Richard was a founder and Chairman/CEO of Vortech Data, acquired by Kodak. Vortech was a pioneer in the management of digital medical images and set standards which are still in use today.

Richard co-founded Celgene in 1987, serving as Chairman and CEO before recruiting a new CEO. He remained on the board for 20 years, serving on the Executive Committee and chairing the Compensation Committee until his retirement in 2008. He remained on the board for a further 10 years, serving on the Executive Committee and chairing the Compensation Committee until his retirement in 2008. He was Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Amphion Innovations plc. Prior to founding Amphion, Richard was a Managing Partner at Wolfensohn Partners LP which followed 15 years at Schroders plc, then a leading British merchant bank.

At Schroders Richard started as a financial analyst and later became a member of the main board of the merchant bank, initially in the investment division and then as head of the Schroder Strategy Group, which he founded. Under his leadership the Schroder Strategy Group gave strategic and financial advice to over one hundred corporations around the world.

Richard, a British citizen, was raised in Kenya and educated in England. He lived in New Zealand for a number of years and graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering, with First Class Honors, from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he also did postgraduate research into materials science and aerospace structures, under an Open Scholarship. In 1982 he completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Bob started his career by co-founding Dynamics Associates, a firm which pioneered decision support software. It ran on time-shared, IBM computers and preceded the general availability of personal computers by ten years. This enabled corporate decision makers to perform their own analyses without having to wait for their internal IT departments to develop special programs. The value of this approach was recognized by Chase Bank and led them to acquire Dynamics as a strategic investment.

Bob then project-managed the development of the $80 million Post Office Square Park and Garage. The project used cutting-edge technology to build a 1,400 car underground garage topped by a two acre street-level park in the midst of Boston’s densely developed financial district. The seven-story underground garage was considered “the deepest hole in Boston” at the time. The public-private partnership received over two dozen awards for innovations in engineering, design, marketing, revenue collection, and other disciplines. Bob also received MIT’s Spaulding Award for his role in this project.

Bob later founded AVID Systems which developed a computer-based system for parking and other drive-thru applications by utilizing off-the-shelf toll road transponders. Drivers enjoyed enhanced speed, safety, and overall convenience by being able to leave their windows closed, except for fast-food pickups. He received three US Patents for this system. AVID was subsequently acquired by Amtech Corp (now Honeywell), the industry leader in vehicular and railcar transponders.

Throughout his career, Bob has also served on numerous profit and not-for-profit boards. He earned BS and MS degrees from MIT and an MBA from Stanford.

Mark is the co-founder of several other software start-ups, where he has provided important technical innovations. He has been an innovator in data interoperability technology since the early nineties. Mark is the primary author of the public open-source data interoperability messaging standard, MDMI, which is in use in major corporations and federal government agencies all over the world.

As Managing Partner at MarLyn Consulting, Mark provides technology consulting to early-stage companies. He leverages his many years’ experience with patents to provide a "patent engineering" service. He has been an active participant in the patent prosecution process, providing technical support to the USPTO examiner's office. In addition, he has experience in patent litigation where he has learned the difference between a patent and a good, robust patent. Mark earned a bachelor of science (BS) degree in Economics and Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For more information, visit www.marlynconsulting.com.