Gerhard Apfelthaler is a global business development expert and management professor. He has previously worked as a business diplomat for the Austrian government. Gerhard has co-founded AT Consult, a market entry consulting firm with offices in Austria and the United States as well as affiliates in China and India, he is a founding shareholder of CURE Pharmaceutical, and co-founder of Start-Up Kids, a start-up school of children ages 7-14.

Edward Maliski is an accomplished research scientist with >30 years of experience in the development of pharmaceutical and biotechnology products. He is an executive leader who contributed his expertise to facilitate the transfer of new discoveries into pharmaceutical products for the Sterling Winthrop Research Institute, Glaxo Research Institute, Merck & Co., and Amgen. Additionally, he has worked with several successful start-up companies.