Fred Rappaport

Mr. Rappaport has more than 30 years’ experience in the initiation and development of successful businesses including capital acquisition and business operations.  With over 20 years of experience in laser physics, he is formerly Founder, Chairman and CEO of Medeikon Corporation, a medical device company using optical technology for cardiovascular applications, where he raised more than $12 million dollars in startup capital and was instrumental in creating 17 issued patents. Mr. Rappaport has held several CEO and Chairman Positions in high tech start-up companies including Qusion Technologies, an optical component company for the telecommunications industry and Optical Diagnostics Incorporated, a medical device company focused on optical colposcopy (pap test). He also has expertise in creating investor, academic and industrial partnerships for the purpose of corporate development He was a member of the New Jersey Technology Council and the New Jersey Entrepreneurs Network and was the founder of the Central Florida Technology Council. Honorable discharge United States Marine Corps, aviation.