At age 29, Ben and five other founders launched Onvia, a business-to-government RFP marketplace, where they raised $70-million, executed a $250M IPO and generated $100M annually by his last year. He resigned as GM of one of the company’s three business units in 2001. At 33, Ben launched By The Glass, a new-media company aimed at educating consumers about the world of wine. He grew the business over four years and sold to Wine.com.

Michael holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology and MBA. He co-founded Fluoresentric and has extensive marketing and product development experience in biotechnology.

Eric A. Finkelstein is an Associate Research Professor in the Duke Global Health Institute at Duke University. He is also Deputy Director and Associate Professor in the Health Services Research Program at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore. Prior to his appointment at Duke, Finkelstein was a Senior Research Economist for the Public Health Economics Program at RTI (Research Triangle Institute.)