He is also the European venture partner for SOSV a $200m international investment fund and is currently running a Synthetic Biology Accelerator Program, IndieBio, in Cork, focusing on entrepreneurs building technologies in or around the field of Synthetic biology.
Previously, Bill co-founded XING, a pioneering business social networking platform in 2003 and served as COO of Davnet a telecommunications carrier that went public in the late 90’s. Bill serves as a special diplomatic envoy for St Kitt’s and Nevis, with an emphasis on sustainable development and the environment. Author of three books, he is a regular speaker at many events and venues such as The London School of Economics, The World Economic Forum, The Globe Forum in Sweden, The House of Commons and TED.
Between his two roles in San Francisco, Frank worked as a Joint Venture Business Manager for Millicom International Cellular in Luxembourg. Millicom is a publicly traded company that develops and operates cellular telephone networks in developing countries.
Following his return to Ireland in 1998 Frank founded two companies, both of which operated successfully and were ultimately sold. Firstly, Technology Research Group which provided research analysis and valuation services to Irish technology and investment companies/funds was acquired by a start-up US Venture Capital Company to spear-head its operations in Ireland.
Rappold also co-authored the chapter “Development and Validation of Small Molecule Analytes By Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry” in the 6th edition of the Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics (2016). This classic chemistry reference is considered the most current and authoritative guidance on selecting, performing, and evaluating the results of new and established laboratory tests.
In April 2015, he became a founder of Altan Pharma Ltd., which acquired the GES group of companies which operate out of Spain, for €87m.
Mr. O’Kelly serves on the boards of Youth Conservation Corps, Inc., and the Clara Abbott Foundation