President, Wexford SciTech Venture Fund

In addition to his role as President of the Wexford SciTech Venture Fund, Tom is an Executive Vice President at Wexford Science & Technology. In this role, he guides Wexford’s implementation of its Knowledge Community strategy across their development stakeholders globally to position Wexford’s research park developments as critical hubs in the regional innovation ecosystem.

Managing Director, Wexford Ventures

George serves as Managing Director, Wexford Ventures. In this role, he manages the Wexford SciTech Venture Fund and supports various strategic initiatives, including identifying and implementing value-added services and programming, and developing partnerships within Wexford’s Knowledge Communities, facilities, and Connect Labs. George has a successful history in investing, building, and managing healthcare, IT, and software companies, often from the start-up stage.

George brings over 35 years of management experience, having served in various C-level positions, including President and CEO of publicly traded companies, offering a broad range of experience and business acumen. Over the course of his career, he helped secure over $1.5B in capital for several technology sector companies, including leading public offerings.

Following 16 years in the Defense sector with Northrop Grumman, he served as the President and Vice Chair and led the public offering of Aether Systems, an early pioneer of mobile and wireless data computing. In 2006, he became the CEO of Avatech Solutions, a publicly traded company specializing in the sale of Computer-Aided Design software, and supported and led the merger of the company with Rand Worldwide. His career path led him to run various venture funds, including a major state-sponsored economic development platform. Prior to Wexford, George was SVP of Strategic Advisory for Evergreen Advisors, a Corporate Advisory firm and Investment Bank.

George currently serves various advisory boards for locally based early-stage technology companies and support platforms, including Astek Diagnostics, Porter Cares, UMBC’s Research Park Corporation, and The UMBC Engineering Program Advisory Board.

George, alongside his wife, Patricia, is active with Johns Hopkins Cancer Survivor Patient Advocacy and serves on the Board of the Colorectal Cancer Center of Research Excellence.

George received a BS in Business and Economics from Bethany College, of which he is Trustee Emeritus.

Chairman of Advisory Committee, Wexford SciTech Venture Fund

Marco serves as Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Wexford SciTech Venture fund and Wexford Science & Technology’s Chief Scientific Officer.  In this role, he provides direction and guidance on Wexford’s Scalable Lab Platform and in helping life science companies take full advantage of the connections with universities and entrepreneurs that are at the core of our Knowledge Communities.

Chairman of Investment Committee, Wexford SciTech Venture Fund

Travis serves as Wexford SciTech Venture Fund’s Chairman of Investment Committee and Wexford Science & Technology’s Chief Community Officer. He works hand-in-hand with Wexford’s university partners, civic leaders and community groups in the Knowledge Communities we develop. His primary role is to ensure that Wexford is building inclusive communities in each of our cities and to lead the overall community engagement strategy, identify new partners and initiatives to add to the knowledge community portfolio, develop funding mechanisms to increase opportunities for under-represented innovators, and strengthen the connections between the Knowledge Community and the geography in which it resides.