David Cattey, Executive Director, Business Technology Center - Mr. Cattey has served as Executive Director of the BTC since 1990. In this capacity he has overseen the relocation and expansion of the incubator from a 12,000 sq ft multi-floor building to a modern 60,000 sq ft facility located on the OSU Science and Technology Campus.

Mr. Cattey serves on the Board of Directors of the National Business Incubation Association and is a frequent speaker at their national conferences. He is also is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Foundation for Entrepreneurial Education, the Board of Trustees of the Industry and Technology Council of Central Ohio, and the Board of Trustees of the National Environmental Incubator at Central State University. He is the 1995 recipient of The Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Supporter of Entrepreneurship category.

Anthony J. Dennis, Ph.D., President, Edison Biotechnology Center - After receiving B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in microbiology from OSU, Dr. Dennis joined Battelle where he eventually became vice president for biotechnology. He then served a two-year stint as president of IntraCel, a biotech company operating in Geneva, Switzerland, returning to the U.S. as vice president for research and development at Tastemaker (now Givaudan, a division of Roche). Dr. Dennis' entrepreneurial experience includes co-founding Nutri-Logics, Inc., where he acted as president through two rounds of start-up funding.

Dr. Dennis is expert in the area of innovation and creativity in research, particularly as it applies to the development and commercialization of new products. He is currently completing a book that examines the key barriers to breakthrough innovation including recommendations on how to surpass these barriers. As the new president of EBTC, Dr. Dennis will lead its mission to grow and develop life sciences companies and to foster a strong business climate for expansion of the life sciences sector in the State of Ohio.

John O. Huston, Principal, USPrivateCompanies, LLC - During his 30-year banking career, Mr. Huston held positions ranging from Chief Lending/Chief Credit Officer to CEO at five banks in five states. Since retiring from banking in 2000, he has been an advisor, conduit, columnist and frequent speaker in his area of expertise…..optimizing a private company’s capital structure. An active business angel, he provides equity to entrepreneurs through his investment company, USPrivateCompanies, LLC. Mr. Huston was also pivotal in the formation of the Ohio TechAngel Fund and has been passionately engaged in the on-going success of the Fund.

Mr. Huston was one of seven Ohioans appointed by Governor Taft to the Ohio Venture Capital Authority, whose mission is to make professionally managed early stage capital more readily available to the state’s entrepreneurs. He has also taught Finance at The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business, and is a frequent judge for business plan competitions at Ohio’s colleges and universities. In addition to serving on several Advisory Boards for his portfolio companies, Mr. Huston is an active member of The Ohio Venture Association, OMERIS, the Columbus Technology Council, and the Angel Capital Association (“The Professional Alliance of Angel Groups”).