TechColumbus Board Directors and Team

TechColumbus Board of Directors

Steve Allen
CEO
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

David Bianconi
Founder
Progressive Medical

David Blom
President & CEO
OhioHealth

Ted Celeste
President
Celeste & Associates

Geoff Chatas
Senior VP & CFO
The Ohio State University

John Cullivan
Managing Director
Business Strategy Associates

Rhonda DeMuth
Chair & CEO
TDCI, Inc.

Harry Hallowell
Senior VP & CIO
Nationwide

Bob Irwin
CEO
MaxID

Jay Jordan
CEO
OCLC

Robert Massie
President
CAS

Patricia Morrison
Executive VP & CIO
Cardinal Health

Michael Petrecca
Managing Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Ray Shealy
President 
InfoMotion Sports Technologies Inc.

Dwight Smith
CEO/Founder
Sophisticated Systems, Inc.

Blake Thompson
Vice President Institutional Affairs
Battelle

Caroline Whitacre, Ph.d
VP for Research
The Ohio State University

TechColumbus Team

Michelle Murcia / VP, Finance & Administration & CFO
Pete Dunleavy / Controller
Diane VanDeusen / Executive Assistant


Client Services Team

Teresa Cline / Manager, Client Service
Tracy Watterman / Representative, Client Service

Marketing and Membership Team

Tim Haynes / Interim CEO, VP, Member Services and Marketing
Wayne Henry / Director, Marketing
Paul Kilzer / Manager, Membership Sales
Kay Shabazz / Manager, Event Planning and Member Support
Alicia Oddi / Coordinator, Marketing
Elizabeth Nutkins / Coordinator, Membership
Tricia Strahler / Editor, TechWeek
Sean Edgar / Intern
Adriel Harris / Intern

Platform Lab

Ron Landthorn / Director
Matt Bond / Lead Technician, Platform Lab

TechStart Team

Will Indest / VP, Venture Development
Allison Finkelstein / Assistant VP, Investments
Burton Page / Sr. Director, Technology Commercialization
Chris Anderson
/ Director, Venture Development
Rick Coplin / Director, Venture Development
George Proicou / Director, Bio Science Commercialization
Greg Pugh / Director, IT Commercialization
Gary Rawlings / Director, Technology Commercialization
Frank Scardena / Director, Venture Development & Ohio Hub for Energy Manufacturing Solutions
Laura Coffee / Manager, Venture Development Outreach
Zach Lawrence/ Investment Analyst
Scott Rebele / TechStart, Accounting/Reporting
Dan Meek / Entrepreneur in Residence
Chris Winslow / Entrepreneur in Residence
Susan Stanton
/ Consultant, Technology Commercialization
Nameer Chaudry / Intern
Adrian Zoller / Intern
Greg Zunkiewicz / Intern

 

 

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