Staff
Tom Clarkson
Director
Tom Clarkson joined the incubator in July 2007. He has over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience in high tech ventures in the software, networking, wireless, and semiconductor industries. He has held senior management roles at several successful startups on the West Coast including an internal startup venture at Intel Corporation. Mr. Clarkson has a BA in Physics from Wake Forest University and a MS in Information and Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Board of Advisors
| Name | Association/Company |
|---|---|
| G. Douglas Atkinson | VP, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center |
| Anthony Atala | Dir., Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine |
| David Blanco | Partner, Blanco Tackabery Combs & Matamoros |
| Rick Blume | Partner, Excel Medical Ventures |
| Charles Calkins | Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton |
| David Carroll | Dir, Wake Forest University Center for Nanotechnology |
| Alan Davis | CEO, CellScience, LLC |
| Bill Dean | Dir., Piedmont Triad Research Park |
| Doug Edgeton | Executive VP of Wake Forest University Medical Center Administration |
| Robert Egleston | DataMax |
| Thomas Franklin | Senior Medical Advisor, North Texas Enterprise Center for Medical Technology |
| Elizabeth Gatewood | Dir. Office of Entrepreneurship, Wake Forest University |
| Michelle Gillepsie | Assistant Provost, Wake Forest University |
| David Herrington | Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center |
| Jeff Howland | Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice |
| Tim Janke | IMAF & Small Business & Technology Development Center |
| Roland Johnson | CEO, Piedmont Pharmaceuticals |
| Troy Knauss | Fund Executive, Piedmont Angel Network |
| Peggy Lowe | VP Technology, Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce |
| Stan Mandel | Dir. Angell Center of Entrepreneurship, Wake Forest University |
| C. Douglas Maynard | Trustee, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center |
| Norm Potter | VP Development, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center |
| Sam Rand | VP, Mullen |
| Russell Read | Dir. NC Biotechnology Workforce & Forsyth Tech |
| Gwyn Riddick | Regional Director, North Carolina Biotechnology Center |
| Scott Sewell | VP of Business Development Cook Medical |
| Sally A. Shumaker | VP Office of Research, Wake Forest University Medical Center |
| Frank Torti | Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Medical |
| J. Robert Tyler | Partner, Hutchison Law Group |
| George W. Weightman, MD | Associate Director and Chief Operating Officer, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine |
| Mark Welker | Assistant Provost for Research, Wake Forest University |
| Kim Westmoreland | Keranetics, Babcock Graduate School of Management |