Team

	Mark Low Managing Director lowm @ ccf.org 216-445-6920
	Joseph Barone Program Coordinator baronej2 @ ccf.org 216-445-8392		Susan Bernat Director, Operations & Finance bernats @ ccf.org 216-444-5538
	Judy McAnally Administrative Secretary mcanalj @ ccf.org 216-445-8922		Peter O’Neill Project Commercialization Manager oneillp2 @ ccf.org 216-444-0814
	Thomas Sudow Director, Business Development sudowt @ ccf.org 216-445-0810

GCIC Team Biographies

Mark Low, Managing Director. Mr. Low comes to GCIC with a career of building successful programs to introduce new concepts and new modalities to new markets. He has managed all facets of product and market development spanning diagnostic and interventional cardiology, interventional radiology and neuroradiology, stroke treatment, image-guided surgery, drug delivery and oncology. He has served on the senior management team of TomTec Imaging Systems, Image Guided Technologies, EKOS Corporation, and Sonus Pharmaceuticals. Prior to concentrating his focus on start-up ventures and early stage market development, Mr. Low held progressively more responsible and trailblazing positions in marketing and business development for Hewlett-Packard's Medical Products Group. Specializing in cardiovascular ultrasound, Mr. Low managed high performance cardiac diagnostic systems, introduced products to new market segments including private office and interventional cardiology, and developed new applications including 3D and stress echocardiography, and catheter-based intravascular ultrasound. In conjunction with these programs Mr. Low managed strategic relationships with various corporate partners, investors, universities, inventors, clinical investigators and manufacturers. Mr. Low received a B.A. degree in Natural Science from Johns Hopkins University, an M.S. degree in Physiology from the Medical College of Wisconsin, and an M.S. degree in Technical Communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Joseph Barone, Program Coordinator. Joe is responsible for managing day to day operations within the GCIC and facilitating communication flow between the Cleveland Clinic and partnering GCIC institutions. Joe received a bachelors degree in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

Susan Bernat, Director, Operations & Finance. Susan is responsible for fiscal planning and other related financial activities, systems, metrics and operating procedures. Susan also assists with long-range planning strategies for the department. Previously, she was responsible for budget and contract negotiations within cardiology research at Cleveland Clinic. She received her undergraduate degree in Accounting from Kent State University, and an MBA from Cleveland State University.

Judy McAnally, Administrative Secretary.

Peter O’Neill, Project Commercialization Manager. Previously, Pete was Deputy Director of Battelle’s Great Lakes Industrial Technology Center, where he facilitated licenses and other technology transfer partnerships with the NASA Glenn Research Center. Pete also worked as a process engineer for a number of investment casting companies, supplying turbine blades to gas turbine engine manufacturers. He received a B.S. in aeronautical engineering from MIT.

Thomas Sudow, Director, Business Development. Tom Sudow is Vice President, Attraction for Team NEO and in this role he works with GCIC as Director of Company Attraction. Prior to joining Team NEO and the GCIC, he served as Executive Director of the Beachwood, Ohio Chamber of Commerce. In his role, he coordinated economic development efforts for the City of Beachwood.