Bio
Will Rosellini, JD, MBA
Will RosellinI has six advanced degrees spanning business, law, and science. Before he began his academic pursuits, Will was a professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks system.
After retiring from baseball, Will became fascinated with shrinking electronic devices to integrate into the nervous system and help patients with damaged nervous systems. To excel in this field of translational neurotechnology, Will obtained the relevant business, accounting, and legal background to develop technology and raise capital for preclinical and clinical studies. While pursuing these deal-making skills, he sought the ability to evaluate the technical feasibility of neuroprosthetic systems. In particular, his degrees are an MBA, MS of Accounting, a JD, a Master’s of Computational Biology, a Master’s of Neuroscience, and a Master’s of Regulatory Science. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience. His PhD work is focused on evaluating the safety and efficacy of a novel form of neurostimulation, called voltage-controlled capacitive discharge (VCCD), invented by Dr. Larry Cauller.
Previously, he founded and sold Texas Onsite Dental, a telemedical company. He founded the neuroscience company MicroTransponder Inc. and has raised over $18 million in funding to pursue novel treatments for several neurological disorders. One is an implanted wired neurostimulator that stimulates the vagus nerve for the treatment of tinnitus and post stroke motor rehabilitation. The second is the SAINT™ System, a wireless neurostimulation device for the treatment of urinary incontinence and chronic pain. Both neurostimulation platforms will be utilized in clinical trials to treat the various disorders..
Will was named Entrepreneur of the Year for 2009 by Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global.
Will is also currently also serving as a consultant on a video game from Square Enix and Eidos Montreal, Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Set in 2025 when human augmentations have become a reality, the game explores the ethics of neurotechnology and transhumanism in a world where the divide between the haves and have-nots of mechanical upgrades has caused global turmoil. Will wrote many of the scientific-based mechanical augmentation background notes and provided guidance for the developers on the bleeding-edge neurotechnology that is currently in human trials or late-stage development.
Will has presented on topics related to medical device business, human augmentation, and neuroscience to numerous audiences, from Neuroscience PhDs, to high school classrooms, to high-ranking military officials at DARPA, TATRC, and the DoD. He has presented to auditoriums of 500+ medical device professionals and scientists as well as many academic conferences. Will can captivate both the PhD neuroscientist and lay person with his description of the possibilities of neuro-enhancement of the human body. Will uses a great deal of humor and is very self-effacing in his presentation style. His precise descriptions of the brain-machine interactions and the ethics involved are very thought–provoking, and the audience usually realizes very quickly that the capabilities of technology raise significant ethical questions.
Here is a sample of some of the conferences he has presented at over the past few years:
- Neural Restoration Conference – Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.
- Unither NanoMedical & Telemedical Technology Conference – Motreal, QC
- Neurotechnology Industry Organization meeting – San Francisco, CA
- TATRC Acoustic Trauma Conference – San Diego, CA
- Interventional Pain Physician Conference – Nassau, Bahamas
- Rice Business Plan Finals – over 150 Venture Capitalists judging – Houston, TX
MicroTransponder Company Website: http://www.microtransponder.com
