Edison Innovations is proud to have an exceptional advisory board with diverse backgrounds.

Simon Davey, former CEO of Sangentia Ltd. in the UK. Prior to being CEO and taking the company public, he was responsible for the company’s Innovation and Technology Management Group, comprised of over 100 scientists working on product development in a variety of areas. Following an earlier career in semiconductor material development, he specialized in the management of high performance innovative organizations. Simon has worked with client companies in more than 30 countries and in most market sectors. He holds a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, specializing in Materials Science.

Donald Kelly, Former US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) executive, Don currently heads Intellectual Asset Management Associates, LLC., a firm principally dedicated to assisting small business enterprise and independent inventors in protecting and managing intellectual property holdings. He directs the Rothschild Patent Model Museum and Invention Center in New York, and is a corporate director for Patent Cafe, Inc. Don is on the advisory boards of the Washington-based IP think tank International Intellectual Property Institute, as well as the United Inventors Association. He is a member of the professional development faculty of in the Licensing Executives Society (LES, US & Canada), and chairs the Committee on Small Business and Independent Inventors for the Intellectual Property Owners Association, Inc.

Lawrence Edelman, Senior Attorney with over 23 years of corporate intellectual property law experience in both the engineered materials and semiconductor industries. Experienced in international patent systems, intellectual property litigation, licensing, joint development programs, and in house management of large patent portfolios. Seven years as Senior Division Patent Counsel/Director with Applied Materials; five years as Intellectual Property Counsel with Intel Corporation. Former patent examiner.

Jerry Gladstone, 25 years with Agilent Technologies (formerly Hewlett-Packard), Vice President and General Manager, Worldwide Process and Technology Centers, Agilent Technologies; Chairman, Northbay Technology Round Table; Chairman, Entrepreneurial Pathways Program, Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce.

Michael Dortch, Senior Analyst at Aberdeen Group, specializes in IT and business architectures. Previously, he was Director of IT Infrastructure Management Strategies at the Robert Frances Group, Research Director at Buerger Media and Marketing, Analyst at High-Tech Connect, a Senior Writer at CommunicationsWeek, and Senior Analyst/Manager of Information Technologies at The Yankee Group. Michael is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Computer Science, Theater, and Writing.

Chris Lynch, Executive Vice President, Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce. Chris was previously a US Foreign Service Officer, specializing in trade and investment issues, US Consul General in Hamburg Germany from 1997-2001. Chris was a trade consultant for the Silicon Valley Center for International Trade Development, advising small and medium sized companies on international business strategies.

David Workman, our founding CFO, has 28 years of experience involving financial management, operations, capital acquisition with both early stage companies and large Fortune 500 companies, including Vice President of Finance and Operations at Pine Ridge Winery, LLC a multi-state winery group. Prior start-up company experience includes Zap Power Systems (IPO 1998), US Electric Car, and California Energy Company (IPO 1987).