Samuel Mannino - Founder & Managing Partner
Mr. Mannino has nearly 40 years of business experience and over 25 years of asset-based commercial lending experience. In 1981, he founded Century Financial Services. The company specialized in all phases of commercial lending, ranging from agriculture loans to farmers, to financing of jet aircraft for passenger and cargo air carriers. In 1985, he was featured in the NY Times arranging capital for a struggling passenger airline.                                    More >>

Gregory Grose
Mr. Grose has more than twenty-five years of integrated, senior level business experience in a broad range of industries including financial services, manufacturing, health care, media, non-profit and construction. He has extensive experience in Marketing, Sales, Finance, Strategic Planning, Organizational Leadership, HR Management and Corporate Development. Gregory is currently a Management Consultant and Instructor at the Pennsylvania State University teaching Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. Additionally, as an Entrepreneur, he founded and owns two small companies located in Central Pennsylvania.                  More >>

Brad Ishler
Brad Ishler, founder of Quality Systems Services, Inc., has more than 30 years of professional experience and leadership in Quality Management, Process Improvement and Organizational Development. As a Quality Executive in the electronics industry, Mr. Ishler has been instrumental in the successful implementation of various "Lean" and "Six Sigma" improvement tools, concepts and processes including Kaizen, 5S, Kanban, Cellular Flow, Standardized Work, Team Development, Statistical Process Control, etc. Mr. Ishler has assisted with a number of Department of Defense continuous improvement projects. He has authored, implemented, managed and audited numerous ISO 9000 compliant quality management systems and is a certified ISO 9000 lead auditor.                                                   

Keith L. McClellan, JD, MBA
Keith McClellan has been in the technology commercialization and business start up field since 1991, when he earned an MBA from Penn State University with a finance emphasis. His graduate education includes a Juris Doctor degree from Vermont Law School in 1982 with an emphasis in commercial law. From 1983 to 1989, he worked as both in house and outside counsel for regional banks and commercial lenders in Nevada, where he worked on structuring complex financial transactions. He is an active member of the Nevada Bar.              More >>

Honorable Tidal W. McCoy
Ty founded Washington Capital Partners in 1998, after a thirty year career spanning active military service, Presidential-appointed government positions and senior executive experience within the aerospace and defense industry. Prior to forming WCP, Ty served as Senior Vice President for Government Relations at Thiokol, now Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE: ATK). From 1981 to 1989, Ty held several Presidential-appointed positions within the government, culminating in his role as Acting Secretary of the Air Force in 1988. From 1979-1981, Ty served as Assistant for National Security Affairs to Senator Jake Garn of Utah and, in 1977, served as the Scientific Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Engineering, and Systems.                                                                                                          More >>

Edmond D. Pope - Captain USN, retired
Captain/Retired Ed Pope graduated from Oregon State University and immediately entered the U.S. Navy. During his twenty-five year career, he traveled extensively in the Far East, Europe and the Mediterranean. During his last 15 years in the Navy, his career focused on Research and Development and advanced technology program management. During his final tour at the Office of Naval Research, Captain Pope initiated and became the first director of a formal program focused on cooperation and funding of select science & technology opportunities in Russia and other republics of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) for the benefit of the US Navy. He also worked closely with other services/agencies and private industry on many of these technology projects and was invited to participate in numerous high-level US government advisory groups. He retired from active duty in March 1994.                                  More >>

Rocco Petrilli
Rocco Petrilli has made a career of establishing, launching, and managing businesses in the automotive components manufacturing and commercial business arena. Following a successful 23+ year career as both an engineer and a businessman, Rocco, in the establishment of PRIMA Business Specialists, LLC, turned his attention to the full application of this experience to the needs of all business owners who are dealing with problems without ready solutions.                                                                                                          More >>