David R Beauregard
Managing Director and Founder
Monument Square Advisors, LLC
Expertise: Software & Medical IT
Commercialization advisory board
The VCU Commercialization Advisory Board includes industry experts, early-stage investors and entrepreneurs who provide guidance and recommendations for critical commercialization and investment decisions.
The board reviews technologies and judges inventors’ presentations based on various factors, including patentability, stage of development, unmet market need, industry feedback and societal impact.
Geoffrey D. Beecher
Mid-Atlantic sales manager
Focal Therapeutics
Expertise: Medical devices
Reinhold Brand
President (retired)
Evonic USA
Expertise: Material sciences & specialty chemicals
Chandra Briggman
President / CEO
Activation Capital
Expertise: Innovation ecosystems
Kevin Corby
Research and development director (retired)
DuPont
Expertise: Industrial chemistry
William Daughtry
Group managing partner (retired)
PWC
Expertise: Finance & advising early stage companies
Alex Euler
Investment director
CIT Gap Fund
Expertise: Life sciences
Bruce Ferris
Managing partner
SPARK Product Development LLC
Expertise: Product design & design for manufacturing
Gerard Eldering
President
InnovateTech Ventures
Expertise: University Commercialization Startups
Anthony Fung
CEO
GovInsight
Expertise: IT & government
Tracey Greene
Founding executive director
Charlottesville Angel Network
Expertise: Technology innovation, entrepreneurship, and early stage investments
Mark Lambert
Founder
VArtisans
Expertise: Virtual reality & film industry
Chris Little
Founder
SingleStone
Expertise: Software
Sean Mallon
VP, Commercialization
Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
Expertise: Technology startups, early stage investing
William McPheat
Principle scientist (retired)
AstraZeneca
Expertise: Pharma & cardiovascular drug development
Hina Mehta
Director, University Programs
Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
Expertise: Technology Commercialization, Early Stage Investment
Matthew Miessau
Associate
Epidarex Capital
Expertise: Life sciences
John Newby
CEO
Virginia Bio
Expertise: Life sciences, patent law, and government
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Kaitlyn L. O'Connor, Esq.
Partner
Nixon Gwilt Law
Dan O'Korn
Partner
Hutchison PLLC
Expertise: Life Sciences
Richard Pellegrino
Sr. Director global innovation
Stryker
Expertise: Medical devices
Erin Powell
Executive director
Lighthouse Labs
Expertise: Technology startups, entrepreneurial ecosystems, sales & marketing
Brandon J. Price
Independent Advisor to Entrepreneurial Ventures
Professor of Entrepreneurship, Panamerican University Colleges of Business and Engineering
Expertise: Biotechnology (biologic drugs and medical devices)
Kirsten Rieth
Director, Strategy and Innovation
RTI Innovation Advisors
Expertise: Technology commercialization & market strategy
Dennis Schafer
Director
Life Science Management
Expertise: Pharma & serial entrepreneurship
William Weber
VP and general manager (retired)
DuPont
Expertise: Chemical industry
Vida Williams
Advanced analytics solution lead
SingleStone
Expertise: Big data & data science