Founder of M.M. Dillon & Co. LLC, George W. Bickerstaff is Chairman at Optical Academy LLC. Mr. Bickerstaff is also Managing Director at CRT Investment Banking LLC and Managing Director at M.M. Dillon & Co. LLC and on the board of 7 other companies.

In his past career he was Chairman of Innoviva, Inc., Chairman for Cardax, Inc., Chairman for Cyclica, Inc., Chief Financial Officer of IMS Healthcare, Inc., Managing Director at CRT Capital Group LLC, Chief Financial Officer at IQVIA, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President of Workscape, Inc., Vice President-Finance for Cognizant Corp, Finance Director for Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Intellisource Group, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President for Uniscribe Professional Services, Inc., Chief Financial Officer for Novartis Pharma NV and Chief Financial Officer of Novartis Pharma AG.

George W. Bickerstaff received an undergraduate degree from Rutgers State University of New Jersey and a graduate degree from Harvard University.