Gerald Lee Gerndt

Avigen, Inc. produces and sells drugs, animal health products, and chemicals. The firm also develops and commercializes small molecules of therapeutics and biologics for use in the treatment of serious neurological and neuromuscular disorders. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Castle Dental Centers, Inc. provides dental care services. It offers management expertise, marketing, information systems, capital resources, and acquisition services. It also provides services like diagnostics, treatment planning, preventive care, removal of infection, fillings, crowns, bridges, partials, dentures, and extractions. The company was founded in 1981 and is located in Houston, TX.

Crescendo Bioscience, Inc. develops and commercializes quantitative blood tests for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. It develops quantitative, objective, reproducible blood tests to provide rheumatologists with deeper clinical insight to help enable more effective management of patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Mike B. Centola and Christopher L. Sutton in July 2002 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Quantia, Inc. develops communication networks and integrates end-to-end security. It offers physician relationship management services. Its web-based and mobile platform uses a blend of social media, game mechanics, and engagement science to help organizations such as health systems and life sciences. The company was founded by Eric V. Schultz in 2004 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Dabo Health, Inc. operates as an information platform for healthcare staffing services. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

The Biotechnology Greenhouse Corp. of Southeastern PA (BioAdvance) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. The organization has approximately 270,000 members in more than 14,200 clubs across 148 countries. Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people from diverse backgrounds become more confident speakers, communicators, and leaders. The American company is headquartered in an undisclosed location.

Safeguard International Management LLC (Safeguard Intl Mgmt) is a private equity subsidiary of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc founded in the year 1953. The firm is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. operates as a wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm. It offers equity research, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, public financing and fixed income services. The firm serves individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. The company was founded by Robert Wilson Baird in 1919 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Garnet BioTherapeutics, Inc. develops products that speed healing and reduce scarring after surgery or dermatologic procedures. It is a clinical stage regenerative medicine company that discovers, develops, and delivers new regenerative therapies by leveraging the intrinsic ability of adult somatic cells to repair, regenerate, and remodel tissue in acute and chronic disease settings. The firm's manufacturing and technology platform is a scalable GMP-compliant manufacturing process that can be applied to multiple cell types including adult bone marrow-derived stromal cells, smooth and skeletal muscle cells, dermal fibroblasts, chondrocytes, pre-adipocytes, and endothelial cells. The company was founded by Hubert J.P. Schoemaker on November 26, 2003 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Moors & Cabot, Inc. (Investment Management) (Moors & Cabot-IM) is the asset management division of Moors & Cabot, Inc., a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1890 by John F. Moors and Charles Cabot. Moors & Cabot-IM provides advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts and estates, and charitable organizations.

Prognos Health, Inc. provides AI based clinical lab test information to pharma, payers and diagnostics companies. The platform helps in predicting the trajectory of disease with clinical diagnostics information. The firm provides information through resources including brochures, case studies, infographic, videos, webinars and white papers. The company was founded by Sundeep Bhan, Destry J. Sulkes and Jason M. Bhan in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Good Start Genetics, Inc. operates as a molecular diagnostics firm. It offers pre-pregnancy diagnostic test services to screen a panel of genetic disorders. The firm also provides clinical laboratory and genetic counseling support services. The company was founded by Eric Boutin, Paris Wallace, and Gregory J. Porreca in December 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Velano Vascular, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. Its technologies transform patient care by enhancing the blood-draw experience during hospitalization. The firm's innovative medical technologies aim to reduce the pain and discomfort associated with these procedures for patients while improving safety and efficiency for providers. The company was founded by Pitamber Devgon and Eric M. Stone in 2012 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Syapse, Inc. develops software solutions that enable healthcare providers to deploy precision medicine programs. Its medical platform is used to integrate complex genomic and clinical data to provide clinicians with actionable insights at point of care, enabling diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes tracking. The firm offers a suite of clinical applications built on the Syapse Precision Medicine Platform and designed to help healthcare providers implement and scale precision medicine at the point of care. The company was founded by Tony Loeser, Glenn S. Winokur, and Jonathan Hirsch in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Trice Medical, Inc. provides diagnostics services. Its products enable micro invasive surgeon visualization procedures that offer painless, cosmetically undetectable, and surgical grade care in the office environment. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.