Michael Rothman, Ph.D. is also President and founder of Michael Rothman & Associates, a firm that specializes in analysis and product development through both traditional consulting and joint ventures. Before this, Michael worked as Senior Vice President of Strategic Information at First USA Bank, and as an executive consultant and principal in IBM Consulting Group, spending part of his career at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Labs.

Mr. Thottam, M.S., MBA, previously held senior executive positions in Corporate Development and Strategic Planning and Finance at CB Richard Ellis, IndyMac Bank, and Move.com. Prior startup work in Healthcare and Technology has included successful fund raising and sell-side engagements. He is on the Board of Sun Farm Corp, a FDA Phase III Clinical Trial firm focused on Non-Small cell lung cancer, where he raised $10MM for clinical trials.

George Almasi received his PhD from MIT, and past positions include senior manager of the Parallel Architectures department at the IBM TJ Watson Research Center, and IBM Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geophysics at Colorado School of Mines. At Watson Research Center, he helped develop a personalized supermarket recommender using data mining techniques, and also wrote IBM Intelligent Miner’s fast parallel neural data mining C++ code.

A physician, board certified in Pulmonary Diseases and Sleep Medicine, Dr. Finlay worked as a clinical physician at Sarasota Memorial Hospital starting in 1972. He was in private practice until 1996, when he was appointed VP for Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System. He served as interim CEO from March 2000 until May 2000 when he was named CEO and President, a position he held until 2005.