Bill serves as Member of the Executive Committee, Chief Executive Officer for Innventure. Previously, he was a co-founder and President of XL TechGroup that created the foundational business building methodology upon which Innventure is based. Bill has worked with the key principals of Innventure for over 20 years. He has also served as a public company CEO and has been a director of over a dozen private and public companies. Most recently, Bill has been a partner at a boutique investment bank focused on converting private companies into employee-owned enterprises and has been a principal in a blockchain technology company. He has over 30 years of experience in company creation and development.
Dave serves as Member of the Executive Committee, Chief Financial Officer at Innventure. He brings over 30 years of finance experience working for large multinational corporations such as Ford Motor Company, Ford Credit, Office Depot, Oxbow Carbon LLC, and Embraer. Before his career in finance, Dave served 9 years in the US Navy as a pilot and worked in the Pentagon on General Colin Powell’s staff. In his most recent position, Dave was the CFO of the $2.5 billion US operations of Embraer Aircraft SA, the world's third-largest aircraft manufacturer.
Mike serves as Executive Chairman and Member of the Executive Committee. Mike was the Founding CEO and Chairman of the Board of PureCycle (PCT), an Innventure Company, from 2015-2022. Mike and team took PCT from early-stage concept to operational pilot, fully funded first commercial plant, followed by a successful public offering in March of 2021. PCT market cap in 2022 exceeds $1B. Prior to Innventure, Mike served as President and Founding Partner of Green Ocean Innovation for six years a company that provided technology sourcing, innovation strategy, and development services to Lilly/Elanco Animal Health. Mike also served as Vice-President and Founding CEO of multiple start-ups at XL TechGroup (XLTG). Mike began his career on Capitol Hill working as a legislative aide and committee staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives.
John serves as Member of the Executive Committee, Strategy at Innventure. Prior to co-founding Innventure, John served as Founder and CEO of XL TechGroup (XLTG) where he developed the DownSelect® Method that Innventure uses today to vet disruptive technologies from top MNCs and their associated business opportunities. John also served as an academic scientist at numerous universities and government labs including the Universities of Maryland, North Carolina and Arizona, as well as the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics and Astrophysics from the University of Arizona and has published over 60 academic papers.
Suzanne has joined Innventure as its Member of the Executive Committee, General Counsel. She has over 25 years of experience providing legal counsel to public and private companies. She enjoys advising private equity firms and technology companies with respect to the evaluation, structure and negotiation of complex investment and commercial transactions, as well as regulatory and corporate matters. Most recently, she was the General Counsel for Magis Capital Partners and its fintech portfolio companies, including FIDx, Advisor Credit Exchange and Sallus Retirement. Previously, she served as a Managing Director and General Counsel of Actua Corporation, a publicly traded company that acquired and operated a portfolio of software-as-a-service businesses. Suzanne began her career as an associate in the Corporate Department of Dechert LLP, a global law firm. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish, cum laude, from Duke University and a J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center.
Roland serves as Member of the Executive Committee, Chief Growth Officer for Innventure. He also serves as Chairman of WaveFront Global Asset Management Corp., a $1.7 Billion AUM Toronto based global hedge fund company he co-founded in 2003. Roland is also a co-founder of Envest Corp., a downstream energy company, and an Advisory Board member of both the Master of Quantitative Finance program at the University of Waterloo and First Tracks Capital, a Canadian private equity firm. Prior to that Roland was an Investment Advisor with BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and began his career as a Commodities Broker with ScotiaMcLeod Inc. where he was primarily involved with hedging commodity price risk for corporate clients. Roland holds a B.A. with Honours from the University of Western Ontario.
Lucas serves as Chief Investment Officer, Investment Committee of Innventure and brings over 20 years of experience in managing investment teams, building companies / business units and the seeding and build-out of multiple investment platforms and investment products for both large institutional investment and start-up organizations. Prior to joining Innventure, Lucas held a Principal role at Santa Monica Capital Group as well as serving as President & CEO of Ocean Avenue Investment Partners. He earned his B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara, is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and currently holds a Series 7 and Series 63 license.
Bill is an entrepreneur, innovator, and business leader who has spent the last 25 years leading R&D and commercialization organizations in the chemical, pharmaceutical, clean tech, and specialty materials industries. Prior to Innventure, Bill was CEO of The RAPID Manufacturing Institute®, a public-private partnership created to promote modular process intensification and transform manufacturing in the process industries. Bill also serves on the Advisory Boards for the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Georgia Tech and the FSEC Energy Research Center at the University of Central Florida. He holds chemical engineering degrees – a PhD and Master’s degree from M.I.T., and a Bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech.
Rick is an Innventue Co-Founder and served as Chief Operating Officer from 2015 through September 2023. During this period Rick was also the Founding COO of PureCycle Technologies (Nasdaq: PCT) and the Founding CEO of AeroFlexx. He brings over 35 years of experience in disruptive innovation, building successful start-ups and launching new products & companies across a broad range of categories. Prior to co-founding Innventure, Rick founded SPRIM Strategy and Intelligent Innovation and was the Founding CEO of TyraTech, which he led to a successful IPO in 2007. He earned his MBA from Northwestern University and his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.
Heather serves as Senior Director of Human Resources for Innventure, a role to which she brings over 20 years of experience. Prior to joining Innventure, Heather served as Senior Director, Human Resources at XPO Logistics and Human Resource Administrator at Drywall Service of Gary, Inc. after transitioning from a career in social services where she held the role of Executive Director for a supervised visitation agency. She holds an MBA from Valparaiso University with a concentration in Business Intelligence and a B.A. in Psychology from Purdue University.
Neal serves as the Vice President of Finance for Innventure and brings over 24 years of experience in accounting and finance in both public and private accounting. Neal brings a vast knowledge and expertise in process and efficiency improvements, staff leadership and development, mentoring, project completion, monthly close and analysis reporting and new guidance implementation. Prior to joining Innventure, Neal held the position of Assistant Controller at Signature Aviation, Manager, Accounting for Verizon’s Accounting Center of Excellence, and Director at Cherry Bekaert, LLP. Neal is a licensed CPA in the State of Florida and earned his MBA and B.S. in Accounting from the University of Central Florida.
Gayle serves as VP of Business Development at Innventure a role to which she brings over 23 years of financial and business development experience. Prior to joining Innventure, Gayle held top positions within Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) Global Business Development (GBD) division where she achieved CFO Circle for Global Business Development – a distinction earned by only the 5% of P&G Finance top-rated performers globally. She earned her B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
Thomas is currently Head of Strategic Partnerships for Innventure. He is heavily involved in building and managing new strategic relationships for the identification of new technologies that have the potential to form the basis for new Innventure Companies.
In 2018, he retired from Procter & Gamble (P&G) after a 32-year career which culminated as Director, Global Business Development. Reporting to P&G’s Treasurer, Controller and EVP he was responsible for executing the Business Development strategies of a $40B business. During his 15-year tenure in Global Business Development he helped oversee a wide array of in-bound and out-bound deals.
He joined P&G in 1985 where Tom held various senior roles in R&D which included leading a team of 65 global researchers and he is a listed inventor on ~60 different patents. Tom holds a Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry.
Colin leads Innventure’s DownSelect process – our proprietary, systematic methodology to evaluate opportunities to commercialize transformative, but proven, technology solutions that meet significant market needs; select the most viable opportunities; and use the analysis to construct a roadmap to launch and develop Innventure Platform Companies that execute those plans with a high probability of success. Previously, he held executive positions in private equity growth and startup ventures. Colin spent the first 10 years of his career with XL TechGroup (XLTG), where he managed the DownSelect process before becoming a member of serial management teams for various XLTG NewCos in renewable fuels and medical diagnostics. Colin earned an MBA in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, and he graduated with a major in Electrical Engineering and minor in Physics from Duke University.
Nicole serves as the Director for DownSelect at Innventure where she utilizes the systematic methodology of the DownSelect process to help evaluate, select, develop and launch transformative technology solutions. Prior to joining Innventure, she worked at SPRIM, a globally integrated life science consulting firm as an Engagement Manager and Project Manager. She earned her B.S. in Biology from the University of Central Florida.
Andrew serves as a Serial CEO for Innventure and the Chief Executive Officer of AeroFlexx, an Innventure Company. He has 23 years of diverse corporate development and management experience in high-tech companies, including roles as Board Member, CEO, CCO, President, and SVP of Business Development. Andrew has been involved in commercializing four different start-ups to date, including AeroFlexx. Prior to joining Innventure, Andrew served as Chief Executive Officer of Cobalt Technologies and Chief Operating Officer of Synata Bio. He earned his MBA and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toledo, and holds a dual-major B.S. in Environmental Management and Mathematics from the University of Findlay.
Adam is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of running businesses at blue-chip companies as well as startups. Prior to Innventure, Adam joined Benson Hill, a food-tech company, pre-series C in 2018 as Chief Strategy Officer. Adam led the evolution, strategy, and business development to a successful commercialization event in 2021. Adam brings exceptional analytical, strategic, and creative thinking combined with a keen sense of pragmatism to identify techno-economically viable opportunities in complex market dynamics. Adam has an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Tim serves as the Accounting Manager for Innventure and brings years of experience in both public and private accounting. Tim brings with him, knowledge and experience in the overall accounting process, process improvement, project management, finance automation, and staff leadership. He has worked on many implementation and optimizations related to accounting software and process standardization, to mid to large sized corporations. Prior to joining Innventure, Tim held the position of Senior Associate for the Finance Automation consulting team at RSM US and Senior Accountant, for Signature Aviation. Tim earned his MBA and B.S. in Accounting from Walden University and Rutgers University School of Business, respectively.
Diana serves as Operations Manager and Board Secretary for Innventure where she partners closely with the C-suite to drive effective cross-functional execution of company-wide initiatives. She leads, designs, and implements process improvements and supports the strategic plan development, tracking, and reporting efforts. She brings over 15 years of experience as a strategic partner to executive teams. Most recently she served as Senior Executive Assistant and Special Projects Manager at PureCycle (Nasdaq: PCT), an Innventure Company, from 2020-2022. Prior to her move to PCT she was the Senior Executive Assistant at Innventure. Throughout her career, Diana has supported various leadership teams, company-wide operations, and activities including Executive Forum events with notable speakers such as our former United States President, Bill Clinton, Senator Chuck Hagel, and Baltimore Ravens Head Coach Brian Billick. Diana earned her Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Behavior from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.
Diego serves as a Business Analyst for Innventure, where he collaborates with cross-functional teams to evaluate and develop prospective business opportunities, while also supporting capital markets initiatives. Leveraging his finance background and broad knowledge across various Innventure companies, he drives effective analysis and decision-making processes in both operational and financial contexts. Diego's journey began during his internship at an international real estate development firm, followed by a position at Bank of America. These experiences laid the foundation for his current role at Innventure, where he has significantly expanded his expertise across multiple sectors and departments, including capital markets. He leads in financial modeling, market research, strategic planning efforts, and assists with capital raising activities, supporting the company's mission to create and build startup ventures. Diego earned his Bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Central Florida, where he honed his analytical skills and developed a passion for entrepreneurship and innovation.
With over 20 years of experience growing existing brands and introducing new brands to the market, Chad has a proven track record of success as both a B2B and B2C marketing strategist and execution leader, having provided brand direction to executives and business units from a variety of industries who want to move to a new level of growth. From Brand Creation to Go-To-Market strategy and execution, Chad brings his diverse experience to Innventure where he leads our marketing strategies in identifying, defining, and communicating key differentiators and competitive advantages for both Innventure and its new Innventure Companies. Chad holds an MBA in Marketing from the University of Colorado.
As Director of Marketing at Innventure, Morgan Massey builds Innventure's brand equity through strategic initiatives and campaigns. She oversees content creation and digital presence to amplify technology solutions, thought leadership, and integrated brand messaging—cultivating high-impact partnerships and optimizing performance with data-driven insights. Morgan's multidisciplinary background, spanning 8+ years of marketing leadership, including founding an agency and a creative perspective honed as a professional dancer with prestigious companies like Ballet West, molds a distinct approach. Her strategic vision and execution strengthen brand equity as Innventure expands its market influence.
Christina Dalton is an experienced financial controller with over 25 years of accounting experience. She understands complex accounting concepts and has demonstrated the ability to analyze and make intelligent, objective, and effective decisions for accounting solutions. Christina's background lies in many industries including civil engineering, aerospace and defense, and the fintech industry. Her strengths lie in the implementation and execution of accounting processes and procedures that inspire efficiencies in accounting functions making them less tedious and more streamlined. Christina is a Florida native, wife, and mother to two teenage boys. Her hobbies include camping, family photography, and home DIY projects.
Rachel serves as Director, Strategic Partnerships at Innventure. In her prior role, Dial spent 5 years at PureCycle and was part of the original leadership team that took PureCycle from startup to publicly traded company. She excelled across various workstreams including building out the supply and sustainability workstreams, managing commercial relationships, and was instrumental in closing $250M in municipal bonds. Prior to PureCycle, Rachel worked in the technology consulting space with focus in telecommunications and Department of Defense.
Ellie serves as Director, Economic & Financial Analysis at Innventure. Ellie has demonstrated success in various industries, including pharmaceuticals, e-commerce, industrials, and finance. Prior to Innventure, Ellie led strategic sales and financial initiatives at a startup pharmaceutical company. Her other prior experiences include spearheading operations and expansion efforts for a Chicago-based industrial e-commerce company and evaluating and executing deals with various multinational corporations during her time in banking. She earned her MBA from Northwestern University and her B.A. in Economics from Boston College.
Jim provides technical analysis support to the down select process. These analyses assess viability and risks of technologies to match with opportunities. Prior to joining Innventure, Jim was a co-founder, and Chief Technology Officer at XL TechGroup working alongside many of the current leaders of Innventure. Jim’s degrees in physics and experience in building companies based on innovative technologies make him well suited for this role. Other roles in his career include systems engineering, technology development, and providing technical and programmatic leadership for massively complicated, multidisciplinary systems and their associated industrial complexes.
Scott Meyer serves Innventure as Creative Director, bringing hands-on expertise in branding, integrated marketing, and retail strategy from acclaimed advertising agencies in Chicago and Denver including FCB, Y&R, and Integer/TBWA. Scott’s focus on new business and creative leadership played a key role in helping grow Integer into a world-class agency with over 1,100 global employees, working with clients like MillerCoors, P&G, Pepsi, Kellogg's, and Hewlett-Packard. In 2017, Scott started his own design firm, specializing in technology, satcom and corporate aviation with The Exponent Group and McGregor+Graham. With a focus on brand creation and reinvention, Scott also served as Creative Director for global NGO Water For People, and the One For All global alliance.
Erin Steigerwalt serves as the Events Manager at Innventure, where she identifies and secures strategic speaking and event opportunities that attract partnerships and investors, collaborates and builds relationships with key stakeholders, and manages end-to-end event logistics. Prior to Innventure, Erin oversaw all aspects of planning and execution of non-profit and government events and has over a decade of experience managing programs and initiatives for the science and engineering education community. After obtaining her B.A., Erin served in the Peace Corps in Niger, West Africa as a Community and Youth Education Volunteer.
Audrey Dwyer is a seasoned brand strategist and content creator with a decade of experience in marketing and communications. In her new role at Innventure, she aims to enhance brand equity and recognition through strategic marketing initiatives and compelling storytelling. Audrey excels in creating high-impact content and driving engagement through data-driven campaigns. With a diverse background that includes key roles in arts and entertainment journalism, B2B copywriting, and digital marketing, Audrey brings a unique blend of creativity and strategic insight to her work. She has successfully led cross-functional teams, managed editorial calendars, and implemented effective media and email marketing campaigns. Audrey's journey from small-town Iowa to a dynamic career in Miami enriches her perspective, blending authenticity with urban sophistication. She is also a certified yoga instructor who brings a unique dimension to her work, emphasizing balance and mindfulness. Outside of her professional endeavors, Audrey enjoys practicing and teaching yoga, exploring new cultures, and Freediving.
Lauren Maleki is the Executive Business Partner for the Executive Chairman and Executive Committee, where she provides detailed logistical support and coordinates scheduling and communications for the executive office. She currently resides in Savannah, GA but was born and raised in NY where she attended Baruch College. She brings more than 9 years of experience to Innventure, with expertise in directing priority projects and providing comprehensive support to C-suite Executives. Prior to joining Innventure, Lauren supported the C-Suite for PCT, an innventure company, the VP for SCAD, the President and COO for Visual Comfort, and other notable doctors and entrepreneurs.
Lynn Fogt is a seasoned strategic executive administrative partner with over a decade of experience providing high-level support to senior leadership teams, C-Suites, and Board Members. Most recently she served as the Executive Assistant to the CEO of The Institute of Internal Auditors, located in Lake Mary, Florida. Prior to that she spent 5 years as a Senior Executive Assistant supporting the functional C-Suite at Vertiv Corporation (VRT), headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Throughout her career, Lynn has demonstrated a strong ability to align business objectives with comprehensive administrative knowledge to achieve maximum operational impacts, conserve time and boost efficiency. She enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, and The Ohio State Buckeyes.
Maria Seferoglou is an experienced Finance leader with over 25 years of experience spanning multinational companies, including American Airlines, Clorox, Office Depot, and private equity-held firms. Maria has a diverse professional history across several industries, including consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, energy, and transportation. She has a proven track record in structuring and implementing FP&A functions and reporting systems from the ground up, ensuring robust financial planning and analysis frameworks are in place. Her responsibilities have included financial forecasting, budgeting, cash flow management, and developing key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive business performance. In her recent role as a consultant, Maria successfully drove financial forecasting initiatives, improved gross margins, and pioneered process enhancements for various clients. Maria holds an MBA and a BBA in Finance, magna cum laude, from Northeastern State University.
Brice Dubosq brings over 15 years of enterprise sales experience, specializing in solution selling and strategic partnerships within transformative technologies. His career spans leadership roles in both multinational companies like Dell and Oracle, as well as various growth-stage startups in both the US and Europe. In his most recent role Brice was part of business development efforts at Analytic Partners, a global leader for commercial intelligence, helping harness the power of data to make better business decisions through data modeling and analytics.
Throughout his journey, Brice has prioritized business development, strategic partnerships, and a steadfast customer-centric approach to deliver successful outcomes. His leadership has played a pivotal role in achieving successful exits across multiple organizations, with a focus on client relations, and driving business growth.
Brice earned an MBA in Marketing and International Business from the University of Miami Herbert Business School, complemented by dual BA and BSBA degrees in Business Administration and Marketing from Ashland University. Fluent in French and German, he leverages a global perspective to drive impactful results in strategic partnerships, business development, and enterprise solutions.
Bill is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Innventure. He brings a wealth of experience from his previous role at PureCycle, where he spent three years spearheading the PureZero Sustainability Program. In this capacity, Bill established key partnerships with major sports franchises, including the Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Orlando Magic, positioning PureCycle as their official recycling partner. Additionally, he served as the Director of Feedstock Procurement, where he developed supply and sustainability workstreams and managed critical commercial relationships.
Before his time at PureCycle, Bill had a successful 25-year tenure as a Vice President of Sales, specializing in diverse sectors such as High Technology Semiconductor, Home Healthcare Software, Health and Wellness, and Telecommunications. Bill holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Brown University where he played both varsity Football and Baseball.
Mike serves as Executive Chairman and Member of the Executive Committee. Mike was the Founding CEO and Chairman of the Board of PureCycle (PCT), an Innventure Company, from 2015-2022. Mike and team took PCT from early-stage concept to operational pilot, fully funded first commercial plant, followed by a successful public offering in March of 2021. PCT market cap in 2022 exceeds $1B. Prior to Innventure, Mike served as President and Founding Partner of Green Ocean Innovation for six years a company that provided technology sourcing, innovation strategy, and development services to Lilly/Elanco Animal Health. Mike also served as Vice-President and Founding CEO of multiple start-ups at XL TechGroup (XLTG). Mike began his career on Capitol Hill working as a legislative aide and committee staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Bill serves as Member of the Executive Committee, Chief Executive Officer for Innventure. Previously, he was a co-founder and President of XL TechGroup that created the foundational business building methodology upon which Innventure is based. Bill has worked with the key principals of Innventure for over 20 years. He has also served as a public company CEO and has been a director of over a dozen private and public companies. Most recently, Bill has been a partner at a boutique investment bank focused on converting private companies into employee-owned enterprises and has been a principal in a blockchain technology company. He has over 30 years of experience in company creation and development.
Mike has over 30 years of experience in working with public companies in the small cap space. Mike was a partner and formerly the co-Manager of the William Blair Small Institutional portfolio and the William Blair Small Cap Growth Fund which he and his partners, Karl Brewer and Mark Fuller started in 1999. Prior to joining William Blair, he was the co-founder of Cityview Associates, Inc., a real estate firm specializing in “value-added” real estate transactions.
Prior to starting Cityview Associates, Mike had various roles at First Chicago and Bankers Trust. In addition to his work with William Blair, Mike has helped dozens of small companies grow as an angel investor, mentor and board member. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Performance Health Systems, LLC and is an advisor on the board of the Innventure Fund, an Intellectual Property-based development fund started by Greg Wasson.
Greg currently serves as President and Founder of his own family office, Wasson Enterprise. Wasson Enterprise’s focus is to partner with entrepreneurs and operators to build sustainable, high-growth businesses that do well by doing good. As the former CEO of Walgreens, Greg has extensive global operational and management experience, as well as extensive knowledge of the retail and healthcare industries. Greg attended Purdue University’s School of Pharmacy, receiving his pharmacy degree in 1981.
As Walgreens CEO, Greg led this Fortune 35 company to record fiscal 2014 sales of $76.4 billion. He is credited with creating significant financial and shareholder value, initiating and completing game-changing mergers and investments, leading complex organizational and structural change, assembling a diverse and high-performance senior leadership team, and establishing Walgreens’ position as an industry leader.
Jim is the Vice President and CFO for Glockner Enterprises, whose family office investment thesis is around green technology manufacturing and was the original funding partner for Innventure, PureCycle Technologies and AeroFlexx. Glockner Enterprises includes consumer and commercial finance divisions, wholesale lubricant and fuel divisions, several dealer-controlled used car finance operations, captive and independent insurance agencies and franchise automobile dealerships in Ohio and Kentucky. Jim is also highly involved in organizations and companies that are helping grow southeast Ohio communities and sits on numerous boards. Jim was the CFO for PureCycle Technologies from January 2017 to December 2020.
In his role as CFO at Glockners, he manages the Information Technology, Human Resource, accounting and legal departments, giving him the ideal view of the inner workings of the enterprise – such as treasury and other asset management, lender and regulatory relations and employee benefit administration. Prior to joining Glockner Enterprises in 1996, Jim was a CPA at Hayflich & Steinberg, where he performed for-profit audit, review, compilation and tax engagements for regional wholesale, retail, manufacturing and service concerns, specializing in consolidations. Jim received his bachelor’s in accounting with minors in economics, finance, philosophy, psychology and theater in 1991 from Marshall University.
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