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CAPITAL CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 26 2019 XFINITY LIVE! PRESENTED BY: HOSTED BY: Welcome CAPITAL CONFERENCE 2019 Welcome CAPITAL CONFERENCE 2019 September 26 | Xfinity Live! September 26, 2019 Welcome to the 2019 Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies’ (PACT) Capital Conference! Duane Morris is delighted to welcome you to the 26th PACT Capital Conference. Our law firm provides innovative solutions to today’s multifaceted legal and business challenges through the collegial and collaborative culture of our more than 800 attorneys in offices across the United States and internationally, including right here in our hometown of Philadelphia. This year’s theme, “Building equity; fueling success,” is a nod to the evidence that shows that businesses with greater diversity at the executive and board levels fuel greater success and deliver more equity to shareholders. With our theme in mind, we reached out to more diverse investors and entrepreneurs than ever before, including a lioness who joins this year’s “Lion’s Den.” The sponsors and volunteers for this year’s conference have attracted the most diverse leaders in our venture community to date to discuss the latest trends and best practices within healthcare, technology and early stage ventures. New this year is a panel aimed at investors. Of course, we’ll also hear from our keynote speaker, former Philadelphia Eagles (and Villanova Wildcat) running back Brian Westbrook. Now, at SeventySix Capital’s Athlete Venture Group, Brian works with athletes to invest, learn, and work directly with top sports tech startups and entrepreneurs. We are excited for this year’s “Lion’s Den,” which allows early stage companies the chance to pitch to angel investors eager to invest in high-potential enterprises on the spot. More than $850K was awarded by last year’s lions alone! Joining us in the Den this year are these laudable lions: • David Adelman, CEO, Campus Apartments, Lead Director, Wheels UP • Jonathan A. Brassington, CEO, Capgemini Invent NA • Anthony Bucci, Founder and Former CEO of RevZilla.com, Angel Investor and Advisor • Katherine O’Neill, Angel Investor, Co-Founder Broad Street Angels, Jumpstart NJ Angel Network • Richard Vague, Managing Partner, Gabriel Investments On behalf of Duane Morris, our fellow sponsors, PACT committee members, and the entire PACT community, we are excited to welcome you to this dynamic event. Sandra G. Stoneman Richard L. Cohen Partner Partner Duane Morris Duane Morris Host/Co-Chair, Host/Co-Chair, PACT Capital Conference, 2019 PACT Capital Conference, 2019 PACT would like to give a special thank you to the PACT Capital Conference 2019 Executive leadership for their time, energy and vision. PACT CAPITAL CONFERENCE 2019 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Sandra G. Stoneman, Partner, Duane Morris, Host/Co-Chair, PACT Capital Conference 2019 Sandra Stoneman represents entrepreneurs, businesses and investors within the life sciences, med tech and digital health sectors in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings and other strategic transactions. She also advises high-growth companies within these industries in transactional and governance matters from formation through exit, including founder and other stakeholder relationships, collaborations, licensing and partnering transactions, research and clinical trial agreements and other important commercial and operational arrangements. Stoneman is a team lead for the Duane Morris Life Sciences industry group and is co- chair of the Emerging Companies group. Stoneman is a graduate of Temple University School of Law and received her undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton. Richard L. Cohen, Partner, Duane Morris, Host/Co-Chair, PACT Capital Conference 2019 Richard L. Cohen concentrates his practice in the areas of venture capital/emerging companies, mergers and acquisitions, securities, private equity, general corporate law and business counseling. His client base includes a broad range of business entities, both public and private, including biotechnology and technology companies, venture capital firms, insurance companies, telecommunications companies, energy companies, and manufacturing companies. He is a team lead for the Duane Morris Insurance industry group and is co-chair of the Emerging Companies group. He is a graduate of New York University School of Law and received his undergraduate degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dean E. Miller, President & CEO, PACT Dean serves as President and CEO of PACT (Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies), the largest resource in the Philadelphia region for investors and healthcare and technology innovators. Dean also serves as Managing Director of the PCOM Innovation Fund, a venture capital fund focused on healthcare innovations. Dean brings close to 20 years of investment experience to the PCOM Fund. Dean was previously Managing Director at Novitas Capital where he focused on venture capital investments across healthcare and technology. He led investments in and served as Chairman or Director of Agile Therapeutics (NASDAQ: AGRX), Cernostics, Inc., Renal Solutions (acquired by Fresenius (NYSE: FMS)), Incurrent Solutions (acquired by Online Resources (NASDAQ: ORCC)), LearnNow, Inc. (acquired by Edison Schools), and VIPDesk (acquired by International SOS). Previously, Dean served as the Chief Financial Officer of Adaptiv Learning Systems, a venture-backed start-up company that was spun out of the University of Pennsylvania. Dean began his career at the Chubb Group, where he held a variety of senior management positions. He holds a BA from Franklin and Marshall College and he graduated with distinction from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School with an MBA in Private Equity. Rick Genzer, Investment Director, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Industry Track Vice Chair, Early Stage, PACT Capital Conference 2019 Rick has been involved in business leadership and technology since 1986 in roles ranging from software engineer to executive vice president and CTO. His direct functions and activities during this time include hands-on software development, systems architecture, product & project management, online services, business development, financial services, monetizing web-content, electronic commerce, due diligence for M&A activity and leadership in various content-orientated and high technology application development initiatives. From 2000-2016, he stitched together proven leadership skills, business acumen and deep technology experience into a successful management consulting practice serving a wide range of technology companies throughout the US. Today Rick proudly serves as an investment director in the IT sector at Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA. Shahram Hejazi, PhD, Partner, BioAdvance, Industry Track Vice Chair, Healthcare, PACT Capital Conference 2019 Shahram Hejazi, Ph.D., is a life science investor & entrepreneur with general management experience in both early-stage ventures and large global companies. Over his 25+ year career, Shahram has invested and/or directed the growth of more than two dozen startup companies. Since 2008, he has been a Partner with BioAdvance, where he serves on the Boards of 6 portfolio companies and is responsible for leading investments in medical devices, diagnostics, digital health. Shahram has also been on the faculty of Princeton University, since 2014, where he teaches courses on entrepreneurship and venture capital. Previously, Shahram was the president of Kodak’s life science division, where he had global responsibility for R&D, manufacturing, operations, sales, marketing, and service. Before Kodak, he was the founding CEO of Zargis Medical Corporation (a Siemens’ spin off), which was later sold to 3M. Prior to that, Shahram was the Global Head of the Strategic Business Development at Siemens Medical. Shahram is also the Chairman of the advisory board of Integral Molecular Inc., and the Chairman of Pennsylvania Pediatric medical Device Consortium at CHOP. His Past board responsibilities include FDA industry advisory panel member for Molecular and Clinical Genetic Devices and the Fox Chase Cancer Center Fund. Shahram has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering (SUNY at Buffalo) and an executive business education (Stanford University). Sean Dowling, Principal, Osage Venture Partners Industry Track Vice Chair, Technology, PACT Capital Conference 2019 Sean Dowling serves as a principal at Osage Venture Partners, where he helps to lead OVP’s efforts to partner with compelling entrepreneurs building leading early stage, business-to-business software companies on the East Coast. Sean serves as a board member of BookKeeping Express, Brazen, Connected2Fiber, ExecOnline, and TimelinePI. He is also an observer at GoCanvas, Galactic Fog, indico, Noodle Partners, Phone2Action, RackWare, RiskLens, and Sidecar. Sean joined Osage full time as an Associate in 2011, after interning with OVP as a Summer Associate while pursuing his MBA. Prior to business school, Sean spent five years at the Monitor Group in London, UK and Boston, MA where he served as a senior case team. At Monitor, Sean focused on integrating marketing strategy and organizational design to enable Fortune 500 multinational companies to achieve sustainable growth, primarily in the consumer-packaged goods and life sciences industries. Sean completed his MBA, with honors, from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University