You don't need revenue to justify a good man in Finance. They are not bean-counters; they deal in the financial aspect of everything, including sales.
Transferring this technology is not just a matter of how much but of how. If we are dealing with a number of prospects about a number of products, and there is give and take going on about the structure of the deal(s), the close involvement of Finance is essential. This would be especially key if a transfer will require Torvec to fund some manufacture as someone will have had to have thought about how that is paid for.
I do not know what he has done, but no one can say it is nothing just because there is not revenue.
Honestly, it is so hard to listen in silence to some of these criticisms.
Fire away some of you. My Ignore setting is working beautifully.