Board of Directors
Jose Canseco
Jose is Chairman of the Board of Directors and a founder of MD Technologies Inc. Inc. He is also Managing Member and founder of TSB Ventures, LLC, a Louisiana based private equity investment company that counts MD Technologies Inc. as one of its portfolio companies.
Prior to starting TSB, Jose served as Vice-President of Mergers and Acquisitions of MD Technologies Inc. He has over 24 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, business and commercial practice, commercial litigation, governmental relations, land use and intellectual property law.
Previously, Jose was the General Counsel of United States Environmental Services, LLC. From 1997 to 2001, he was a General Partner with the law firm of Barton, Richardson, Canseco and Whitney, LLP. Prior to that, Jose was an attorney with the New Orleans, LA law firm of Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler and Sarpy, LLP, starting in 1984 and becoming a general partner in 1988.
Jose is active in his community, taking a leadership role in a number of civic boards. He has served on the board of directors of: The Louisiana Imports and Exports Trust Authority; the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation; the Orleans Private Industry Council; the Governor’s Pan American Commission; the New Orleans Chapter of the Volunteers of America; the Arts Council of New Orleans; the Louisiana State Arts Council; the Canal Street Development Corporation; and the Louisiana Artist Guild, Inc.
Jose received his BS in Accounting from Louisiana State University in 1981 and a Juris Doctor degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law School at Louisiana State University in 1984.
William C. Ellison, Chief Executive Officer
Bill is responsible for overseeing all facets of the company’s operations and execution of the company's strategic business plan. From February 2000 to the present, he has served as a member of the Board of Directors and Secretary of MD Technologies Inc.
From February 2000 to March 2008, Bill served as the General Counsel and was responsible for overseeing the company’s legal affairs. He has 23 years of legal experience in the areas of corporate and insurance law, employment practices, products liability, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, commercial litigation and general tort litigation.
Bill was a 1986 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he served as a member of the Moot Court Board from 1984-1986.
He has been a contributing editor to the several national legal reference books and is also a licensed insurance broker.
Thomas L. Frazer
Thomas, age 62, holds bachelor’s (1967) and master’s (1969) degrees in accounting from Louisiana State University. He is a partner in Frazer & Persac, A Professional Accounting Corporation, a CPA practice specializing in tax and financial services since 1980. He is a Certified Financial Planner and a member of AICPA and Louisiana Society of CPAs.
From September 2000 to Present, Thomas served as a Director of TilTech Aquaculture, LLC, an aquaculture firm. He also currently serves as a director of Trace Security, Inc. (August 2005 to present, Software Firm), and Future System Advisors, LLC (September 2005 to present, Insurance Systems and Product Development Company). He is a former Director of numerous other companies, including Fifth Generations Systems, Inc. (January 1987 to October 1993), a software firm with $50,000,000+ in sales annually, where he was Chairman and the largest individual shareholder.
He also served as a Vice President and Director of Helix BioMedix, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company focusing on the discovery, synthesis and commercialization of novel, bioactive lytic peptides proprietarily termed Cytoporins, from October 1994 until September 1999, and served as Vice President – Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Director from October 1999 until June 2001.
Thomas is active in numerous civic organizations. He is currently a member of the Executive Committee of LSU Research and Technology Foundation (January 2004 to present), Chairman of the Board of St. James Place, a continuing care retirement community (July 2003 to Present), and a Member of the Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Area Foundation (March 2006 to Present). He is also active in other business endeavors such as real estate and the organization of several local companies. He has served as a director of MD Technologies Inc. since June 2002.
Dr. Bruce C. Gockerman
Bruce graduated from Eastern Michigan University , receiving his AB in Economics, Magna Cum Laude; Wayne State University School of Law, receiving his Juris Doctor; University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, receiving his Masters of Business Administration and Doctor of Management from Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management.
He was in private practice from 1972 to 1976, VP/General Counsel for Century Boat Company from 1976 to 1978; founder and managing partner of Gockerman, Wilson, Saylor & Hesslin, P.C., from 1978 to 2000, where his practice specialized in corporate, labor, real estate law, business litigation and municipal law.
From 1998 to the present, Bruce has served as President and Senior Advisor of interdisciplinary economic and strategic management consulting at Standard Deviation Econometrics, Ltd. He has been an Adjunct Professor and has published numerous papers and presentations.
