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| Russell Franks |
Raj Malhotra |
Charles Cella |
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Russell Franks – Co-CEO |
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| Russell brings a successful track record of leadership with both start-ups and established companies. Prior experience includes acting as Senior Vice President of Spryance Inc., a leading India-based supplier of medical transcription services to US and European clients, and senior management roles with Lycos and Viatel, both publicly traded technology-enabled service businesses. Russell has also been a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and a venture capitalist with NatWest County Ventures. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Law from Oxford University. |
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Raj Malhotra – Co-CEO |
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| Raj currently serves as CEO of Group Chiasma and brings a 20-year record in corporate development and innovation management. He was previously Chairman of Heartland Information Services and CEO and Founder of Spryance Inc., before merging this medical document management company with Heartland. Prior to Spryance, Raj was Managing Director of HLM Ltd., a privately held business services and real estate development company in India; and also served in senior technology innovation management roles with Polaroid and DEC. He has an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and BSEE and MSEE degrees from Cornell University. |
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Charles Cella - IP Advisor |
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| Charles Cella co-founded GTC 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 an A.B. in Physics from Princeton
University and a J.D. from the University of
Virginia School of Law. |
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