TechColumbus Board Directors and Team

TechColumbus Board of Directors

Steve Allen
CEO
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

David Bianconi
President & CEO
Progressive Medical

Ted Celeste
President
Celeste & Associates

John Cullivan
Managing Director
Business Strategy Associates

Rhonda DeMuth
Chair & CEO
TDCI, Inc.

E. Gordon Gee
President
The Ohio State University

Bob Irwin
President & CEO
Sterling Commerce

Jay Jordan
CEO
OCLC

Michael Keller
Executive VP & CIO
Nationwide

Robert Massie
President
CAS

Michael Petrecca
Managing Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Ray Shealy
Entrepreneur
Margaux Ventures LLC

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

Ted Ford / President & CEO
Michelle Murcia / VP, Finance & Administration
Pete Dunleavy / Finance and Accounting Manager
Diane VanDeusen / Executive Assistant


Client Services Team

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


Marketing and Membership Team

Tim Haynes / VP Member Services and Marketing
Paul Anthony / Director of Marketing
Hardik Desai / Membership and Web Support
Alicia Oddi / Marketing Coordinator
Martha Leonard / Writer and Editor
Kay Shabazz / Event Planning and Member Support Manager
Tricia Strahler / TechWeek Editor
Leslyn Wheeless / Director, Membership Sales

Platform Lab

Steve Gruetter / Platform Lab Director
Joe Butvin / New Business Sales Representative
Russ Schmidt /Platform Lab Lead Technician

TechStart Team

Will Indest / VP, Venture Development
Rick Focht / Director Commercialization Services
Chris Anderson / Director Venture Development
Stephen Anderson / Startup Specialist
Dan Casey / Entrepreneur in Residence
Laura Coffee / Director Venture Development Outreach
Rick Coplin / Business Development Representative, TechStart
Andy Dickson / Director Ohio TechAngels
Allison Finkelstein / Sr. Director Funds Management
Kevin Gadd / Director IT Commercialization
Dan Meek / Entrepreneur in Residence
Burton Page / Sr. Director Technology Commercialization
George Proicou / Director Bio Science Commercialization
Scott Rebele / TechStart, Accounting/Reporting
Gary Rawlings / Director Technology Commercialization
Susan Stanton / Technology Commercialization Consultant
Gautam Kashyap /Intern
Ravi Patel /Interm
Ravi Shankar /Intern

 

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