About Us

Peter joined Schooner Capital in 2008 as a Managing Director after almost ten years with management consultancy McKinsey & Company. While there, Peter specialized in corporate finance and strategy, advising leading players in the consumer packaged goods and retail industries in the US, Latin America and Western Europe. He holds a JD/MBA from Harvard Law and from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker scholar, and an AB with Honors from Harvard University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in Economics and Social Studies.

Dr. Boone has spent the past 20 years as an innovator, developer, researcher and instructor in rehabilitation and bioengineering. A frequent lecturer at academic medical centers on a range of prosthetic and rehabilitation topics, and a widely published author, he is credited with multiple technology patents, including a foot-scanning technology that was licensed to Nike. Recently, he was the inventor and lead developer of two new patent-pending alignment technologies: Compas™ and RoboPAL, supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Boone received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and became one of fewer than ten American Ph.D.s with formal training and clinical experience in prosthetics.

Ted has been a Managing Director at Schooner Capital since 2004. He invests in U.S. venture and growth equity companies, as well as in alternative asset funds, with a particular focus on emerging markets. In addition to his directorship at Orthocare Innovations, Ted’s current and past directorships include Best Doctors, Coastal Clubs, Seventh Generation, SRS Medical, and StyleFeeder. Ted received an MBA from Harvard Business School and is a cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College, with a degree in Chinese language and culture.

Mr. McCormack has spent the past eighteen years working at the intersection of politics, policy, law and business assisting organizations and corporations, including early stage companies, in the medical technology and health care industries achieve strategic growth objectives.

A recognized Washington D.C. advocate and strategist, Mr. McCormack has achieved extraordinary success on behalf of a range of interests in the O&P field, including: Amputee Coalition of America, American Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists, Otto Bock HealthCare, Hanger Orthopedic Group and Survivor Corps (formerly Landmine Survivors Network).

Mr. McCormack studied Political Science and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California, and earned his Juris Doctorate from the American University Washington College of Law.