities serving over 80 customers, including Cincinnati Bell, Bank of America, and Proctor & Gamble.

Previously Mark worked with Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories and Siebel Systems in the Silicon Valley, from early stage through post-IPO, He also was one of the early employees of Gain Technology, an early 90s technology pioneer in Silicon Valley led by Tom Siebel (founder of Siebel Systems) and founded by Pehong Chen (founder of Broadvision). Mark began his career as a software developer at Cincom Systems in Cincinnati.

Mark currently serves on the boards of CH Mack and Thinkvine, is an observer on the board of Unitask, member of the TechColumbus Investment Committee, President-Elect of the Greater Cincinnati Venture Association, and is a past member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee (Technology Chairman) of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, the Business Advisory Council of Miami University's Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration, a founding board member of Main Street Ventures, and Co-Chair of the Capital Formation Committee of the Cincinnati Regional Technology Initiative.

Mark earned a Bachelor of Science in systems analysis from Miami University where he attended on an Evans Scholars scholarship, and holds a Master of Management degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Director
Allos Ventures and Blue Chip Venture Company

Before beginning his venture capital career with Blue Chip in 2005, Dov served on the management team at a privately-held manufacturing company, was a senior strategist in the Intellectual Property Strategy and Development group of Battelle Memorial Institute, and developed and managed the deployment of software as an IT consultant for Cap Gemini.

Founder & CEO
Jackthreads.com

Jackthreads was acquired by Thrillist.com in May 2010, but Ross continues to lead the company's daily operations. The company is expected to earn over $25 million this year. The site has exploded in popularity amongst its current one million members, and membership continues to increase daily. It currently hosts hundreds of brands including Mishka, ALIFE, American Apparel, WeSc, Creative Recreation and Penfield, to name a few.

In the last year, Ross has been featured on AOL Small Business, Inc., Business Insider, and in Inc. Magazine’s 2011 “30 under 30” list of successful entrepreneurs. Ross is also a sought after fashion & lifestyle expert who has appeared on a multitude of panels and presentations and is a regular fashion contributor on “Fox Good Day”.

Managing Partner
Robert Gregory Partners

After growing Resume-Link into a highly successful company, he sold it to BrassRing. Several years later, he co-founded MBA Focus, building upon his experience in on-line recruiting to again provide groundbreaking technological services to employers seeking to hire MBA graduates and alumni from the world’s top MBA programs.

He also co-founded Data Management Consulting (DMC), a technical consulting firm in the data management, integration and intelligence area that maintained more than 40 consultants. He has been interviewed extensively by major business publications on global recruiting trends and has authored several white papers on this topic. Greg holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics.

As a managing partner, Greg will take a lead role in business development, introducing the firm and its capabilities to clients. He also will provide coaching in the areas of entrepreneurialism and business development.

Founder
Palo Alto Venture Architects (PAVA)

While at Intel, Mr. Saunders managed a cross-licensing and joint venture with Kodak to create and accelerate the market for digital imaging. Mr. Saunders also represented Palo Alto Venture Architects investments in several companies where he served as a board advisor including OSA Technologies (acquired by Avocent), Geneva Logic (acquired by Netop), and Swisscom Mobile (Advanced technologies licensed by Microsoft). Dave completed an operating agreement with Vertical Net on behalf of Miracle AG, which led directly to the most successful IPO in Swiss stock market history. Prior to his career in venture capital and management consulting, Mr. Saunders was a strategic development manager with the Radical Business Operations Group of Intel's Semiconductor Products Division in Chandler, Arizona where he authored the internet strategy for the division in 1992. Mr. Saunders is a founding board member of Cloud Forensics Network and the successful Chairman of the No on Measure K committee (San Francisco 2010). Mr. Saunders is the author of a patent pending in livestock data exchange. Mr. Saunders is a current member of the Socionomics Institute (teaching member), U.S. China Agriculture Development Association, TedX SF, World Affairs Council of San Francisco, Association for Corporate Growth, and the Silicon Valley Microfinance Network. He holds a dual B.A. in economics and government from Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A. from Rice University.

Mr. Saunders has used his CEO and venture capital experience as a foundation to personally mentor and coach innovative entrepreneurs. For the last 12 years, he has been a business coach for Swiss entrepreneurs and is a founding advisory board member of Brains to Ventures AG. Dave has helped founders and C level executives with their business plans, marketing, strategic planning, presentation skills, networking, and fundraising. At Intel Capital and BtoV, entrepreneurs have successfully raised investments from venture capitalists and angel investors in addition to sourcing technology and market access. Dave also used his start-up savvy as a business plan judge for the annual business plan competition at the American Graduate School of International Management, is a past advisor to UC Davis Big Bang and Little Bang competitions, and submitted a proposal to the Office of the President of the University of California on financial model evolution, digital monetization of University IP, and intrapreneurship which became a new program in 2011..

Founder and Retired Chairman
Accent Energy

In 1982, after becoming a partner in the law firm, he left to start Yankee Resources, Inc., generally regarded as the first independent retail energy marketing company. Yankee Resources was renamed Access Energy following his management-led buyout with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) in 1988. Lance and DLJ sold Access Energy to Enron Corp. in 1992. At the time Access had $300 million in revenue, 125 employees and over 30,000 customers in 30 states. He led Enron Access Energy until 1996, at which time he began investing in and assisting others in the development of energy technology companies.

In 2002 Schneier created his second retail energy marketing company, Accent Energy, by purchasing certain retail energy contracts from the Enron bankruptcy, with the financial participation of a private equity firm. After growing Accent to over 125,000 customers he sold the company to IGS Energy, Inc. in 2010.

Lance has authored several journal articles and lectured frequently on the impact and opportunities created by deregulation, particularly in the energy industry. He assisted the New York Mercantile Exchange in the formation and launching of its natural gas futures contract, culminating in making the first trade of that contract in 1990. He also served on the Ohio Oil and Gas Board of Review and as the Solicitor of the Village of Riverlea, Ohio.

Mr. Schneier is a 1971 graduate of College of Business Administration, The Ohio State University and received his J.D. degree cum laude in 1974 from the University of Miami School of Law. He is an instructor at the Fisher School of Business at Ohio State, where he teaches an MBA course he created, Government Regulation and Business Strategy. Mr. Schneier was a national finalist for the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Lance resides in Dublin, Ohio with his wife Sue. Together they have six adult children and five grandchildren.

Founder
Virtucon Ventures

Chief Executive Officer
Margaux

His experience covers the many facets required to enable high growth organizations to succeed; including raising capital, building technology, managing sales, marketing and operations and preparing companies for sale.  His deal experience includes both the buy and the sell side of mergers and acquisitions. He is a specialist in helping high growth software companies unlock the value of their assets through disciplined, innovative management. 

Ray currently serves on the board of Intellinetics, HealthcareDataWorks, e-Cycle, InfoMotion Sports Technologies and TechColumbus.  Through his company, Margaux, Ray has helped these organizations and others with formation, funding and strategy.  Prior to that, Ray was the CEO of HTP, a leading healthcare software firm.

Ray led HTP’s transformation from a niche focused software company to an Inc. 500 & 2008 Healthcare Informatics Top 100 company, which led to the company’s successful acquisition by a Fortune 20 company.  Prior to that, Ray co-founded an IT company in Chicago and was a senior executive in another Chicago software company.  Both companies became market leaders and were successfully acquired by Fortune 100 companies.

Through these acquisitions, Ray held executive management positions with Deutsche Telekom, Daimler-Benz, IBM, and McKesson. Ray is a CPA and a graduate of The Ohio State University’s Honors Accounting Program.

President
Amperand

Dr. Jeff Spitzner has numerous publications and gives many invited presentations at leading industry conferences. He is frequently interviewed about trends in laboratory informatics, and he led efforts to win many industry awards. Jeff also serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University. He received his Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics from The Ohio State University, then conducted postdoctoral studies on DNA-protein interactions, bioinformatics, and molecular cancer research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Jeff led Rescentris' development of the CERF software product for enterprise content management and intellectual property (IP) protection in R&D organizations. He took over the chief executive role in 2008 and developed and executed sales and marketing plans leading to commercial installation at over 100 customer sites worldwide. In 2010 he led sales efforts to 250% of the previous years' revenues. He expanded the executive team and participated in the transition of Rescentris' CERF to ELN Technologies in Dec. 2011. Jeff previously co-founded Visual Genomics, TopoGen, TEAM Associates, and LabBook. Spitzner led pioneering technology development and commercialization efforts in areas including bioinformatics and human genome research, XML technologies (first to market for life sciences space, in 1997), electronic lab notebooks, and semantic web (2002).

Jeff recently formed Amperand to provide services based on his unique combination of business, technology, biomedical science, and company development skills. One part is consulting for R&D organizations to streamline selection and implementation of information management software to improve business, IP, collaboration, innovation, and research performance. The other is technology business consulting and management services to help commercialize, develop, and grow new products and companies – with a focus in the Central Ohio community.

President and CEO
Manta

Under her leadership the company has grown more than 6x and is ranked 83rd by Henry Blodget, Top 100 Most Valuable Private Internet Co.'s, Silicon Alley Insider. Prior to joining Manta, Springer held leadership positions with a number of companies including Interliant, Inc. (Softbank investment), reSOURCE PARTNER, Inc. (KKR investment), Litton Enterprise Solutions, and Metatec, Inc. She has a BS in business administration from Franklin University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Entrepreneur
Hatch Partners, LLC

After Everstream, Blake co-founded Adcoda Inc., a digital music download company that soon became Findaway, makers of Playaway (www.playaway.com). Playaway, a preloaded digital device, has grown into a nationally recognized brand utilized by the United States Military and by over 25,000 libraries and schools. The company, which raised over $11M in capital and has been profitable since 2008, is based in Solon, Ohio.

Findaway employs over 140 associates and has been named one of the fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine. The company has also won numerous regional awards such as the NorthCoast 99 Best Places to Work and the Weatherhead100. Since exiting Findaway his operating role and equity in late 2010, Squires joined Hatch Partners, LLC (www.hatch.us.com) with Christopher Celeste, his partner from Adcoda & Findaway. Hatch provides seed investments and engages in various projects where the mantra is "help at the critical hour."

Blake has been awarded "40 Most Influential People Under 40" by Crain's Magazine and was named an E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year finalist in 2010. He is a member of The Entrepreneur's Club of America (TECA), is on the Advisory Board of the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative and serves as an entrepreneur-in-residence for Lake Erie College.

A graduate of The Ohio State University and fascinated by media and technology, Blake earned a degree from the prestigious School of Journalism with a focus on Telecommunications. Blake has an appetite for what's next, loves to tinker, dine-out and is inspired daily by his wife & three kids under six years old.

Managing Director and Co-founder
Draper Triangle Ventures

Mike has over 25 years of experience with start-up technology companies both as a co-founder and early stage investor. Prior to Draper Triangle Mike spent the majority of his career serving as CFO of several successful technology companies, where he directed the financial and business operations, acquisitions, mergers and capital raising functions.

Mike was a co-founder and Vice President, Finance of IndustryNet, an early stage electronic commerce company, where he led the company in raising over $15 million in growth capital from strategic partners and nationally-known venture capital organizations prior to its merger with a division of AT&T.

Previously, Mike served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of International Cybernetics Corp., one of the nation's fastest-growing automation control companies, where he directed the financial operations and led the merger of the company into Gould Electronics in 1985. Prior to joining International Cybernetics Corporation, Mike was employed by Touche Ross & Company (presently Deloitte & Touche).

Mike graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a BBA. Mike is an avid runner and has completed nineteen marathons.

Director
Ohio TechAngel Funds

A decade ago Mr. Thorne co-founded the leading provider of software and supply chain management solutions for the trillion-dollar consumer packaged goods industry and food industry. Creating the industries' first SaaS electronic supply network, the resulting company became an innovator in the automation of core business processes. The company's order management solution facilitates more than $220 Billion in transactions annually and converts traditional paper-based processes into more efficient paperless transactions for more than 6,000 manufacturers and distributors, and 100,000 retail operators throughout North America. In 2007, the company was successfully sold to institutional investors.

Mr. Thorne began his career at Morgan Stanley, has consulted for Lucent Technologies' Supply Chain Networks, and was Senior VP of Coffou Partners, a retainer-based executive search firm. He received his AB from Harvard University, where he played intercollegiate football, and received his MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School's Executive Program on Supply Chain Management. He serves as a member of Executive Board of the Chicago-based non-profit Jobs For Youth, and has served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center.

Victor has traveled to 31 countries and five continents and has participated in archaeology digs in Kenya, led a wine marketing project in Chile and Argentina, scuba-dived in Barbados and climbed the Great Wall of China. Victor's mission with the Ohio TechAngel Funds is to grow Ohio's reputation as a preferred and optimal location for entrepreneurs to launch their technology ventures and grow them into profitable and sustainable world-class enterprises.

Victor and his wife, Bridget, reside in New Albany, Ohio with their two year old daughter.

Director, Business Development
Medical Devices & Diagnostics
Battelle

Michael began his career at Procter & Gamble as a Product Development Engineer. He was responsible for developing new fastening systems and elastomeric components for diaper and healthcare products distributed globally, R&D partner relationship management, and strategic sourcing support. After completing his graduate work in nanoparticle engineering, Michael joined Ventaira Pharmaceuticals, a Battelle inhalation drug delivery spinout company. He led formulation R&D and later was promoted to lead pharmaceutical development.

Michael serves on numerous committees consistent with Battelle’s STEM education mission, including the Ohio Project Lead the Way Executive Council, Columbus City Schools Biomedical Sciences Advisory Board, and as a STEM advisor to New Albany – Plain Local Schools. He also supports BioOhio and The Ohio State University in many capacities, including serving on BioOhio’s Workforce Development Committee and as an advisor to The Ohio State University’s NSF sponsored Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for Affordable Nanoengineering of Polymeric Biomedical Devices.

In May 2007, Michael was named to BioOhio’s Accelerating Excellence “Thirty in Their 30s” list of top bioscience talent in the State of Ohio. In November 2007, his Formulation Development Group at Ventaira Pharmaceuticals was named as a 2007 TechColumbus Innovation Award finalist in the category of Best Technology Team.

Vice Chairman
inVentiv Health

Mr. Walter was named CEO of inVentiv Health in May, 2008 with responsibility for providing the strategic vision for the company, overseeing the four major operating divisions and developing integrated solutions to meet client needs. Mr. Walter's previous positions at the company included President of inVentiv Health and as President and CEO of the inVentiv Communications division. During Mr. Walter's tenure, inVentiv Health acquired approximately twenty separate businesses and global revenues to in excess of $1.3 billion.

Mr. Walter also served as Chairman and CEO of inChord Communications, Inc. prior to its acquisition by inVentiv Health in October, 2005. Mr. Walter joined inChord (then known as Gerbig, Snell/Weisheimer & Associates) in 1994 as an Account Manager, responsible for business and corporate development. In 1996, he became a partner and later purchased the company outright in 2000. Under his direction, inChord became the largest privately-held healthcare communications company in the world, working with 16 of the world’s top 20 healthcare companies and serving clients around the world through a global network with offices in 13 countries.

Prior to joining inChord, Mr. Walter worked as a Financial Analyst in New York City for Smith Barney in mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Walter graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Finance from Boston College.

Board Chairperson
JumpStart

Prior to his time at Socius, Doug was President and CEO of this entity over the years, having sold and bought this entity back many times since its creation in 1986. He started his professional career as a computer consultant and accountant at Coopers & Lybrand. In 1999, 2000 and 2001, Doug was recognized as one of Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting and Socius was recognized as a Technology Pacesetter by the magazine from 1998 through 2005.

Doug is a founding member of the North Coast Angel Fund, LLC. and a memeber of Ohio Tech Angels Fund, LLC. Doug served on the board of MAGNET (formerly CAMP) from 2002 to 2005, currently serves on The President's Club Advisory Board of The Ohio State University as well as the representative from the The Presidents Club to The Ohio State Alumni Advisory Council. Doug is a member and on the board of directors for North Coast Community Homes, Innovative Process Administration, LLC, Vox Mobile, LLC, Correct Grip, LLC and JumpStart.

. At JumpStart, Doug has served since inception, first as Treasurer (2004 to 2006), then Vice Chair and Treasurer (2006 to 2009) and now as Chairman.

Doug received a bachelor's in business administration focused on accounting and computer science from The Ohio State University. Doug resides in Bath, Ohio and has three children.

President
DJW Technology, LLC.

Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager
UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Lance is an active angel investor and advisor in many technology companies with a focus on Financial Services, Internet, Social Media and Green Tech. He is very active in the Silicon Valley Angel and VC Communities. He holds degrees in International Relations and Economics from The Ohio State University and received advanced degrees from The Wharton School of Business.

Entrepreneur

After graduating from Ohio State University with an aerospace degree, Todd worked in the quality field on Statistical Process Control, ISO 9000 and Business Process Improvement (BPI). He also concentrated on organizational development through his experience with Elliot Jacques as a mentor. Jacques created the Requisite Organizational model which focused on the systematic scientific approach to the effective management of work systems.

Todd transitioned to focus more on marketing, integrating the creative aspects of promotion and branding to the technical side of forecasting and probability studies. He has served in several marketing roles including responsibilities of retail marketing strategy and product development for a Fortune 500 company.

After leaving the corporate environment, he cofounded TWT Risk Consulting, which specialized in risk assessment for business operations. The business worked with local companies needing management consulting along with several larger firms, such as AIG and Hartford Steam Boiler, to develop products and establish new markets.

Most recently Todd exited Manchester Group, a firm that develops and markets products for the energy industry, after cofounding it four years previously. He now is focusing on volunteer coaching for entrepreneurs and working on establishing Founders Factory, a startup accelerator.

Partner
Thompson Hine

David's unique background is reflected in the creative assistance he provides his clients during their formation, financing, growth and exit.

David combines corporate, finance, securities, compensation and intellectual property legal knowledge with a practical understanding of an emerging company's business needs. His real-world experience allows him to efficiently drive, facilitate and close transactions - whether venture investments, M&A deals, executive employment agreements, option awards, license agreements or supplier contracts.

David is a frequent speaker on venture capital, entrepreneurship and mergers & acquisitions.

David was named in the October 2008 issue of Cincinnati Magazine as one of the most powerful and influential people in the city. David creates value for his clients not only through his business and legal knowledge but also through his relationships and contacts.

David is licensed to practice in Ohio (active) and Colorado (inactive).