Stephen has a 35-year career in founding, investing in, and building information technology companies. He is recognized for his leadership in data mining, analytics and business intelligence. In his current position he is the Managing Director of 23Bell LLC, an Invention Capital firm.

He is an Advisory Board Member to Austin base Genesis Inventions market leaders in cyber security development, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Center for Families and Children, a non-profit organization in Northeast Ohio’s most challenged communities. He serves on the investment screening committee for the North Coast Angel Fund, and is a member of The Global Center for Health Innovation Industry advisory board. An active member of the Entrepreneurs Organization, he also serves on the Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Clinic Board of Trustees.

The McHales, and on his maternal side, the Walshs, are from Castlebar, Co. Mayo. ♦