Board of Directors
Tony Giordano, Ph.D
Dr. Giordano is a co-founder and President and CEO of TheraVasc. He has held senior management positions at six separate biotechnology companies, including Message, Nucleonics and Alteris, where he has been involved in business planning, licensing, directing research and development efforts, fundraising and financial management. He is a consultant/advisor to three venture funds, a consultant to the Biomedical Research Foundation, and was recently appointed by the Governor of Louisiana to the Innovation Council. Dr Giordano has secured over $6M in federal funding for the Companies he has managed and has 11 issued and a number of pending patent applications. Before beginning his career in biotech, Dr. Giordano was a senior scientist at Abbott Laboratories.
John Huston, MBA
Mr. Huston, Chairman of the Board, is the founder and manager of the Ohio TechAngel Funds, one of North America’s largest angel groups. During his 30-year commercial banking career, Mr. Huston held positions at five banks in five states ranging from Chief Lending/Chief Credit Officer to CEO. Over the last decade he has been an active angel investor, and served as Chairman of the Angel Capital Association, The Angel Capital Education Foundation, and Vice Chairman of the Ohio Venture Capital Authority.
Amol Soin, MD, MBA
Kyle W.H. Chan, Ph.D
William S. Kilroy, II. MBA
Mr. Kilroy has served for the past 20 years as the Chairman of the board of Trust Technologies, a manufacturer of components and assembles servicing the Aerospace and Industrial Gas Turbine markets. Mr. Kilroy is also the founder and managing partner of Portal Capital, a life science equity fund. Portal Capital’s portfolio encompasses businesses in medical devise, software and pharmaceuticals. He started his career with the Cleveland office of Price Waterhouse. He is an active member of the Cleveland Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). Mr. Kilroy has been involved in private investments and start-up companies for the past 25 years.