Summary of Experience:

In addition to his role at RevMedx, Mr. Barofsky is executive vice president and general counsel for the Oregon Biomedical Engineering Institute, Inc. (OBEI) where he is responsible for all aspects of technology commercialization, contracting, operations and financial management. He also provides strategic input on research and development strategies for OBEI.

Previously he was a member of the intellectual property and business groups of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. a leading Pacific Northwest law firm. Before that he practiced law at Boston-based Testa, Hurwitz and Thibeault, LLP, a global legal services provider for emerging growth companies.

Mr. Barofsky began his career as a scientist at the Oregon Medical Laser Center where he helped establish the center’s biomaterial program. He currently serves on the board of the Oregon Translational Research and Development Institute (OTRADI), the Oregon Bioscience Association and the University of Portland Center for Entrepreneurship’s Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate Program.

He earned his BS in biochemistry from the University of Oregon and his JD and MBA from Boston College. Mr. Barofsky is a registered patent attorney and a member of the Oregon State Bar and the Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can help entrepreneurs with questions regarding intellectual property and patents, startup funding, government funded research and development, medical device regulatory and quality, product development and manufacturing.”

Summary of Experience:

Since 1989, Dr. Bates has been president of Applied Concepts LLC consulting. As an international consultant, he has helped clients to evaluate and develop numerous medical products for ultrasonic imaging and therapy, transducer design, blood pressure monitoring sensors, cardiac EKG and phonocardiography, medical Doppler instrumentation, intravascular acoustic imaging, semi-conductor wafer inspection, laser interferometry, and atomic force microscopy.

He has assisted management with acquisitions, product evaluations, product development, quality control, and hiring of key technical personnel. Periodically Dr. Bates organizes and leads teams of consulting engineers in the development of product designs for client corporations. On two occasions he has taken temporary senior managerial roles to aid clients with more extensive projects.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can help entrepreneurs understand the business aspects of technical innovation and its impact on product development, particularly the development of medical devices.”

Summary of Experience:

I was a reviewer at the Center for Devices at FDA. I have dealt with devices and combination products as an FDA employee and as a consultant for more than 20 years. I specialize in products which don’t fit neatly into classification boxes. I can help your firm get an idea of their regulatory path and the testing requirements.

Mentoring Services Provided:

I can give companies an idea of when the best time is to talk to FDA about the submission requirements for their device. I will provide an initial read on their path and testing requirements as long as the submitted material is less than 60 pages. I can also review the regulatory section of grants.

Summary of Experience:

Chris Brasfield has over 8 years of experience with all aspects of grant accounting and administration. In this time he has overseen these tasks on more than 40 awarded SBIR grant programs. As Controller of a biotech in North Carolina, he has set up accounting structures from scratch, managed A-133 audits, and negotiated F&A rates with the government.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can assist companies with any questions involving accounting and administration of SBIR grants. This includes the application process/submission, setting up chart of accounts, handling an A-133 audit, and negotiating your F&A rate.”

Summary of Experience:

Dr. Carlson is an experienced scientist and patent agent with more than 10 years of experience in the preparation and prosecution of US and foreign utility patents. She specializes in the following areas: biotechnology (including molecular and cell biology), plant biology, biochemistry, oncology, genetics, infectious diseases and immunology. Her experience includes prior art searches and patentability analyses. Dr. Carlson also has more than 10 years of practical laboratory experience. Her doctoral studies focused on the molecular processes that control retinoid transport and metabolism in the mammalian eye. Postdoctoral research has included the examination of the molecular events that regulate the growth and development of normal and leukemic blood cells.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can discuss the general principles and practice of patent prosecution with entrepreneurs/companies, as well as the tools and strategies that can be used prior to filing a patent application and the pitfalls to avoid. These initial discussions will not involve details of the invention itself. I am available for general consulting relating to scientific projects of all kinds.”

Summary of Experience:

Claire Celeste has been with Providence for eight+ years, parlaying her experience in telehealth, digital, and interactive strategies into her role on the venture team, where she has been a partner for the past year and a half. Combining her passion for the consumer experience with knowledge of health care technology solutions, Claire Celeste is focused on early stage companies.

Prior to Providence, Claire Celeste spent a decade at Intel, including stints in new business, internet marketing, sales and management. Before Intel, Claire Celeste spent two years in brand management, three years in advertising, and worked for a start-up until its acquisition. She received her master’s degree from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and her undergraduate degree from Washington State University.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can help companies improve and refine their strategies and develop or refine their go-to-market plans. I can provide feedback from the perspective of a prospective investor.”

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Carroll has more than 30 years of experience in the medical device area, including regulatory, research and product development, marketing and sales distribution. He has been a key individual in product and market development for Medtronic, EMPI, Greenleaf Medical Systems, NeuroMotion and RS Medical. Mr. Carroll’s area of interest is in electrical stimulation of living tissues, and he has co-authored numerous papers, protocols and guidelines in the field. He holds 13 U.S. patents and has six patent applications pending. He is on the board of directors of OTRADI, Oregon Biosciences Association, Meagan Medical and Neuronano AB.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can provide advice and assistance in development of reimbursement and regulatory strategies in the medical device and biologics areas. I also offer new product development and intellectual property strategies.”

Summary of Experience:

As a life sciences strategy consultant, Anne answers strategy questions for biotech and pharma companies. She has experience in strategic forecasting, opportunity assessments, franchise-level acquisition strategy, pricing and market access, buy-side due diligence, and indication prioritization. Anne’s expertise is primarily in novel therapeutics, with modest experience in medical devices.

Anne is also experienced in evaluating precision medicine options for oncology patients, and facilitating conversations regarding possible personalized treatment approaches and clinical trial options.

Anne holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University in biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, and a BA from Oberlin College. She is a native Portlander who currently lives in Boston, MA.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can help refine ideas and offer advice regarding clinical and commercial development strategies. This includes discussion of target patient populations, trial design strategies, potential payer management of new therapies, and competitive positioning.”

Summary of Experience:

Marilyne is a marketing strategist who is passionate about technology-based innovations in health and life sciences that improve care delivery, disease prevention, and disease detection and management.

Her background encompasses 15 years of experience in a variety of marketing leadership roles within the health and life sciences space. This experience includes 10 years of leading marketing and thought leadership efforts for Intel’s healthcare IT and telehealth solution portfolios, and a combined 5 years of experience working with several early-stage organizations that were developing technology-based software platforms for healthcare organizations.

Marilyne has first-hand knowledge of healthcare systems worldwide and expertise in creating value propositions, orchestrating product introductions, building customer and partner relationships, and developing content that resonates with key audience segments. She has received FDA training for communications of medical devices.

Marilyne holds an advanced degree in international management from Thunderbird Graduate School of Global Management (ASU).

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can help you with your go-to-market strategies. In particular, I can help you understand the market and competitive landscape for your products, identify target customers, and develop value propositions and messages that can be understood by technical and non-technical audiences.”

Summary of Experience:

Allegory Venture Partners is a venture capital firm jointly based in Portland and Houston. Previously, Dr. Corcoran has held executive roles leading corporate development, first at Isis Pharmaceuticals and subsequently at AccelRx Pharmaceuticals.

In addition, she spent several years as a National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)-licensed, sell-side equity research analyst covering the small cap biotechnology/life sciences sector. She was also a founding associate editor of the journal Cancer Cell.

Dr. Corcoran graduated from Swarthmore College with a B.A., earned her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Duke University, and was recipient of the first annual Harold M. Weintraub National Graduate Student of the Year Award. She also serves on the board of directors of the Oregon Bioscience Association.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can offer advice to companies and entrepreneurs regarding funding opportunities and business evolution, and I am also interested in connecting with prospective executives with operational experience in life sciences businesses.”

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Craw has 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry including 8 years at Merck, 5 years at ACADIA & 5 years at International Stem Cell Corporation. Ex-board member of UCSD Ext. bioinformatics program and Lifeline Skin Care a commercially successful dermatology business. He is an expert in investor relations, financing, business development, commercial and technical operations.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can help refine and validate ideas, business plans, market analyses, investor pitches and out-licensing opportunities. I can advice management on best practices in setting up corporate communications programs, operational and IT infrastructure.”

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Curci specializes in intellectual property, technology and business law. His clients include companies in the bioscience and high tech industries. He represents these clients in a broad range of intellectual property issues and other commercial transactions including: patent/technology licensing; multi-party collaborations; clinical trial agreements and research matters; technology transfer issues; overall protection, commercialization and use of the client’s intellectual property rights, including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets; and corporate formations and the corporate governance and operations of that business entity.

Mr. has developed a bioscience practice in the Pacific Northwest, representing bioscience companies and bioscince research institutions. He is also active in bioscience-related associations. At present he is a member of the Board of Directors Cancer Research and Biostatistics, a Seattle-based institution. He is an Advisory Board member of the OTRADI Bioscience Incubator (OBI). He also is an organizer of the Pacific Northwest Life Sciences Executive Forum, a roundtable for C-level executives from bioscience research institutions.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I represent companies in all the above referenced matters, including technology/intellectual property, patent/technology licensing, multi-party collaboration agreements and the overall protection, commercialization and use of clients’ intellectual property rights. I specialize in research matters, including clinical trial agreements, material transfer agreements, bioscience collaboration agreements, sponsored research with universities, and other research issues. As mentioned above, I also work with these companies on corporate matters, such as company formation and the governance of those entities.

I provide a no-charge consultation of approximately one hour for each bio company I mentor. This can be used for general discussion, but not for review of specific contracts.”

Summary of Experience:

Over 22 years of experience in all facets of clinical research including 20 years in medical device clinical research. My experience includes time at one of the top-three medical devices companies as well as having experience in the start-up atmosphere. I have been responsible for the development and management of over thirty (30) IDE studies including protocol development through final report/submission to regulatory authorities. My experience includes primarily Class III devices with indications in neurology (spinal cord and deep brain stimulation), cardiac (pacemaker, ICD, valves and LVAD), vascular (stents), and orthopedics. Geographically, I have significant experience managing trials in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Hong Kong/China including extended assignments within these regions. Through various roles within the industry, I have proven excellence in the management of clinical trials and associated regulatory interaction; therapeutic and technological expertise; and KOL development and management.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I am able to help guide the discussion around clinical trial strategy and design for medical devices from FIM through post-market.”

Summary of Experience:

Dr. Down is a professor at the University of Portland’s Pamplin School of Business. His interests in teaching, research and consulting blend strategy, entrepreneurship and finance in technology environments.

Example projects include leading a study of the state of entrepreneurship in Portland and an examination of how firms achieve the right balance of strategic flexibility in their planning systems.

His degrees include a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State, an MBA from Harvard Business School and a PhD in strategic management from University of Washington.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I am able to help companies and entrepreneurs think about and articulate their business model and strategies.”

Summary of Experience:

Mr. DuFresne has 35 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries. He currently is CEO of Medrock, a Portland-based medical device firm, CBO of TomegaVax, a vaccine firm spun out of OHSU, as well as a partner in Alignment Ventures. Previously he served as CEO of Ischemix, Pacgen, Zelos Therapeutics, ConjuChem, Inc and Anika Therapeutics. Duffy has raised more than $200 million in equity for the companies he has run and negotiated a large number of partnering/licensing agreements. His medical device and pharmaceutical industry experience includes general management at Baxter Laboratories and Boots Pharmaceuticals.

Mr. DuFresne serves on several corporate boards as well as the board for the Portland chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. He also is a strategic advisory group member at OHSU. He earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Mentoring Services Provided:

Mr. DuFresne can provide early stage life science firms with advice related to raising finance, developing business plans, negotiating partnering agreements, in-licensing intellectual property, structuring business presentations and general strategy/planning.

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Dunlap has more than 17 years of experience in finance and accounting, including the role he assumed at Galena in 2012. Prior to that he was in public accounting at large national and regional accounting firms working principally with technology and life science clients.

His career also includes positions in financial management with manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems and Nike, Inc. where he planned and executed business process and financial audits and had a leading role in Sarbanes Oxley implementation.

Mr. Dunlap holds a BS degree in accounting from University of Oregon. He also serves on the board of directors of the Oregon Bioscience Association, and as its treasurer.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“As a CPA for more than 17 years in both public accounting and industry, I have helped high growth companies get to the next level. I am prepared to assist with issues around financial reporting, fundraising, investor relations, enterprise risk management and fiscal strategy. I also can be helpful with mergers, acquisitions and other collaborative arrangements, out-licensing and in-licensing, SEC compliance, business processes, corporate governance and organizational leadership development.”

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Eastman has 35 years of experience in the life science industry as an executive who develops and launches products and startup ventures in biotechnology, medical devices, systems and software. Formerly he was interim CEO at Yecuris; Chairman, OHSU Venture Start Up Advisory Group; BOD, MagnetoOrganics and NeuraMedica; senior product marketing executive at Becton Dickinson, Fresenius and Cordis Dow Medical; and managed or consulted in the launch of 26 Oregon life science venture startups.

Mr. Eastman actively works with Oregon life science scientists and physicians inventors in launching their startups. He also mentors doctoral and MST/MBA students at OHSU, PSU, U of P, OSU and UO. He is active in the Oregon venture community through the Oregon Bioscience Association and the Oregon Entrepreneur Network.

Mr. Eastman holds a BS in marketing from the University of North Colorado, an MS in marketing, business and design from the University of Oregon and has an Executive Medical Product Marketing MBA certificate from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I have long term experience in working with scientist and physician inventors, high technology inventors and founders and semiconductor industry inventors in the areas of executive management, strategic planning, marketing strategy, business plan development, new markets’ research, operations/finances, product management, new product launch, angel/venture investment, strategic partnering, channel sales relationships, international distribution and industrial design implementation.”

Summary of Experience:

I perform regulatory strategy for digital health companies on potential paths free of FDA regulation and regulatory/quality affairs services for FDA regulated digital health and medical device companies. I developed and run kBLASTER®, an actionable insight SaaS search of the entire contents of publicly available FDA 510(k) summaries when seeking a predicate for a 510(k) submission. kBLASTER® also offers consulting for customers needing 510(k) submissions services.

Mentoring Services Provided:

I strategically assist companies ranging from pre-revenue to mature medical device and/or digital health companies when trying to navigate the FDA regulatory landscape for their product(s). I also perform regulatory affairs and quality affairs services for FDA regulated medical device and/or digital health companies, so they can meet their FDA compliance requirements, including 510(k) submissions for FDA clearance to market product.

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Elsenbach has been active in commercial real estate in Portland for more than 15 years. His focus is on companies and organizations in the technology and biotechnology sectors.

Prior to JLL he was managing principal, Cresa Partners. His awards and honors include being named Costar Power Broker of the Year six times.

Mr. Elsenbach has a BS degree in Economics from Portland State University.

He has assisted several startup companies in securing leases that are “flexible, cost effective and support each company’s vision with minimum cash outlay and maximum security.”

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can assist startup companies in navigating the real estate market, planning for the right space and negotiating lease terms by dealing with issues that often arise for early stage businesses; such as who pays for tenant improvements and how much of a security deposit is required.”

Summary of Experience:

Dr. Farrell has 35 years of research experience in coagulation, hemostasis and thrombosis, with 21 of those as Principal Investigator; Professor of Surgery, OHSU; Co-Chair of the American Heart Association Thrombosis BSci 2 Study Section; elected Fellow of the American Heart Association; Director of the OHSU Health Sciences Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate Program. He also serviced on SBIR/STTR study sections for the National Institutes of Health and is a recipient of SBIR and STTR grants. He founded Gamma Therapeutics in 2009.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can provide mentoring in non-dilutive funding sources, particularly SBIR/STTR and Department of Defense grants. I also can provide advice on commercializing translational research in a university setting.”

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

Mr. Friess is CEO of WELVU, an enterprise patient engagement platform bringing data-driven, mobile patient engagement solutions to clinics, hospitals, and health systems as those organizations seek to empower patients with actionable health information that leads to higher satisfaction, lower costs, and improved outcomes. He also currently acts as an Executive-in-Residence for OHSU Technology Transfer and Business Development, supporting the needs of principal investigators, clinicians, and scientists at Oregon Health and Science University seeking to commercialize their innovative research and inventions.

Prior to his current roles, Mr. Friess worked as Senior Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development for Krames StayWell, following three years as President of Krames Video Solutions. Prior to joining Krames, Mr. Friess served as CEO and Chairman of wired.MD, a market-leading video patient engagement company he co-founded in 2000, which Krames acquired in 2008.

Mr. Friess has also served in leadership or founding roles at StarveUps, a non-profit peer mentoring organization for entrepreneurs, and Cancer Awareness Group, a non-profit dedicated to cancer screening education. He has participated in medical informatics and biotechnology research at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, Baxter Healthcare, and Abbott Labs. Mr. Friess studied two years of medicine at the OHSU School of Medicine, before his patient education research became the genesis of wired.MD. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and a minor in Management from Brigham Young University.

MENTORING SERVICES PROVIDED:

“While my personal career focus has been in Health IT and Digital Health, I have mentored companies across a broad range of disciplines, markets, and status of company life cycle. If I can add value to your efforts I am eager to support your entrepreneurship and innovation across all areas of medicine, healthcare, and biotechnology.

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Galen has worked in medical device companies for 30 years and released more than 50 products. He has worked as an engineer, project manager, director, VP and CEO. His experience working at all levels in the business enables him to understand the details, as well as the “big picture,” which results in successful solutions and high quality product launches.

Mr. Galen has had two successful company exits, the most recent a company focused on preventing blindness, Quantum Catch Corp. This was sold to an Australian non-profit company. He also co-founded and ran CardioDigital, Inc. to Covidien (formerly Tyco Healthcare).

Mr. Galen’s experience in product development and manufacturing began in Asia in the late 80s and included setting up a Welch Allyn R & D affiliate in Singapore for emerging companies. He also managed a large cardiovascular lab for Hewlett Packard.

Mr. Galen has had more than 16 patents issued and 15 more that are pending. He serves on several boards and helps two universities with their translational activities. He has a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and an MS in Electrical Engineering with a biomedical focus from the University of Washington.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can help companies determine a good business model and product development strategy. I also can assist with funding sources, licensing and sale trade-offs.”

Summary of Experience:

Dr.Gautschi teaches organic chemistry and performs research with his students on the natural product chemistry of genetically-modified fungi for antibiotic potential. Previously, he worked in business and science directorship roles at Bend Research and Agere Pharmaceuticals. He holds patents and publications on in vitro drug species testing for advanced drug delivery technologies.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I am happy to share my experiences and background as a chemist involved in multiple start-ups. As the first employee of Agere Pharmaceuticals from its start-up days, I had to wear many hats, from research chemist to business and corporate development to hiring manager to janitor! Growing pains can be real, but many of the rewards are well worth the efforts, diligence, and patience needed to move a bioscience company from a few employees to tens of employees.

As a science writer for the start-up CyberEd in the late nineties, I played detailed roles as that garage-based firm grew and was sold to Penguin Eduction. As a business development director at Bend Research during their transition to a multi-client business, I experienced first-hand the need to sell your ideas and science to the science community worldwide.”

Summary of Experience:

Ms. Gerlach has more than 25 years of experience including mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, international structures and transactions, pharmaceutical licensing, corporate and individual taxation and estate planning.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I have experience in many areas of business and tax law and can counsel companies/individuals in these areas. I can answer questions about legal entities, tax situations and protection of technology and other rights and am not now representing clients in these areas.”

Summary of Experience:

Grant Gibson is a Senior Partner with CONX Partners, a strategic medical technology market development company dedicated to enabling international growth. Previously, he has held multiple executive positions with Welch Allyn, Inc., a global medical device manufacturer, including Director of Global Vital Signs Monitoring and Director of Global Patient Monitoring. He also served as the Director, International Category Management for Welch Allyn during a three-year expatriate assignment overseas. Prior to that, he served as Group Product Director and Group Product Manager of Welch Allyn Monitoring. Previously, he was the Director of Marketing and Communications for Protocol Systems, Inc., a worldwide patient monitoring systems manufacturer, acquired by Welch Allyn, Inc. in September 2000. Gibson was the first marketing professional hired by the start-up company Protocol Systems in 1988. He has conducted major assignments in the areas of marketing management, product management and development, strategic planning, business development and investor and public relations.
Prior to working in the medical industry, Gibson held marketing communications management positions in the scientific engineering computing industry working for Floating Point Systems, Inc. from 1984 to 1987.
A 1978 graduate of the Professional School of Journalism of the University of Oregon, Gibson earned an Accredited Public Relations Society of America (APR). Gibson has won numerous awards for marketing, communications and investor relations excellence including those from the National Press Club, NAIC and American Business Communicators among others. He is a published author with numerous titles and holds multiple patents and patent applications.

Mentoring Services Provided:

Mentoring available in the following areas: “I have successfully “lived” the startup business experience and can help companies and individuals navigate the process. I have spent many years in the medical device industry and have amassed many highly effective skills and processes, particularly in the disciplines of marketing and sales, that others can benefit from learning.”

Summary of Experience:

Michael Gursha is an Entrepreneur, Executive, Board Member & Startup Advisor.

Gursha is currently the Chairman & CEO of Rookie Road, Inc., a digital media technology company focused on creating unique and engaging educational content. He became CEO in 2016 after serving as a special advisor to the founder.

Previously, Gursha was appointed as the inaugural entrepreneur-in-residence at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, one of the nation’s top schools of communications. At Newhouse, he worked with students, faculty & staff on entrepreneurship & innovation, lectured at Newhouse and other schools on Syracuse University’s campus and helped administration/senior leadership with new strategic ideas around innovation. Before Newhouse, Gursha was the vice president of strategic initiatives at Curemark, LLC, a New York-based biotechnology company focused on the treatment of neurological disorders. Gursha was one of the initial team members at Curemark and, over the years, held various positions with the company, including director of business development.

Gursha has extensive experience in tech, media, biotechnology and healthcare. Gursha currently serves on various boards including New York On Tech, the Whitman School of Management & SXSW Accelerator. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Syracuse University with a dual degree in both the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications & the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.

Mentoring Services Provided:

Mentoring available in the following areas: Partnerships, Business Development, Corporate Development, Strategy, Financing, Intellectual Property, etc… Happy to help early stage companies with strategy and planning.

Summary of Experience:

After 16 years of recruiting, I still love what I do. As the owner of Acumen Executive Search and Acumen Talent Search, I see myself as, more than anything, a matchmaker, bringing together two parties so they may partner in accomplishing business goals. At Acumen, we value innovation, creativity, and dedication in order to produce results transcending values across most fields. As Bio-Tech companies set out to explore new innovations, having the right people with the needed technical skill set as well as soft skills is what helps to drive the innovation. Without the right people, with a common mindset, goal, and complementary work style, tasks cannot be completed, and finding those people is what makes my job so fun. At Acumen, we believe that all great companies start with it’s people. I am thankful to have been included in the OBI Bio Mentor Program.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can help organizations identify current employee needs and aligning them with future goals by helping with workforce strategies, organizational development, and job descriptions.”

Summary of Experience:

Dr. Hanson is residency trained in preventive and aerospace medicine. He has an MPH degree in epidemiology with a genetics concentration from Johns Hopkins. He was formerly Division Chief of Science and Technology at the US Air Force Surgeon General’s Office. Dr. Hanson has founded five companies, including Advanced Medical Imaging and Genetics.

His current company, Tier 7, identifies biomedical technologies that improve the delivery of health care for service personnel in war situations. Tier 7 connects the technologies of industry with researchers in DOD and other federal agencies. In total, Dr. Hanson has been awarded more than $68 million in research grants as a PI. He has published four books, 24 articles and eight patents. He is an affiliate Associate Professor at OHSU in the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology.

Dr. Hanson serves on several science advisory boards and is President of the St. Andrew Foundation Board of Directors.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I work with companies whose biomedical technologies can improve the delivery of healthcare for our warfighters. I can assess if your technology fits desired Department of Defense capabilities/requirements and determine what innovations would be required for operational use. I can assist in connecting your company with Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) with DoD that can improve your likelihood of award success.”

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Hoffman has more than 40 years of experience as an engineer, entrepreneur and venture capital investor. His career includes nuclear physics, the semiconductor industry, electronic design automation software, business consulting, university-based technology commercialization and venture capital. During his career he has started eight separate intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial ventures and served as a founder and senior executive in all of them. His governance experience includes public and private corporate board memberships as well as non-profit memberships and chairmanships. His education spans physics, electrical engineering, business and biotechnology.

Mentoring Services Provided:

As a BioMentor Mr. Hoffman can provide advice and assistance in the areas of business creation, investment strategies and capital sources, market-entry and growth strategies, corporate governance and advisory boards and for companies with origins in the academic/research sector, advice and assistance in working with institutions and researchers.

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Hurwitz has a blended professional background from public accounting and industry. He has served a variety of companies as CFO, controller and finance director, principally in the bioscience industry. Areas of expertise include process improvement, managerial finance, financial reporting, cross-functional team management, strategic planning, financial analysis, and startup support.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“My approach to helping young companies is to know about their dreams and try plan realization within the constraints of available resources. In addition I encourage the formation of a good accounting infrastructure to support the company and let others know this is a real enterprise.”

Summary of Experience:

Andrea S. Jones (MS, MBA, PMP) has been consulting on Process Improvement and Project Management in Portland, OR since 2006 and is an associate member of the Northwest Center for Performance Excellence (NWCPE). She brings order to chaos in the initial project definition and scoping phases, and helps clients organize and structure projects for success. Andrea is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Leaders for Operations program, earning an MBA and Masters in Engineering with a focus on Lean Enterprise. She is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Mentoring Services Provided:

When beginning in business, it is easy to rely on tribal knowledge and ignore the need to document how operational processes/activities/tasks should occur. AJC specializes in designing operational processes to streamline value and minimize waste from sales to manufacturing, supply chain, and ISO preparation.

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Jones is an experienced corporate manager who has served at senior manager and executive levels at a publicly listed Japanese company in Tokyo, Japan for more than a decade. He successfully led small teams working on specific projects in Operations Management, Human Resources and Corporate Sales to managing the entire country operations which included hundreds of employees.

Mr. Jones served in the US Army and was a combat engineer. He now brings together his dedication for excellence, superior customer service and integrity at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Mr. Jones develops custom financial strategies for his clients, both personally and for their businesses. He earned a BS from Marylhurst University in business leadership and an MBA in finance from Norwich University.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can advise in the areas of general management and leadership, working with business owners. I also can address banking solutions, credit and lending, company benefits planning and investment management.”

Summary of Experience:

Dr. Khoury (PhD, University of Texas at Dallas) is an Assistant Professor of Management and Strategy at Portland State University and teaches the senior capstone strategic management course within the School of Business Administration. His research focuses on the role of institutions and social forces within entrepreneurship and innovation processes. Within these domains he explores how both formal (reforms; legal and political systems) and informal (social, cultural dimensions) institutions enable or constrain the strategic pursuits of entrepreneurial actors within developing countries and emerging industry settings. His work has been published in the Strategic Management Journal, Journal of World Business, Journal of Management, Research Policy, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Management Decision and Global Strategy Journal.

Dr. Khoury also holds a BSE from the University of Michigan, an MSE from the University of Texas at Austin, both in mechanical engineering and an MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to pursuing his doctorate in organizational studies, he worked for 12 years in the area of micro/nanotechnology in various senior management and consulting roles related to research and development and product development strategies. He also is the inventor of 42 US patents.

Mentoring Services Provided:

Dr. Khoury’s area of expertise is with regard to alliance strategies-how they can be effectively leveraged towards an IPO or within licensing relationships. He would be happy to answer questions about how to select a good alliance partner, how to manage these relationships effectively, but would not be able to seek alliances or partners or draw up agreements to support these relationships.

Summary of Experience:

Dr. King leads Virogenomics’ early stage diagnostic and therapeutic development projects. Previously he was senior manager of lead validation at Rosetta Inpharmatics and manager of compound profiling at Acacia Biosciences.
His degrees include a BS in engineering physics from the University of Arizona and a PhD in biophysics from University of California at Berkeley. He conducted postdoctoral research on DNA repair at the University of California, San Francisco and was a Human Frontier Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bern, Switzerland.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can provide guidance on SBIR/STTR applications and evaluation of early stage technology and intellectual property.”

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Kirschner has worked with universities in licensing technologies and headed startups for telecom, biotech, nanotech and aerodynamic tech. Experienced, strong and able from a hands-on perspective.

He recently wrote a startup manual, written for the non-business entrepreneur, a comprehensive primer on what to do and not to do, what to expect and how to be successful. The manual has 27 appendices, each of which is a hands-on tool for success.

More information on Robert’s background can be found at www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-kirschner/54/775/27a.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I am the business guy. Much like a house needs a strong foundation for it to not fall, so too a startup needs a strong business foundation to not fail. The founder can and should focus upon development and commercialization of products and services. S/he should be able to rely on the business foundation being a positive and not a negative. I have few limits-one is drug commercialization experience. Otherwise my startup experience (JD, MBA, BBA/CPA) and capability are without equal and an excellent fit for entrepreneurs and their startups. I can help avoid the ‘big surprise’-the fatal mistake that serves to kill the opportunity. Other ways I can help include assessing opportunities from investor perspectives, mentoring entrepreneurs to raise money and pre-qualifying startups to investor selection criteria.”

Summary of Experience:

Ms. Kubisiak has more than 15 years of executive-level experience in marketing, sales and business development at companies ranging form startup to Fortune 500. Her background encompasses a broad range of technology-based business-to- business markets.

Before moving to the Portland area, she was General Manager and Vice President for the $180 million Kodak Health Imaging western region. She moved to Portland to join a dental device startup as Vice President of Marketing and Sales. Ms. Kubisiak also has served as Marketing Director at MedicaLogic, Director of Corporate Marketing and Global Sales Operations at Planar and Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at PacStar. Most recently she was Director of SaleS and Marketing at CP Medical, where she led marketing, sales and customer service.

Ms. Kubisiak has a BS in chemical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Stanford University.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can facilitate strategic planning efforts, and, in particular, assist with the marketing and sales strategies. I also can help convert the marketing and sales strategies into specific “Go to Market” tactics. Having rebranded three companies, I can be a resource for any brand development activities.”

Summary of Experience:

Jill Lam brings over 20 years experience in financial and operational leadership roles in healthcare, software development, retail and service industries, primarily with companies in high growth phases of their development. Jill brings solid experience and skills in accounting, functional resource optimization and alignment, data-driven business modeling and analysis, process development and controls, financial reporting, data-mining/informatics, and operations. By aligning people, processes and systems, Jill enables her clients to both effectively manage their current business and efficiently scale their accounting/finance function to manage growth. Jill has served as Director of Consulting for AxiomEPM, a financial software company, Director of Finance for FamilyCare Health Plans, Financial Software Implementation Consultant for Business Objects, and Operations Manager for Northwest Medical Services. Jill is currently a Principal with PlusPoint Consulting.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can provide guidance in setting up and managing your accounting and finance systems to support your organization.”

Summary of Experience:

• Accomplished global marketing professional with over 15 years experience in high technology.
• A proven track record of building and motivating cross-functional teams.
• Innovative and energetic problem solver with an excellent sense of teamwork.
• Seeking to deploy my experience in branding and product awareness, strategic marketing and go to market execution, channel management, and digital marketing within a dynamic environment.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I specialize in positioning and crafting messaging specific to your target audience. I can also help identify the target audience and translate complex technical jargon into something that a 5th grader can understand.”

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Lillegard was the co-founder of Floragenex, a genomics company created to commercialize technology from the University of Oregon. His experiences at Floragenex included building a team, raising capital and commercial launch.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I am very interested in helping entrepreneurs navigate the early stages of an idea and how to build value around innovation. I understand early stage IP and licensing issues and am happy to help with the early market validation. My passion is helping entrepreneurs understand that the business model is the product they need to develop.”

Summary of Experience:

Molly Lindquist, a mom and breast cancer survivor, founded Consano, a 501(c)(3) crowdfunding platform for medical research, after her cancer diagnosis in 2011 at the age of 32. Molly graduated from Stanford University with a degree in economics and went on to work as an investment banking analyst in the consumer group at Robertson Stephens. After her stint in banking, Molly transitioned into the corporate world, traveling the globe sourcing products for World Market and then doing company planning for the Banana Republic brand of Gap Inc. Molly blogs about her cancer experience for the Huffington Post and was named a 2014 Knowledge Networks Rising Star by Portland Monthly magazine, a 2014 Orchid Award Winner and a 2015 “40 Under 40” award recipient by the Portland Business Journal and a 2015 Honoree of the one hundred. She is also the proud recipient of a “Best Mom in the World” mug.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“My pre-Consano work experience focused on corporate finance and strategy so I am happy to chat about financial modeling and strategic planning. Given Consano is a crowdfunding platform, I am happy to also chat about alternative funding opportunities and strategies (including crowdfunding).”

Summary of Experience:

Dr. Lovely was a founding team member and key technologist for Photon Kinetics, Inc., Fiber SenSys, Inc. and AirAdvice Inc. He is a multi-disciplinary physicist and consultant with deep experience in instrumentation and metrology problems, including biomedical instrumentation, optics, performance enhancement, low-cost design, patents & intellectual property issues, mathematical modeling, analytical methods & algorithms, and finding meaning in data.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I would enjoy assisting entrepreneurs whose primary technology is biomedical (such as molecular biology), but who need good instrumentation and/or analytic methodology to exploit the value. I enjoy developing the vision of a path to commercialization, identifying key technical obstacles and challenges, choosing technical approaches and architectures with the most promise, defining work to be done in partnership with other entities such as academic labs, and analyzing intellectual property positions.

Summary of Experience:

Kate is currently a Senior Product Specialist for Mosaic at KeyBanc Capital Markets. Previously, Kate has worked in operations for Blackstone, Exo, and Capital Good Fund. She has her MBA from Providence College.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can provide investor perspective on the digital health landscape and potential barriers to entry for healthcare technology companies. In addition, having worked for startups in the past, I can assist with basic company formation question.”

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Mace is, and has been a medical device business consultant and has expertise in technology assessment, market analysis, strategic planning, investor presentations, fundraising, public relations and strategic partnerships.

He has been a vice president of research and development and headed general and technical management of corporate R&D, strategic product planning, clinical trials management, intellectual property management, OEM and contract technical sales, multidisciplinary product development, and high technology manufacturing operations.

Before that Mr. Mace was founder and vice president of product development, during which he led business development, product planning, market analysis, product development, regulatory compliance and technology licensing.

Mr. Mace specializes in medical device technology assessment, market research, clinical needs assessment, business strategy, technology licensing, product development, non-invasive medical sensors, physiological monitoring and program management.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I have more than 35 years in various product development management roles that cover a wide range of medical device technologies. I maintain close contact with senior industry specialists as well as keep current with new industry advancements. I am best suited to advise senior management of early stage medtech companies.”

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Makar is a successful life sciences executive with both US and global experience in strategic leadership, business development and general management; as well as raising capital for both startup and established organizations. His efforts have resulted in the exceptional growth of multiple billion dollar blockbuster brands including Diovan®, Lipitor® and Voltaren® through innovative strategic leadership supported by securing hundreds of millions of dollars in resources. He also has excelled in smaller startup ventures and ran a public company as CEO.

In December 2013 he assumed his current position with Azure Biotech, a privately held women’s healthcare company. Previously he was a consultant to senior level executives and board members with various companies in the pharmaceutical and other sectors.

Mr. Makar served as president, CEO and director for Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. (BJCT) from October 2007 through November 2011. Prior to that he engaged in a number of entrepreneurial ventures providing consulting services with a focus on specialty pharmaceuticals and technology. He led business development and fund raising efforts for Keisense Inc., a technology startup, and co-founded Mesa Therapeutics, an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company, where he retains an advisor role.

Between 2000 and 2005 Mr. Makar served as vice president of marketing, then general manager, for the therapeutic business unit at Berlex Labs, the US division of Schering AG, which later became Bayer Health Care. Prior to that he held strategic and tactical marketing positions at Novartis and Parke-Davis.

Mr. Makar earned a BS in pharmacy from Rutgers College of Pharmacy in Piscataway, New Jersey and an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York. Currently he is on the board of directors of the Oregon Bioscience Association and Mesa Therapeutics. He also is a member of the Dean’s Leadership Council to the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can provide strategic and operational guidance to life science organizations. This can involve strategic planning, corporate structuring, board development, financing, early stage R&D, marketing plans, business development, clinical strategies and raising capital in sectors including digital health, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.”

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Malhotra has 20 years of experience in the high tech industry. At present he works with commercial real estate, adapting his expertise to solve real estate needs for entrepreneurs. Informally known as “the geek who can speak tech, business and real estate,” Mr. Malhotra blends his technology expertise with the requirements of business owners and managers. He has had senior executive roles at public multinationals such as Intel and Cadence, in addition to VC-backed startups in software and clean tech.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I am deeply connected in the Portland and startup angel/VC community. I have been a mentor at PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment) and TiE Oregon. Because of this I can assist with making connections to this community, or I can guide new business owners with marketing, positioning and pricing. I also can assist companies with finding office space locally, nationally and internationally. This includes leasing, labor analytics and workplace strategy.”

Summary of Experience:

Ms. Malone is a patent attorney with a background in biotechnology.

For more than 12 years, she has been drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the areas of pharmaceuticals, novel chemical compounds, immunology, immunotherapy, inhibitors of cellular differentiation, cellular assays, transgenics, siRNA, neurology, biomimetics, biosensors, nanotechnology, bioinformatics, molecular biology, immunology, cell signaling, diagnostics, genomics, medical devices, proteomics, software and nanotechnology.

Ms. Malone began her practice at Kilpatrick and Townsend in Atlanta, Georgia, and currently practices independently in Portland, Oregon.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can discuss overall strategic development of a patent portfolio and potential pitfalls that exist prior to filing; as well as tools and strategies for protecting intellectual property.”

Summary of Experience:

Ryan Miller has been designing insurance strategies since 1990. He has worked with hundreds of startups and has witnessed the different milestones of business development. From garage startups to International software companies with 300 + employees he and his team have seen the mistakes and successes at each stage. Ryan holds designations as a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) and Certified Work Comp Advisor (CWCA). His team is passionate about educating clients and helping owners accelerate their business models.

Mentoring Services Provided:

• Prepare entrepreneurs on the insurance demands common in the first two years of business.
• How to communicate with your insurance agent to obtain the best results.
• Reviewing requirements from landlords, lenders, customers, State and Federal regulators.
• How to transition from reactively purchasing insurance to proactively managing risk in high growth companies.
• Coaching on risk transfer methods that can be used before purchasing insurance.
• Due diligence strategies when purchasing other businesses.
• Tips for overtasked HR directors to leverage resources so they can focus on critical items rather than reinventing documents and processes.
• Looking beyond the transaction of insurance to identify and recapture costs not seen in the
  income and expense report.

Summary of Experience:

You’ve got a product, an idea, a stalemate.
We’ll tell your story.

Moore Creative helps clients sift through the all the latest-and-greatest digital marketing possibilities with a simple goal: to make your communications not just creative but strategic.

We deliver content marketing, branding, public relations, web content and social media projects based on analytics, on the digital and offline channels that make the most sense.

For more than 25 years, principal consultant Merry Ann Moore has helped corporations, startups, PR agencies, government, small businesses and NGOs reach and persuade their audiences. Moore Creative can help you, too.

Mentoring Services Provided:

Branding (company and product naming, taglines, brand differentiation pyramids). Content marketing (explainers, blogging, white papers, video, infographics). Earned media (press releases, blogger/influencer outreach).

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Murray has more than 20 years of experience in executive management experience in medical devices. He is President at Murray Consultants LLC, an operations strategy and program management consulting firm focused on the bioscience, wireless and related industries. Clients include start-ups, companies with existing revenue streams, and the Private Equity community. Areas of focus include executive guidance, organizational development, fundraising, product design, launch planning and supply chain design.

Mr. Murray spent 20 years at Welch Allyn, a global provider and manufacturer of medical devices. Mr. Murray had served on the Oregon Bioscience Association for 10 years and was chair in 2012. He earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a MS in Manufacturing Engineering and an MBA from Boston University.

Mentoring Services Provided:

” I have many years of medical device experience in areas of product development and launch, commercialization, supply chain development, and related areas. I am happy to help develop effective operational strategies and assist in their implementation.”

Summary of Experience:

Dr. Newman has more than 30 years of experience as a scientist, engineer, entrepreneur and venture capital investor. He started his career as a scientist at MIT, developing and validating techniques for planning and delivery cancer therapies based on non-ionizing radiation. His discoveries led to four patents. He left MIT to found a start up based on this research.

Dr. Newman then entered the venture industry to focus on early-stage investments, launching NTV in 2002. He serves on numerous corporate boards within the NTV portfolio and spends time advising students and entrepreneurs on strategies for business launch and growth.

Mentoring Services Provided:

As a BioMentor, Dr. Newman can provide advice and assistance in the areas of business creation, investment strategies and capital sources, market-entry and growth strategies, and, for companies with origins in the academic/research sector, advice and assistance in working with institutions and researchers.

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Philouze is an executive with a track record of building novel businesses in purpose-driven industries such as Health, Food & Nutrition, and Industrial biotechnology, to create value for investors. Avid learner looking to apply his relentless drive, executive presence and broad scientific aptitudes to bring novel technologies and products to market for maximal differentiation. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Built revenue-generating industrial biotech from the ground up in less than four years. Attracted >$20M financing. Built industry-wide brand equity for innovative plant cell culture technology. Health & Nutrition industry recognition as laureate of the 2013 NBJ Innovation Award and Frost & Sullivan 2014 Global Visionary Innovation Leadership Award. Managed a multi-site >$30M business in the context of a challenging integration. Attracted and developed key talent to carry change momentum in a growing company. Jointly built private equity mid-cap life sciences practice. CAPABILITIES: Strategic vision setting for blue ocean opportunities. Partnership development. Product Development to target market unmet needs. Strategic selling for novel concepts. Superior learning ability in a science-driven context. Relentless drive to succeed. High self-awareness. Strong resilience vs. uncertainty. Well-rounded multi-cultural management. Deep understanding about value creation process for investors SPECIALTIES: CEO | President | Boards | Private Equity | Full P&L | Innovation | Strategic M&A | Post Merger Integration | Product Portfolio Optimization + Management | Change Leadership | Cross-functional Alignment | Consumer Products | Food + Beverage | Biotechnology company | Team Building | Process Improvement | Corporate Development | Life Sciences company | Growth financing | Innovation process | Regulatory approval | GMP compliance | New Product Development | Claim substantiation

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I can offer CEO-level business advisory services including corporate strategy, business plan development, product strategy, product launch, press coverage, scientific advisory board management, business development, M&A sourcing and execution, fundraising.”

Summary of Experience:

Dr. Piniewski is a health tech enthusiast with many years of healthcare experience most recently as Chief Medical Officer of PeaceHealth Laboratories serving Alaska, Washington and Oregon.
She inspires multidisciplinary collaboration with multiple academic centers and passionately supports consumer health strategies.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I have many years of experience from every angle of healthcare as a physician, a researcher and an author. I am happy to help hone effective healthcare strategies, optimize clinical utility of solutions and provide feed back from the healthcare perspective.”

Summary of Experience:

Dr. Polliack has more than 20 years of experience in new product development, product launch and executive management experience in the medical device area. He is principal at Bridge Biomedical, a management consulting firm, where he assists startups and emerging businesses with new product development and launch, business development and business strategy. Dr. Polliack spent 13 years at SAM Medical, a global provider and manufacturer of medical devices for trauma. At this company he was President and COO for the last eight years.

Previously he was research and development manager at Derma Safe Systems, a medical materials startup. Before that he was project manager at the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. During this tenure, he also was adjunct faculty for the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California.

Dr. Polliack serves on industry association boards, including the Oregon Bioscience Association, which he chaired in 2013. He holds numerous patents worldwide. He earned a BS degree in chemistry from the University of Michigan and a PhD in biomedical engineering from Oxford University, England.

Mentoring Services Provided:

“I offer broad area consultation in the medical devices, biomaterials, diagnostics/biomarkers and healthcare space. My areas of focus include executive/founder guidance to those who might not have adequate business knowledge. I also offer new product development strategy, road mapping and management, market research and go-to-market strategy and business development, especially internationally. Additional areas of guidance include patent, supply chain and regulatory advice.”

Summary of Experience:

Vinay Rao is an experienced entrepreneur and a Data Scientist. Biology and life sciences are becoming increasingly Data Problems. Machine Learning and Artificial intelligence can augment life science research and innovation significantly. Vinay has cofounded a machine learning platform called RocketML, built to handle complex life science datasets and use cases efficiently.

Vinay is happy to help anyone with Machine Learning and Data Science problems. He is also a co-organizer of meetup called Portland Data Science with more than 2000 members. In addition, Vinay is an obsessive product editor with deep expertise in listening, interpreting and inventing on Customer needs and wants. He can also help startups with Marketing, Product Management and Outbound Sales advice.

Mentoring Services Provided:

I can help with Machine Learning, Data Science and Customer engagement strategies. Plus any startup related topics.

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Replogle is the Projects Director of ScienceDocs, Inc., a leading provider of specialized SBIR grant writing and other support services. Mr. Replogle has a broad educational background that includes business, writing, science and epidemiology. He is one of the founding members of ScienceDocs and has a broad perspective that enables him to understand the needs of small scientific and medical businesses.

Mentoring Services Provided:

Mr. Replogle can advise on positioning a startup for SBIR/STTR funding and also can provide further support for proposal writing, editing and patent support.