Charles Cella

Legal Advisor

Charles Cella co-founded GTC Law Group and is a recognized thought leader and leading practitioner in the patent and licensing fields. He provides patent strategy, licensing and technology-transaction services to a broad range of clients, from industry leading software companies to single-inventor startups. Prior to GTC, Charles founded and was CEO of BountyQuest, an Internet marketplace for information relevant to the strength, validity or applicability of patents and for which he recruited investments from Jeff Bezos and Tim O'Reilly, among others. Previously, Charles was the first patent attorney at Foley Hoag LLP, where he grew the practice to twenty-five people and advised high-tech and biotech firms of all sizes on building IP portfolios and negotiating technology transactions. Charles holds a A.B. in Physics from Princeton University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Esther Dyson

Management Advisor

Esther Dyson is actively involved in improving the world's health, both as an investor and as the publisher on the Internet of her own genome and health records, as part of George Church's Personal Genome Project. She believes fiercely in the power of information to affect people's behavior and to improve the quality of health care. She brings to her work insights from economics, information technology, management practice and practical psychology. As an investor, she was an early investor in and board member of Medscape, now part of WebMD. She was also an investor in Medstory, now part of Microsoft. Currently, she is an investor in and sits on the board of 23andMe. She is also an investor in PatientsLikeMe, Medicalgorithmics, Ovusoft and Resilient. She has written two monographs on electronic records and health information liquidity, and ran the 2005 Personal Health Information workshop co-sponsored by New York's New School University.

Peter McHenry

Business Advisor

Peter proposes and manages start-up, growth, and business development plans for med and tech products, programs and services. He uses strategic thinking, planning, motivating and recruiting strengths for profit, team, product and business growth, shaped by proven CEO, consulting and transition management skills in complex roles at the interfaces of life sciences, government & private capital.

He has raised $56.2MM in venture and private capital investments, state grants, loans and SBIR awards, and helped small business owners to win bank loans totaling over $1MM.

Charles McVinney

Community Advisor

Charles McVinney is principal of McVinney & Company, an organizational development and executive consulting company.

Chuck is an educator, facilitator, and consultant who has specialized for over 20 years in the creative process, the improvement of interpersonal dynamics (team development), and the crafting of excellent learning events for organizations. He is especially known for his work with emerging and merging organizations; helping entrepreneurs and CEO's create cultures and work environments where values that support sustainability and creativity are deeply held and applied. His many clients include Digital Equipment Corporation, Bolt Beranek and Newman, LMA, Inc, Singapore Institute of Management in the early 1990's, Cilk Arts and others too numerous to mention.

In addition to numerous articles, Chuck was co-author of a Battelle Press book about creativity, teams, and technical project management, Engineering Management: People and Projects (1995).

He enjoys skiing, hiking, reading, music, and pursuing his photography projects. He continues his work as a professional photographer, and has shown his work in Boston galleries.