About Us

Andy Dickson, is a charter member and Managing Director of the Ohio TechAngels.   Mr. Dickson has more than 20 years of professional experience in business development, product marketing, strategy development and deal structure in both the Internet industry and as a private equity investment professional.   

Mr. Dickson graduated with Bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Computer & Information Science from The Ohio State University and holds several securities licenses.  He is currently serving as both a Guest Lecturer and an Executive Mentor to the Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Academy at the Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business.  Andy is married and the father of a 10-year old daughter and a 7-year old son.

John O. Huston, Principal, USPrivateCompanies, LLC – During his 30-year banking career, Mr. Huston held positions ranging from Chief Lending/Chief Credit Officer to CEO at five banks in five states. Since retiring from banking in 2000, he has been an advisor, conduit, columnist and frequent speaker in his area of expertise…..optimizing a private company’s capital structure. An active business angel, he provides equity to entrepreneurs through his investment company, USPrivateCompanies, LLC. Mr. Huston was also pivotal in the formation of the Ohio TechAngel Fund and has been passionately engaged in the on-going success of the Fund.

Mr. Huston was one of seven Ohioans appointed by Governor Taft to the Ohio Venture Capital Authority, whose mission is to make professionally managed early stage capital more readily available to the state’s entrepreneurs. He has also taught Finance at The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business, and is a frequent judge for business plan competitions at Ohio’s colleges and universities. In addition to serving on several Advisory Boards for his portfolio