The founder, Professor Ernesto E. Blanco, is a mechanical engineer from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, class of 1956, where he has taught in several occasions. He is, at present, a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the area of creative engineering design, where he has
been teaching for the last 28 years.

His interest lies in the teaching of the invention process. During the last seven years at MIT his class has earned
seven patents in seven semesters, a record unequalled in any other institution. He currently holds almost 180 patents and applications in various fields, from consumer products to sports equipment, automotive, medical, neuroscience devices, arthroscopy, and ophthalmology. He has frequently served as an expert witness in patient litigation cases such as the famous Festo case which became a landmark in present litigation circles.

He established the following successful companies: Powerline Corporation (design of connectors for high tension transmission power lines); Flip it Corporation (design of automatic pancake cooking systems); Universal Textile Machine Corporation (design of knitting needle electronic detectors); Opthalmic Ventures Ltd. (design of advanced ophthalmic surgical instrumentation); and a private consulting corporation.

Lt.Col. Ricardo J. Blanco, USMC (Ret) is an engineering graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and holds advanced degrees from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Army War College.

During his 25 1/2 years of commissioned service as a Marine Artillery Officer, he held a number of command and staff positions within the United States and overseas to include advisor duty during the Salvadoran Civil War, and as a member of the staff of the Commanding General during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Operation Restore Hope (Somalia) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq).

He joined ERBLAN as Vice President upon his return from Operation Iraqi Freedom and subsequent retirement from
the Marines in 2004. He also holds a position with a leading technology consulting firm where he specializes in combat systems engineering.

Mr. Richard Stanley is an honors graduate of Colgate University and holds law degrees from Southern Methodist University and Boston University.

For 25 years he has held positions of responsibility with the Federal government and major financial institutions where he has negotiated and drafted agreements with foreign banks for securities custody and settlement, as well as foreign exchange.

His experience and expertise have ranged from banking and securities regulations to derivatives trading and shareholder disclosure rules. He has published law review articles on bankruptcy and on securities custody. He serves as Secretary and Corporate Counsel to ERBLAN Surgical.

Dr. Gil Wilshire, MD is a Reproductive Endocrinologist, a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and an experienced laparoscopic surgeon.

He obtained his medical degree from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and completed his fellowship in Reproductive Medicine at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.  

In addition to his duties as Medical Director of ERBLAN Surgical, Inc., Dr. Wilshire is the Medical Director of Technology Catalysts International (TCI) in Falls Church, Virginia, and is on the staff at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC..