James Geshwiler

James is Chairman of the Angel Capital Education Foundation and works with angel investors, venture capitalists, academic leaders and entrepreneurs around the country to foster better understanding of patterns and practices in angel investing. He is the former chairman of ACEF’s sister organization, the Angel Capital Association, which is a trade group formed to promote angel groups and their best practices. He is a contributing author to Cutting-Edge Practices in American Angel Investing, published in October 2003 by Darden Business Publishing of the University of Virginia, has written papers on angel investment processes published by the Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, and regularly speaks on entrepreneurship and private investing.

George Cooney

George Cooney brings to BCE Capital more than 25 years of experience in developing and executing successful business strategies in global technology markets. Throughout his career, George has established a solid track record of identifying and realizing growth opportunities through strategic vision and hands-on leadership positions in product marketing, business development, operations, and finance with a reputation for customer-focused execution. Prior to joining BCE Capital, George co-founded InfoClarus, a wireless application platform company, where he launched a smartphone messaging platform and an enterprise mobility applications development platform. George saw InfoClarus through two rounds of financing, two major acquisitions, and several strategic partnerships.

Bill Frezza

Bill joined Adams Capital Management in 1997 as a General Partner. Prior to his work at Adams Capital, Bill was Founder and President of Wireless Computing Associates, providing technology and strategic consulting services to major vendors in the semiconductor and telecommunications industries. Bill served as the Director of Marketing and Business Development for Ericsson, Inc.'s wireless data division and has extensive engineering and product management experience from General Instrument Corp. and Bell Laboratories. Bill has also been involved in several start-up ventures, holds seven patents, and was a regular columnist for Network Computing Magazine and InternetWeek. He is a former of Director of the Materials Research Society (MRS).

Legal Mentors

Mark Leonardo
Brown Rudnick, LLC

Mr. Leonardo's practice encompasses all areas of intellectual property, including commercial exploitation and management of patent portfolios, patent and trademark procurement, and opinion counseling on complex legal and technical issues particularly in the medical device and biomedical instrumentation fields. He assists clients in developing comprehensive and strategic patent portfolios that maximize a company's competitive advantage; negotiating technology development, licensing and technology transfer agreements; trade secret and unfair competition counseling; and conducting intellectual property portfolio reviews for technology-driven companies.

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Thomas Saunders
Brown Rudnick, LLC

Mr. Leonardo's practice encompasses all areas of intellectual property, including commercial exploitation and management of patent portfolios, patent and trademark procurement, and opinion counseling on complex legal and technical issues particularly in the medical device and biomedical instrumentation fields. He assists clients in developing comprehensive and strategic patent portfolios that maximize a company's competitive advantage; negotiating technology development, licensing and technology transfer agreements; trade secret and unfair competition counseling; and conducting intellectual property portfolio reviews for technology-driven companies.

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David Gammell
Brown Rudnick, LLC

Mr. Gammell advises entrepreneurial companies in all stages of development, from formation to liquidity. He has extensive experience in corporate finance, venture capital, intellectual property, licensing and strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and international law. Mr. Gammell counsels publicly and privately held companies in a variety of industries including information technology (hardware, software and services), semiconductor, medical device and other high technology sectors.

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Gordon Penman
Brown Rudnick, LLC

Mr. Penman has spent his entire legal career at Brown Rudnick representing public and private corporations in a wide array of corporate transactions. Mr. Penman regularly represents foreign and domestic clients in connection with the acquisition and disposition of public and private targets in transactions valued up to $1 billion. Mr. Penman has structured numerous types of acquisitions including, auctions, LBOs, acquisitions and dispositions of product lines, divisions and businesses, cross-border transactions, earnouts, tax-free deals, and forward and reverse triangular mergers. Mr. Penman has extensive experience representing companies and investors in venture capital and private equity transactions, in addition to representing issuers in public offerings of their securities. Mr. Penman’s industry experience includes high tech, biotechnology, in addition to manufacturing and service businesses, including financial services and marketing business.

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Samuel Williams
Brown Rudnick, LLC

Mr. Williams, the Managing Director of Brown Rudnick’s Corporate Department, concentrates his practice on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, licensing and strategic partnerships and international law. He counsels publicly and privately held corporations in a variety of industries including businesses in the information technology, semiconductor, communications and other high technology sectors.

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Theodore Lustig

Mr. Lustig provides corporate representation to publicly traded corporations, privately held companies and emerging growth companies in the initial and developmental stages of business. His practice is focused on securities law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and general corporate law. His experience includes a broad range of counseling, drafting and negotiating in connection with public and private equity and debt offerings, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance and reporting, business formation, corporate governance, licensing and contractual matters.

Harry Hanson
Choate Hall & Stewart LLC

Harry Hanson is a member and former Chair of the Firm's Business & Technology Practice Group. He is also a member of the firm’s Energy & Utilities and Private Equity Practice Groups. He practices business and securities law, with an emphasis on venture capital, private equity and acquisitions.

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Duncan Greenhalgh
Goodwin Proctor LLC

Duncan Greenhalgh, a partner in Goodwin Procter's Technology Companies and Intellectual Property Groups, focuses his practice on the procurement and enforcement of intellectual property rights, especially patent rights, for clients in the life sciences field. Dr. Greenhalgh counsels clients on intellectual property matters including the strategic development of patent and trademark portfolios, technology licensing, risk assessment, for example, via clearance surveys, non-infringement and invalidity analyses, and the enforcement of patent and trademark rights. He has extensive experience with patent procurement in both the United States and in foreign jurisdictions.

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John Mutkoski
Goodwin Proctor LLC

John Mutkoski, a partner in Goodwin Procter's Corporate and Technology Companies Groups, concentrates in general corporate and securities law and has significant experience in public offerings (representing issuers and underwriters), venture capital and corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, SEC compliance, and technology licensing and joint ventures.

Robert Puopolo
Goodwin Proctor LLC

Robert Puopolo, a partner in the firm’s Technology Companies Group and a member of the Life Sciences and Securities & Corporate Finance Practices, specializes in corporate and securities law representing public and privately held companies in a variety of life science and technology industries, as well as the venture capital and private equity firms and investment banks that focus on these companies. He joined Goodwin Procter in 2005.