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William R. Brody

Consultant

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Member Board Of Trustees

    2016

  • Member Board Of Trustees

    2015

2016 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2022

2016 - 2021

  • Chairman of the Board

    2016 - 2021

    Mesa manufactures a portable device to provide low cost, highly sensitive point of care DNA and RNA testing for the detection of viruses and bacteria. Mesa introduced it's 30 min Accula PCR test for covid-19 in April 2020 under FDA EUA. The company was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in February 2021.

  • President & Professor Emeritus

    2009 - 2016

    The Salk Institute is a premier biomedical research institute focusing on cancer, neuroscience, plant science, molecular biology and genetics

2007 - 2016

  • Board Member

    2007 - 2016

  • Board member

    2014 - 2016

    The company was acquired by Blackstone in January 2016

  • President, Emeritus

    1996 - 2009

    President overseeing 10 divisions - Engineering, Arts & Sciences, Medicine, Public Health, Applied Physics Laboratory, Peabody Conservatory of Music, School of Advanced International Studies, Education, Business, Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins Health System Johns Hopkins has the largest amount of US government research funding

1998 - 2008

  • Board member

    1998 - 2008