Management | Board of Directors |
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Michael L. Weiner Michael Weiner is founder and CEO of Technology Innovations, LLC. Weiner began his career at Xerox Corporation in 1975, where he served in a variety of capacities in sales and marketing, including manager of software market expansion and manager of sales compensation planning. In 1982 he received President's Award, the top honor at Xerox for an innovation benefiting a major product line. In 1985 Weiner founded Microlytics, a Xerox spin-off company which developed technology from the XeroxPalo AltoResearchCenterinto a suite of products including the award winning Word Finder thesaurus, with licenses out to over 150 companies, including Apple, Microsoft and Sony. Microlytics was acquired by a merger with a public company in 1990, which Weiner then headed up through 1993.In January 1995, Weiner co-founded and served as CEO of Manning & Napier Information Services (MNIS), a Rochester-based company providing patent analytics, prior art searches, and other services. He held this position until January of 1999. MNIS remains private, and has generated several spin-off companies (TextWise, Talavara, and IP.COM). TextWise won the Department of Commerce' Tibbet's Award for SBIR research in 1998. In February 1999 Weiner founded Technology Innovations, LLC, to develop intellectual property assets. In August, 2000, Technology Innovations, LLC created a subsidiary, Biomed Solutions, LLC, to pursue biomedical and nanotechnology opportunities. These companies invest in embryonic to seed stage innovations which generate new ventures and/or licenses. Biophan spun-out of Biomed in December, 2000 through a reverse merger, traded under the symbol BIPH. Biomed merged a subsidiary into a public company, subsequently named Biophan. Weiner has been CEO of Biophan Technologies, Inc. since cofounding the company in 2000. Biophan's primary mission is to develop and commercially exploit technologies for enabling biomedical devices to be safe and compatible with MRI diagnostics. Biophan recently acquired a majority interest in TE-Bio, LLC, which is developing a patented biothermal battery, for powering implantable devices based on thermal deltas in body heat, taking advantage of advances in nanomaterials. TE-Bio was incubated over a three year period at Biomed Solutions, during which time Biomed pursued a patent and developed TE-Bio's business plan and development plan. Weiner serves on the Boards of Biophan, Biomed Solutions, LLC, Technology Innovations, LLC, Speech Compression Technologies, LP, Nanoset, LLC, Myotech, LLC, TE-Bio, LLC, and Nanocomp, LLC. These companies, all founded or co-founded by Weiner, hold over 120 patents pending, issued or allowed. Weiner is an inventor on seven issued patents, and has additional patents pending. He has been a me mber of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) since 1984. Weiner believes that society can be improv ed by improving the methods by which innovation moves from idea to application and adoption. Ross B. Kenzie Kenzie is a former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldome Bank, from which he retired in June 1989. He also is former Director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York and served on the boards of the National Council of Savings Institutions, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Buffalo Branch, and the Savings Banks Association of New York State. Kenzie is a Director of Millard Fillmore Hospitals and Past Chairman Emeritus. He serves on the board of the Kaleida Health, Education and Research Foundation and its investment committee. He is a director of the Health Systems Agency of Western New York, and is a member of the Western New York Commission on Health Care Reform. He was previously Executive Vice President of Merrill Lynch &Co., in their New York worldwide headquarters, and is a former member of the Merrill Lynch & Co. Board of Directors. Kenzie is a member of the College Council of the State University College at Buffalo and has served as Chairman. He is a director of the College¹s Foundation and a member of its finance committee and investment committee. He serves on the council of the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, and on its Executive Committee. He is also a Member of the Board, and the Chairman of the investment committee of the State University at Buffalo Foundation. Kenzie currently serves on the boards of several companies including many entrepreneurial ventures that are privately held. Howard S. Robbins, esq. Mr. Robbins is a patent attorney in Akron, Ohio. He was patent counsel for Bausch and Lomb in the 1980's. He teaches patent law at the University of Akron. Jim Wemett Mr. Wemett has had a long entrepreneurial career in the Rochester area. He founded ROC Communications. He serves on the board of several companies in the Rochester area. Corporate Attorneys Patent Attorneys |