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John P. Elton
Partner, iNovia Capital
John Elton joined iNovia Capital in 2007 as a Partner, having responsibilities for the information technology sector in Canada as well as overseeing the firm`s activities in the US.
John has been actively involved with several successful start-ups including dMarc Broadcasting (acquired by Google for up to $1.2 billion) where he helped raise $10 million and closed an acquisition while at Turnstone Capital. Prior to iNovia, John was a consultant in technology transfer for McGill University, a partner institution of iNovia. Previously, John was a Portfolio Manager at Gulf International Bank and co-managed a $100 million fund focused on the information technology, communications and media industries. Some of the fund`s investments include eMotion (acquired by Corbis), Revenue Sciences, and Anystream. John was also a member of 24/7 Media`s strategic planning group. John began his career at Veronis, Suhler & Associates, where he advised global media and communications companies on mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures as well as supported the firm`s $1 billion private equity fund.
John received an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from New York University and holds a B.A. Degree in Economics from Lehigh University.
Kevin Greaney
President and CEO, Children`s Progress
As President and CEO, Mr. Greaney oversees business development, capital raising, sales and marketing, and overall management of Children's Progress, Inc. Mr. Greaney has been with the company since it's inception in 1999, and was responsible for assembling the management and technology teams, establishing the Board of Directors, and Advisors, and negotiated patented technology and licensing agreements with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Greaney started and managed several small businesses in the education field over the last 20 years. Prior to co-founding Children's Progress, Mr. Greaney served as Director at the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). He taught at-risk youth in East Harlem and the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. Mr. Greaney was pivotal in the implementation of the internationally acclaimed NFTE Young Entrepreneurs Program in multiple states. Mr. Greaney is a member of the Manhattan CEO Software Roundtable, and the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO).
Mr. Greaney is a frequent lecturer on topics ranging from entrepreneurship, education, technology, and regulation. He has appeared on CSPAN and in publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He has been a speaker at education and entrepreneurship conferences. Mr. Greaney is also a frequent guest lecturer at Columbia University and Teachers College.
Mr. Greaney was a Robert A. Taft Fellow and a Price Fellow, and was recognized with the Congressional Award Gold Medal for his achievements in public service. Mr. Greaney received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Manhattan College.
Mr. Greaney lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.
Sven Jacobson
Principal, Carrot Capital
Sven is a Principal of Carrot Capital and is responsible for operations of the fund and its seed stage companies. He has founded 5 healthcare startups for the fund and served as CEO and CFO of each at various times during their development. Sven represents Carrot Capital on the boards of Access Scientific, Critical Diagnostics, Cure Therapeutics, and Remedy Pharmaceuticals, all Carrot Capital-initiated companies.
Sven has honed his entrepreneurial skills at both small and large companies. Prior to joining Carrot at its inception, he consulted to a broad array of companies, from DRM software providers to fabless semiconductor startups, assisting them with strategy development, product commercialization, and project implementation. At Leisureplanet, he was a key member of the startup team that launched Leisureplanet.com in Europe and the USA, and led a team of 45 people across the ecommerce and information technology functions. At Rennies, he was responsible for acquisitions, disposals, and strategic initiatives, and became the youngest board director in the vast conglomerate`s 100-year history when he was elected to the board of directors of the 1400 person, $2 billion turnover financial services and travel division. There he ran the sales, account management, and information technology functions, and achieved significant operational and revenue improvements.
Prior to his business career, Sven worked on embedded real-time systems, where he developed his love and respect for science and technology. He is an avid reader of medical journals and a self-taught healthcare patent and intellectual property expert. He has a broad network of clinical, scientific, and venture contacts through his involvement in establishing and communicating with the advisory boards of the Carrot Capital startups.
Sven has a B.Sc. Electrical Engineering and was awarded best final year light current engineering student. He graduated MBA Dean`s list with distinction. Sven lives in Manhattan with his wife Sonia and sons, Jonah and Levi. He is a foodie and never tires of Manhattan's variety.
Brian Kelly
Director, Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise and Commercialization
Brian Kelly, Ph.D. is the Director of Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise & Commercialization (CCTEC) and Director of Technology Transfer at the Weill Medical College (WMC) of Cornell University.
Brian has more than ten years experience in technology licensing both in the United States and Europe. He has successfully negotiated more than 200 license agreements and has been involved in the formation of approximately twenty start-up companies.
Prior to joining the Weill Medical College, Brian was a technology licensing associate at the University of Minnesota and more recently, the Director of Intellectual Property for New York University`s Office of Industrial Liaison.
Brian is a native of Liverpool, England and received a B.S. in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Leicester. From 1988-1990 Brian was a Smith Kline and French postdoctoral fellow at Yale University. Upon completion of his fellowship Brian returned to London to work for an intellectual property law firm earning a M.S. in Intellectual Property from the University of London.
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John Fox
President and CEO, Innovation Fuels
John Fox is President and Chief Executive Officer of Innovation Fuels. He started Homeland Energy Resources Development, Inc. in 2001 and its biodiesel division in 2006, which was merged into Innovation Fuels in 2007.
Mr. Fox has more than 15 years of experience building businesses and company service offerings, and at Homeland Energy he led the company`s growth (which has seen an average of 50% year-over-year revenue growth) and managed a team that has developed more than $5 million alternative fuel projects, particularly in the areas of compressed natural gas and hydrogen for vehicles.
Prior to starting Innovation Fuels, Mr. Fox led the development of the energy and environmental practice at iQ Venture Partners, where he assisted early and middle-stage companies with their corporate financing strategies and capital raising efforts. His experience includes structuring a product financing subsidiary for biogas technology company and financing oil and gas operations. He served as Director of Business Development for GeoVideo, a Lucent Technologies company, where he managed three of the company`s product offerings; supervised a team of Bell Labs consultants who were developing an optical video delivery and playback system; and helped conclude a $7 million partnership with AT&T among other notable achievements.
Since 1991, Mr. Fox has served as General Partner at Renard Properties, a real-estate development and management company with properties in the Mid-Atlantic region. He earned his BA from Syracuse University and MBA from Columbia Business School, and he is currently a member of The American Council on Renewable Energy, Environmental Business Association of New York State, and U.S. Green Building Council.
Franklin Madison, Jr.
Technology Program Director, ITAC
As Technology Program Director he is responsible for the strategic development and implementation of new programs to assist growing high-technology firms in NYC. He is the NYSTAR (New York State Foundation for Science Technology and Innovation) designated SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research Program) Regional Specialist for NYC, Long Island and the Mid-Hudson Regions and Program Manager for the NASA`s SATOP Program (Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program. Franklin works one-on-one with CEOs of high tech companies, providing technical assistance in the areas of business plan development, access to capital from private and public sources, R&D assistance, technology transfer commercialization opportunities and strategic partnerships.
Madison is certified by the Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurial Studies as a FastTrac Facilitator and Administrator; he also works with the NIST/MEP SBIR Community of Practice; and he has received MEP training in Strategic Planning, Change Management and EDGe Assessments.
Mr. Madison works with many associations and groups including:
- The Mayors Telecommunications Policy Advisory Group administered by the New York City Economic Development Corporation;
- SJF Advisory Services Board a non-profit organization which provides entrepreneurial, workforce, sustainability assistance services to SJF Ventures prospect and portfolio companies;
- Board member of Games 4Change, Inc., the NYC Chapter of the Serious Games Initiative whose charter is to help forge productive links between the electronic game industry and projects involving the use of games in education, training, health, and public policy.
- Board of Directors of Gaia Power Technologies, Inc., a NYC based Technology Company that creates technology to address energy consumption.
- Board of Directors for the Institute of Play a new Middle School devoted to technology that is scheduled to open in Fall 2009;
- Member of the MIT Enterprise Forum NYC Chapter
In 2001 Madison was named one of Crain`s Tech 100, a listing of the Top 100 individuals in technology in New York City as chosen by Crain`s NY Business.
Donna Rounds
Senior Associate Director, Columbia University
Donna Rounds, Ph.D. is the Senior Associate Director of Columbia University`s Science and Technology Ventures. Donna joined Columbia University in 2003 and brings with her a broad range of experience in business development, intellectual asset management, and contract negotiation.
Prior to joining Columbia University, she was a business development executive at BTG, a UK based company specializing in the acquisition and commercialization of promising early stage intellectual property for both the life and physical sciences.
Prior to joining BTG, she co-founded Takhus, Inc., which later became Physiome Sciences Inc., a biotechnology company that developed computational models of cells, tissues and organs. Donna served as the V.P. for Intellectual Property and External Affairs at Physiome.
She received her Ph.D. from Yale University in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and an undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley in art.
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