Our People

• John Harbison (Chief Executive Officer)
  

  • Raytheon Commercial Ventures Inc.: President, created successful venture group which completed 5 spinouts in 2 years
  • Tech Coast Angels: President of Orange County network, and serves on the board of directors of two start-up companies
• Next Autoworks: COO, CFO and Chief Strategy Officer at this disruptive new American car company backed by Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures, T. Boone Pickens and others
• SilentRunner: CEO, turned business around leading to successful sale of company
• Booz•Allen: Partner, 20 years of strategy consulting and led firm’s Aerospace/Defense Practice and Strategic Alliance Practice to global prominence
• Co-Author of Smart Alliances, the leading book on alliances and M&A
• MBA (1st Year Honors) Harvard Business School, AB (cum laude) Harvard College
• Relevant Skills: commercialization, business strategy, alliances, defense technology understanding
  

• Marc Golden (Senior Advisor)
  

  • Golden Group: President, 17 years, focusing on strategic advisory services and negotiated M&A and licensing transactions
  • Prudential-Bache: Managing Director and Group Head in the M&A Dept., 3 years, specializing in corporate control transactions
  • Goldman Sachs: VP, 2 years, in charge of #1-ranked takeover defense business
  • Cravath, Swaine & Moore: 5 years, associate with Corporate Finance Practice in this Wall Street law firm
  • MBA with High Distinction (Baker Scholar) Harvard Business School, JD Harvard Law, BA (magna cum laude) Yale College
  • Relevant Skills: Negotiating, closing transactions, leveraging intellectual property
    

• Others
  

  • An extended team as needed with skills in licensing and commercialization, as well as expertise in commercial applications