Medical Advisors
Dr. Lee Lipsenthal, M.D. Corporate Medical Director
and Business Dev. - Wellness
Lee was Vice President and Medical Director of Dr. Dean Ornish's Preventive Medicine Research Institute. He developed
and directed research in lifestyle modification for cardiac patients and trained
physicians, nurses, exercise specialists, psychologists and stress management
instructors in the delivery of cardiac risk modification programs. He helped
create relationships with health insurers to establish payment for the Ornish
lifestyle modification/risk factor reduction programs. Prior to that, he was
Medical Director of Cardiovascular Services for the Benjamin Franklin Clinic
in Philadelphia.
Prof. Dr. Paul Rosch M.D., President of the American
Institute of Stress
Dr. Paul Rosch is the President of the Stress, Clinical Professor of Medicine
and Psychiatry at New York Medical College, and Honorary Vice President of
the International Stress Management Association. He is a cardiologist and one
of the world's leading authorities and media spokesperson on stress.
Dr. Bruce Wilson, M.D., Health Communications and Business
Dev. - Medical, Insurance and HMO.
Bruce is a cardiologist using the Freeze-Framer® in his practice at North
Shore Cardiology. He is a HeartMath® trainer and leading spokesman for
use of HeartMath® and Freeze-Framer® for cardiac patients and stress
reduction, appearing on a PBS special on HeartMath®. Formerly, he was Director
of University of Pittsburgh Heart Institute, Assistant Professor of Cardiology
at University of Minnesota Hospital and awarded Teacher of the Year by the
Minnesota Medical Foundation.
Dick Bernacchi, Partner, Irell & Manella
Dick Bernacchi is a partner of Irell & Manella, a
law firm specializing in computer, e-commerce and entertainment law is
facilitating QI's patent, licensing and IP strategy.
Robert Brasch, President & CEO of Pacific Partners,
Inc.
Robert Brasch identifies and develops new business opportunities for Asian
companies in the U.S. and for American companies in Asia. He is a graduate
of Columbia University, has spent over 30 years in the U.S. banking and business
community. In 1983, he became founding president and CEO of the World Trade
Bank. He was instrumental in organizing am/pm Japan, Co. Ltd., a Japanese convenience
store chain with annual sales in excess of $ 2 Billion generated from over
1300 locations. He is also a frequent speaker at business seminars throughout
the United States and Japan. Mr. Brasch is able to conduct business seamlessly
in English, German and Japanese, converse in French, and knows some Spanish.
Fred Fuchs, formerly President of American Zoetrope
Fred Fuchs, formerly President of American Zoetrope (Francis Ford Coppola's
Production Co.), is assisting in QI's interactive media Web Portal plan.
Steve Gang, Principal, Gang & Gang Resonance Research
Steve Gang, of Gang & Gang Resonance Research,
a leading market research firm has done the market research presented in this
business plan and once funding is acquired will do more in-depth market research
to insure a managed ramp up of QI's marketing and sales efforts, to more accurately
predict QI growth by market segment, and to create product /service /channel
/ customer congruency.
Jim Huffman, formerly Director of Motorola's Emerging
Technologies Division
Jim Huffman was director of Motorola's Emerging Technologies Division for many
years and works with QI on product development and manufacturing.
Charlie Inlander, President of the People's Medical
Society
The People's Medical Society is the
most influential consumer health advocacy organization in the United States.
Charlie is a faculty lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine, an
adjunct faculty member at the Chicago-Kent College of Law and a Fellow of the
Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
He is on the advisory boards of the Citizen Advocacy Center, the Primary Care
Management Association, and the American Academy of Family Physicians and author
of numerous books. Charlie is a consultant to QI on pharmaceutical and healthcare
licensing.
David Joffe, Founder, CTO, VP R&D of Lexicor Medical
Technology
Lexicor is a leading manufacturer of EEG brain mapping technology for the behavioral
medicine market. David has also been involved in the creation of a number of
other biomedical companies including Biox Technology, which invented and marketed
the first pulse oximeter. David's main interest relates to mathematical transforms,
which can be applied to the analysis of the EEG and HRV. David has also been
involved in a number of HeartMath research projects over the years and developed
some of the signal processing algorithms currently used in the Freeze-Framer.
Bill Keating, former COO of Moxi Digital
Moxi Digital is a high tech consumer products start-up company. Bill's last
six business ventures have gone public or been successfully acquired. Bill
served as General Manager of the Microsoft TV Platform Division (MSTV). Prio
to Microsoft, Bill was SVP of Worldwide Field Operations at WebTV Networks,
Inc. Before that he was VP and General Manager at General Magic and the object-oriented
business unit of Rational Software. He also co-founded the SunSoft subsidiary
at Sun Microsystems.
Andre Lake Mayer, Principal, Twisted Sisters
Andre Lake Mayer was Director of Licensing for Lucas
Arts and Entertainment, responsible for Star Wars licensing and prior to
that position was Director of Licensing for Paramount,
responsible for all Star Trek licensing. Andre is consultant to QI's game and
toy development and licensing initiatives.
Bob Megantz
Bob Megantzhas more than twenty years experience in technology development
and licensing, primarily in the electronics, telecommunications, and computing
industries, working with established and start-up companies. His responsibilities
have ranged from product development to intellectual property management
to marketing and executive management. Bob worked at Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, in
various engineering and management positions, including as General Manager. While
at Dolby, he directed a large, successful international licensing operation
with more than 125 licensees in the consumer and professional audio markets.
Bob is a consultant to QI on technology and powered by HeartMath® brand
licensing.
Chris Sawicki, Principal, Hunter Kane Ltd.
Chris Sawicki is a principal of Hunter
Kane Ltd. based in UK. Hunter Kane human performance consultancy providing
a range of training and development services in a number of market sectors
across Europe.
Larry Udell, Executive Director of the California Invention
Center, of the Center For New Venture Alliance and of
Intellectual Property International, Ltd.
The Center For New Venture Alliance is part of the California State University
system. Mr. Udell teaches at leading universities throughout the U.S. and Canada.
He lectures on inventions, patents and intellectual property for the PTO, and
overseas for the World Intellectual Property Organization, which is part of
the United Nations. Mr. Udell is a consultant for QI in intellectual property
and patent strategy, and licensing.
