Kris is a trial attorney with over 15 years of experience, much of it in aviation and pharmaceutical litigation. At home in a board room or a court room, Kris looks forward to the challenges facing any new start-up and will help Check-Six navigate the legal landscape. Kris has a law degree from the University of Texas, and can often be heard telling people that Austin is the Best Place On Earth.

Lara brings over a decade of communications, public relations, and public policy experience to the table – ranging from her press secretary positions in Washington, D.C. for two Members of Congress, her work in the private sector in both PR and marketing, to a registered lobbyist for issues before the Texas State Legislature in Austin, Texas. This experience has enabled her to master the art of pitching to the mainstream media with numerous arti

Polly J. Shrewsbury has over fifteen years experience leading cross-disciplinary teams to develop and grow businesses in technology, life sciences, consumer products and energy. Her expertise lies in start-up development and growth; strategic marketing; deal due diligence; strategic partnerships; management consulting; operations management; and statistical analysis. Polly holds a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of California at Berk

John owns and operates local start-up in the health care field. He is focused on website content, SEO, company processes and procedures, compliance regulations, accounting and payroll. He is always looking for a weak link to make it stronger and solve problems before they arise. During the dot com boom of the late 90's he worked for Power Computing, Dell and later Sony. He was committed to abolishing the phrase "That's not my job"

RALPH KENNEDY COLONEL, USAF, RET. Ralph is a retired Air Force Colonel with experience as a commander, instructor pilot, check pilot and air safety investigator. Ralph’s aviation background, coupled with his degree in metallurgical engineering, makes him uniquely knowledgeable in the properties of materials used in modern aircraft engines. Ralph not only understands the failure modes induced by high temperature and cyclic stress upon these materi