Meet Our Experts
Ajay Houde, PHD, MBA
Co-founder and CEO
TGen Tech
Albert Di Rienzo, PHD
President & Chief Innovation Officer
Radicle Innovation
Angela Sutterer, PHD
CEO
Burke Therapeutics, LLC
Angus McLachlan, PHD
CEO
Liberate Medical
Anirban Roy, PHD
Distinguished Scientist
Medtronic
Austen Hayes, MS
Co-founder, CEO
Recovr, Inc.
Awilda Rosa-Morales, EdD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor / Academic Programs Director
Universidad Ana G. Méndez (UAGM) - Gurabo Campus
Bob Skunda
Independent Consultant
Innovation Centers and Technology Parks
Buddy Lyons, MBA
CEO
Entac Medical Inc.
Chris Tihansky
CEO
EndoShape
Cody Reynolds, PHD
Technology Transfer Manager
Prisma Health
Cole Johnson, MBA, PHD
Vice President
P33
Cynthia Leaphart, MD, MBA, FACS
MD
DMC
Dan Cohen
President
Accelerated Ventures
David Fragale, MBA
Executive in Residence
WVU
David Kennedy, BSME
VP Product Management
Lifelines Neuro
David Lefer, PHD
Director, Cardiovascular Center of Excellence and Professor of Pharmacology
LSU Health New Orleans
David Willbrand, BA, JD
Partner
Thompson Hine
Deacon Stone, MFA
Manager: The Center for Innovation; Coordinator: STEM Education & Maker Programs
Marshall University, CO: Robert C. Byrd Institute
Dickson Wambua, PHD
Co-Founder, Cloudsyte LLC
Doug Ladd, MBA
EIR
Northern Kentucky University
Edgard Resto-Rodriguez, PHD
Executive Director (MCC)
Materials Characterization Center (MCC), Inc
Elias Caro, MSC, MBA
President
Biocomx
Hershel Fancher, PE, MBA
President
Inventio, Inc.
Jerry Chang
Managing Partner, President, Managing Partner/COO
Vigilant BioServices, 42Bio LLC, Samaritan Biologics
Jesse Goodwin, PHD
Chief Innovation Officer
Medical University of South Carolina
Jim Nelson, MHA, MS
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
West Virginia University Hospitals, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Jim Stefansic, PHD, MBA
Director of Corporate Development
Cumberland Emerging Technologies
Joe Wyse, PHD
President
Wyse Innovations LLC
John DesJardins, PHD
CTO
Aravis BioTech, LLC
Josh Nickols, PHD
CEO
Enhale Medical
Justin Metcalf, MSE
Director of Engineering
MED Institute Inc.
Justin Renfrow
Contracts Director
MED Institute
Kaushik Dave, RPh, PhD, MBA
Partner
Ohmkara Consulting
Kevin Pollard
Entrepreneur
C-Suite Services
Kevin Sidow
Serial Entrepreneur, Board Member
Life Science Startups
Kyle Ritchie, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Lauren Eskew, MS
Owner, Co-founder
Bella VMS, LLC
Lawrence Boyd, PHD, MEM
Bioventus
Lawrence Olanoff, MD, PHD
Special Advisor
Medical University of SC
Lillian Pintado, Au.D., M.Sc., CCC-A
Professor - Doctor of Audiology
Universidad Ana G. Méndez (UAGM)
Louise Epstein, MBA
LARTA Principal Advisor, Founding Director, Innovation Center, UT Austin, Founder
Ecosystem Partner
Luis Cortes, MD, MBA
Managing Director
Biocoast Capital
Lynn Cooper, BFA
President
BFW, Inc.
Mara Neal
Director of Marketing & Engagement
Cook Biotech
Mark Slaughter, MD
Professor and Chairperson
University of Louisville
Matthew Dietz, MD
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgeon
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Michael Dunham, MD
Director, Pediatric ENT
LSU Health New Orleans
Narendra Vyavahare, PHD
Chief Scientific Officer
TGen Tech LLC
Neha Tiwari, PhD
Associate Director
PTC Therapuetics
Paul Asper, MBA
Vice President of Commercialization
Zucker Institute for Applied Neurosciences
R. Edwin Spitzmiller, DO
Medical Director
Mednax
Richard Sullivan
CEO
CIBOR
Rick D’Augustine, MBA
Principal
D'Augustine Consulting
Rick Rummel, BS
President
Advanced Medical Technologies, LLC
Robert Doss, PHD
Owner
The Courtland Group
Rohan Walvekar, MD
Professor & Director of Clinical Research
LSU Health New Orleans
Ryan Culhane, MBA
Government Program Manager
GE Healthcare
Stephen Carrithers, PhD
Executive VP, Co-founder & Director of R&D
Sequela, Inc & Lagrange Scientific
Steve Johnson
Interim Executive Director, SCLaunch
South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA)
Thomas Smith, PhD
Professor of Practice
University of Arkansas
Ty Sumner Adams, IDSA
Managing Director
A:KDesign, LLC
Vas Abramov, MS
President
Occam Design
William English, MD
Physician
Peripheral Vascular Associates