John B. Brock Metcalf

Mr. Metcalf is Founder and Managing Partner of Reference Capital Management and has nearly twenty years of experience with all aspects of technology development, working cooperatively with all levels of management. Prior to co-founding Reference Capital, he was a partner at Cascadia Partners and co-founder of Oregon Life Sciences (OLS) LLC, an early-stage venture firm focused largely on the biotechnology and biomaterials markets. OLS invested in 22 companies and maintains significant positions in 10 firms. Prior to OLS, Dr. Metcalf was a principal in the international biotechnology advisory firm, the Epistat Group where he oversaw all aspects of biotechnology transfer negotiations and licensing agreements.

Brock holds a B.A. in Biology from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.A. in Biology from San Francisco State University, and a Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is a past Trustee of Oregon Graduate Institute and is currently active on the Corporate Development Committee of Oregon Health and Sciences University's Oregon Graduate Institute School of Science and Engineering.