John R. Castle

ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964
PMD, Harvard Graduate School of Business, 1978
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961

Specialties
New company formation and management, strategic analysis, customer selection and relationships, tactics for CEOs and Boards of Directors, practical advice for active managers, investor and employee communications

Positions Held
CEO, President or Founder: Savtech, Cantametrix, InfoMedx, Healthradius, Netstock, NuFlo Corp, Shiprate Corp, SeeColor Corp, Hamilton-Thorne BioScience, American BioDesign, Seragen.
General Partner, Washington Biotechnology Funding
Vice President and General Manager, FMC Bioproducts
Vice President, M/K Systems, Inc.
Technical Director and Vice President, Manufacturing, Marine Colloids, Inc.
Technical Director, Procter & Gamble
Director, Consultant and Advisory Board: Cadence Biomedical, GMOD, Stockbox Grocers, Engineering Solutions, Utrip, Washington Dental Service, Penwest, Harris Group, Inc., Arthur D. Little, Laser Fantasy, MailMediary, AquaEnergy

Honors and Awards
Undergraduate Professor of the Quarter for Autumn for Entrepreneurship (2005)

Community Service
Director, Encompass
Director, MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest
Director, Northwest Entrepreneur Network
Chairman, Puget Sound Section American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Director, Horizon Crest Community Association
Mediator, Bellevue Neighborhood Mediation Program

Selected Presentations
MIT Enterprise Forum
E-PLU Entrepreneurship Symposium
Seattle Pacific University
Technology Transfer Breakfast Series
Biotechnology Breakfast Series
Northwest Plant Biotechnology Consortium