Co-Managers of WIP:

Dick Leazer
Was Managing Director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which handles the patenting and licensing of discoveries at UW Madison. Prior to WARF, Dick was president of Ohmeda, an international manufacturer of acute care medical devices and equipment, and President of Anaquest, an acute care pharmaceutical products company, both divisions of BOC. Dick is a past or active member of the board of several companies. Dick graduated from the University of Iowa Business School in 1963 and the Drexel Institute of Technology in 1966.

Nick Mischler
Active in angel investing, community service and charitable giving.  He is a serial innovator, entrepreneur, retired physician executive and clinician. Nick serves on the Boards of several start-up, life science companies and non-profit, community organizations. He is a mentor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Nick earned a BA from Marquette University, an MD from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MS from the University of Wisconsin. He completed his internal medicine and oncology training at the Universities of Iowa and Wisconsin, respectively, and served in the United States Armed Forces as a Navy flight surgeon.

Bob Wood
Active with Wisconsin Investment Partners since inception. Background includes the start-up through sale of Space-Metrics, LLC, a manufacturing firm specializing in commercial and residential cabinetry, store fixtures, and office furniture. Prior experience includes involvement in the start-up of American Players Theatre (Spring Green, Wisconsin). On-going interests in urban re-development including the mixed-use projects 'Capitol Point' and 'Nolen Shore' in central Madison.

Brad Taylor
Mr Taylor's career was in international banking, beginning with Citibank in 1970, American Express Bank in Venezuela, Asea Brown Boveri-Combustion Engineering in Connecticut and Babcock & Brown in San Francisco and Hong Kong. Brad, the author of two books, The Family Joke Book and Wisconsin Where They Row, is married with two children. He has been a member of WIP since 2007.

Andy Shrago
Andy was most recently Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Prodesse, a start-up biotech company focused on molecular diagnostics for infectious disease. The company was sold to Gen-Probe (San Diego, CA) in October 2009 in a deal that totals $72 million to date. Andy stayed through March 2010 to complete the sales and marketing integration. Prior to Gen-Probe, he ran his own consulting business from 2000-2002, Woodmont Associates, and worked for Datex-Ohmeda (now a GE company 1984-1999) in a variety of positions - financial, marketing and general management. He has an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA from Cornell University.