SPEAKING TOPICS

• Alternative capital structures for growth companies

• Risk assessment and economic development

• Financial readiness and capital strategy for founders

• Building entrepreneurship infrastructure

• Operational experience in biotech and manufacturing

BACKGROUND

• Founder & CEO, Valency Fund

• 25+ years in biotech, health tech, and venture capital

• Former strategic advisor, radiopharmaceutical and health tech companies

• Clinical evidence strategies, Exact Sciences

• Drug discovery and clinical trials, Quintessence Biosciences

• Co-founder, Forward Fest

• Co-founder, Capital Entrepreneurs

• Former Board President: BioForward Wisconsin, StartingBlock Madison

• Board member: Total Water

• Adjunct faculty: UW-Madison Masters in Biotechnology

• Mentor: MERLIN, Creative Destruction Labs

• PhD, Organic Chemistry, UW-Madison

• 19 publications, 10 U.S. patents