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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Los Angeles based CEO’ operating in the Health Care space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Goop
Gwyneth Paltrow is one of today’s most prolific and celebrated actors in both television and film. Additionally, Paltrow continues to develop her lifestle brand: Goop; wellness advice, clean beauty, fashion & home. A testament to her undeniable acting talent is Paltrow’s role in Shakespeare in Love that catapulted her into awards stardom with Best Actress honors at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Academy Awards. In 2011. Gwyneth Paltrow was also honored with an Emmy Award for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as substitute teacher Holly Holiday on Fox’s smash-hit musical series Glee. In 2013, Paltrow published her second cookbook, It’s All Good, which joined her first-ever cookbook, My Father’s Daughter (published April 2011), on the New York Times Best Sellers list. She first established her credibility in the culinary field when she cowrote Spain, A Culinary Road Trip with acclaimed chef Mario Batali.
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About Goop: Goop is a lifestyle brand providing digital content and commerce.
Shaan Sethi
Founder & CEO of Jaanuu
Shaan is a Co-Founder / Managing Member of B4L Capital Management and a Co-Founder of Jaanuu by Dr. Neela. Previously, Shaan was an investment professional at the Yucaipa Companies, LLC, a multi-billion dollar private equity firm focused on investments in the apparel, retail, consumer products and distribution industries. Yucaipa’s investments included apparel companies such as Barney’s New York, Sean John, Zac Posen, American Apparel and Scoop. Prior to Yucaipa, Shaan spent over five years as an investment banker (most recently at CIBC World Markets) where he assisted consumer/retail clients with mergers and acquisitions, bank debt offerings and high yield debt issuances. Shaan’s client list included industry leaders such as Lululemon, Skechers, GSI Commerce, Quiksilver, DSW and American Eagle Outfitters. Shaan graduated Cum Laude from the University of California at Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in International Economics (focus on Japanese economy and language) and received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. For over a decade, Shaan has been an active member of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
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About Jaanuu: Jaanuu is the most contemporary medical apparel brand in the world.
Felix Bustos III
Co-Founder & CEO of ZB Technologies, Inc.
Felix is passionate about using emerging technologies and inspiring others to prevent cancer. His purpose in life is to help end cancer. After losing his mother, sister, niece, and two cousins to cancer, he committed to the mission of winning the fight against cancer through artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, precision nutrition, and preventive healthcare. During the Fall of 2019, Felix, together with a team of software developers, engineers, data scientists, and physicians, soft-launched HelenHealth.co, a digital health platform that connects people with the best oncology healthcare resources. While in graduate school he conducted research on artificial intelligence and developed a machine learning model for digital health platforms. The venture was developed at the Harvard Innovation Labs’ Venture Incubation Program and accelerated through Harvard Medical School’s Healthcare Innovation & Commercialization Fall 2020 cohort, as the team relentlessly synergizes new approaches to solving the cancer problem. The venture’s long-term vision is, to connect a global Digital Health Ecosystem with the best resources available for everyone to live a disease-free life. Prior to co-founding a health technology company, Felix spent more than a decade in leadership and senior-level positions at Fortune 500 and high technology startup companies. At Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE), he was part of the early R&D team that conceptualized an air-launched rocket, LauncherOne, prior to the project spinning off to Virgin Orbit (NASDAQ: VORB). He was also an early-stage team member at The Spaceship Company, which worked on SpaceShipTwo and a hybrid rocket engine. While at BAE Systems, he was part of an air-launch space transportation system team, now Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch. He started his R&D career at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works (NYSE: LMT). Felix was also on active duty in the U.S. Air Force and serves in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, as a joint staff officer, and is currently a reserve officer at the Defense Innovation Unit in Mountain View, California, providing technical/scientific expertise within the Space and Human Systems portfolios, and is the reserve lead for Artificial Intelligence. Awardee in The Top 100 Harvard Alumni in Technology of 2021.
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About ZB Technologies, Inc.: We’re a Health Technology company passionate about ending cancer by providing everyone with the best healthcare ecosystem.
Raja Dhir
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Seed Health
Raja Dhir is a life sciences entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Seed Health, a venture-backed microbiome company pioneering the application of bacteria for both human and planetary health. He leads Seed’s R&D, academic collaborations, technology development, clinical trial design, supply chain, and intellectual property strategy. Together with Dr. Jacques Ravel, he Co-Chairs Seed’s Scientific Advisory Board–an interdisciplinary group of scientists and doctors who lead research teams and teach at institutions including the teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the Trial Innovation Unit of Mass. General Hospital (MGH). Raja has designed clinical trials with leading academic institutions including the teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the Trial Innovation Unit of Mass. General Hospital (MGH). Raja has unique expertise translating scientific research for product development with a track record that includes patented inventions to stabilize sensitive compounds to improve alpha-diversity of the gut microbiome (derived from micro-algae) and most recently, the co-invention of microbial technologies to protect honeybee populations (Apis mellifera) from neonicotinoid pesticides and pathogen colonization. His work also includes biofermentation and scale-up for both facultative and strict anaerobic organisms. Raja has negotiated multiple joint-ventures, strategic partnerships, technology transfer and licensing agreements with publicly traded companies (NYSE, LSE) and academic institutions (Harvard Medical School, UCLA). To date, entities he has co-founded own the rights to 15+ patents and research emerging from $25MM+ of non-dilutive funding over 10+ years from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and National Institute of Health (NIH). Raja serves on the Editorial Board for the scientific journal, Microbiome. He is a member of the Microbiome Think Tank at Mass. General Hospital (MGH) and sits on the Advisory Committee for the International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP). Raja is also a Director and Co-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for Micropia, a $20MM microbial ecology / education platform and the world’s first museum dedicated to microbes.
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About Seed Health: Seed Health is a microbial company that focuses on therapeutics, consumer health innovations, and environmental solutions.
Brad Brooks
Co-Founder, CEO of TigerConnect
Brad is the Co-Founder and CEO of TigerConnect and a Co-Founder of Whisper. He previously ran DIC Entertainment as President for 6 years after working for Donaldson, Lufkin, and Jenrette as an Investment Banker. After acquiring the company with Bain Capital from the Walt Disney Company in 2000, he helped grow the company from less than $10mm of revenues to over $80mm in 2005 when he took the company public on the London Stock Exchange at a $200mm valuation. Brad received his BA from UC Berkeley and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
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About TigerConnect, Whisper: TigerConnect is a healthcare collaboration platform that streamlines clinical workflows and systems.
Chris Milk
Co-Founder, CEO and COO of Supernatural
Chris Milk is the Co-Founder, CEO, and COO of Supernatural. He is an artist, director, and technologist.He is the founder and CEO of [Vrse](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vrse#/entity). Milk has gained recognition as a music video director, working with Arcade Fire, U2, Kanye West, Green Day, Johnny Cash, Gnarls Barkley, Chemical Brothers, John Mellencamp, Courtney Love, and Modest Mouse. He has been honored with the top industry awards for his music video and commercial work, including the Grand Prix Cannes Lion, the D&AD Black Pencil, the Grand Clio, and SXSW’s ’Best of Show’, as well as multiple Grammy nominations, MTV Moon Men, and the UK’s MVA Innovation Award. Milk’s short film, Last Day Dream, played at film festivals around the world, and he directed the second unit of A Mother’s Promise, the film that introduced Barack Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards recognized his work in design and art in 2011. The Wilderness Downtown was named as one of TIME Magazine’s 30 Best Music Videos of all time, and was exhibited at MoMA in NY for 6 months in 2011. Milk builds multiple projects with Virtual Reality as the canvas. The collaboration with Beck called “Sound & Vision” has been exhibited in an Oculus Rift at the Future of Storytelling Summit, Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and Tribeca Film Festival. Chris Milk was born in New York.
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About Here Be Dragons, Supernatural, Within (VR/AR): Supernatural is an immersive, virtual reality fitness experience that combines music, coaches, destinations, and movements.
Yanghee Paik
CEO & Co-founder of Rael
Yanghee Paik joined Rael as CEO / Co-founder in 2018.
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About Rael: Rael makes natural and organic period products that don’t sacrifice comfort or performance.
Alan Collier
Chairman & CEO of Endonovo Therapeutics
Alan Collier Chairman & Chief Executive Officer has more than twenty years of experience in corporate finance, IP development, telecommunications and technology with a concentration in healthcare and technology over the last five years. Prior to his appointment as Endonovo’s CEO and chairman, Mr. Collier served as CEO and director of IP Resources International, Inc. where he was instrumental in developing a platform for for the licensing and acquisition of life science and technology companies. Previously, Mr. Collier served as a Senior Managing Director at Mid-Market Securities, a FINRA-registered Broker-Dealer. Prior to joining Mid-Market Securities, Mr. Collier was a Managing Director at Mosaic capital and co-managed its Capital Markets Group. He was previously a Vice President at Corporate Capital Group and Managing Director and CEO of Greenbridge Capital Group. Over the progression of his career, he has specialized in the development and financing of early stage, high growth, and acquisitive companies (public and private). He has structured, participated in, and completed numerous transactions including mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt placements, capital restructuring, joint venture development, and channel partner procurement. He has held numerous board and executive positions throughout his career in the telecommunications, technology, specialty finance, corporate finance and healthcare industries. Mr. Collier holds FINRA Series 7, 79, 63, and 24 Licenses.
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About Endonovo Therapeutics, IP Resources International: Endonovo Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing off-the-shelf regenerative products.
Erica Chidi
Co-Founder & CEO of LOOM
Erica Chidi is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at LOOM.
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About LOOM: LOOM is a platform helping women optimize their sexual and reproductive wellbeing.
Stephen Chen
Founder & CEO of Scanwell Health
Co-Founder and President at Learn To Be Foundation. Founder at Petnostics.
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About Learn To Be Foundation, Petnostics, Scanwell Health: Scanwell Health is an FDA-cleared urine testing application.
Matthew Stoudt
Co-Founder and CEO of AppliedVR
Matthew Stoudt has a strong track record of building innovative businesses. Matthew is currently the co-founder and CEO of appliedVR. appliedVR’s mission is to drive positive behavioral by leveraging the unique properties of VR. The company is initially focused on the health care market and has rapidly become the leading medical VR platform delivering validated therapeutic VR content to health care providers in the US and internationally. Prior to founding appliedVR, Matthew founded and built Outcast Media into the largest digital video platform at gas stations across the US. Matthew sold the business to Verifone in 2014. Matthew was also an EIR at McDonald’s Corporation where he successfully launched multiple businesses including an in-restaurant digital video network and a ready-to-heat meal solution in grocery stores across the US. Matthew began his professional career in finance, raising over $1 billion in capital for high growth companies while at DLJ and investing in high growth companies while at Triumph Capital Group.
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About AppliedVR: AppliedVR offers virtual reality-based therapeutic treatments that address the complexity of chronic pain.
Nick Sarnicola
Co-Founder & CEO of ViSalus
Nick Sarnicola is a lifestyle entrepreneur, sales leader, business catalyst, master team builder, and philanthropist with more than two decades of experience in building billion-dollar sales teams and transforming aspiring professionals into multi-millionaire entrepreneurs. In corporate and field roles, Nick has developed wildly successful people, products and companies in various industries—from direct sales and technology, to health and fitness, to international events and non-profits. A self-made decamillionaire by age 35, Nick develops people of all different backgrounds on how to maximum their potential. While leading a 100,000+ person sales force, his innovation of leadership systems and strategies produced high-performing teams in 16 countries, creating more than 50 millionaires. Nick is the Co-Founder & CEO of two global lifestyle brands with platforms that power health transformations and inspire people to turn their “Bucket List” into a “Liv List.” Recognized as a purpose-driven Leaders’ Leader, he has built companies from the ground up by investing in its people, leveraging their skillsets, raising up new leaders, and running his businesses as a lifestyle. Nick is able to market anything out of nothing. He’s an entrepreneurial firestarter with an expertise in launches of new brands, platforms, products, marketplaces and global sales leaders. He also specializes in producing stadium-sized events and curating multi-day epic life experiences. A career highlight was architecting an international sales team to pioneer the new vertical of “Challenge Marketing,” which grew his company’s Body by Vi Challenge into a nearly $2 billion-dollar platform. Nick most recently created a new Life Experience category by building a social platform around turning people’s Bucket Lists into Liv Lists—ensuring they don’t take their list to the grave. A charismatic keynote speaker, Nick educates audiences on business growth topics: sales leadership, the science of goal-setting, result-driven strategies, return on time (ROT) methods, and dynamic team building. He speaks all over the world at conferences and events, in pursuit of his personal mission: to educate, develop, contribute to, and entertain millions of people through entrepreneurship, mentorship, speaking and writing. Through mastermind classes and mentorship programs, he guides the world’s most talented, passionate and successful high achievers to their greatest victories. Committed to supporting social causes, Nick is actively involved in his companies’ give-back initiatives, ViCares and Liv2Giv. He founded NextGen, which educates and supports young aspiring entrepreneurs. In 2017, the Muskegon Community College named one of their buildings the Rooks Sarnicola Center for Entrepreneurial studies in honor of Nick’s contributions to entrepreneurial graduates. Ask Nick what he is most proud of, and he’ll tell you it’s raising his daughter and son to become confident leaders who will positively impact this world.
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About Liv Global, ViSalus: ViSalus is a health promoting company that created the Body by Vi 90-Day Challenge.
Gregg Renfrew
Founder & CEO of Beautycounter
A forward-thinking serial entrepreneur, our fearless founder Gregg turns concepts into thriving businesses: She sold her successful bridal registry company, The Wedding List, to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, where she served the company in executive management. Gregg was most recently CEO at Best & Co., a children’s retail group where she re-invigorated the traditional design retail model through brand strategy, marketing, and merchandising. Gregg has also consulted high-profile corporate retail spaces like Bergdorf Goodman, Intermix, and Lela Rose alongside entertainment clients including Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, and Jessica Alba.
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About Beautycounter: Beautycounter is a beauty brand that distributes products through relationship networks and online.
Frank Litvak
Chairman and CEO of Conor MedSystems
Frank Litvak, MD has been a director of the Company since March 2012. Dr. Litvack served as Chairman (from 2002) and CEO (from 2003) of Conor MedSystems, Inc., a publicly-held company focused on the development of vascular drug delivery systems, until its acquisition by Johnson & Johnson in February 2007. From 2000 to 2005, Dr. Litvack was Chairman of Savacor, Inc., a medical device company that was acquired by St. Jude Medical, Inc. in late 2005. Since 2000, Dr. Litvack has been a Professor of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles. From 1989 until 1997, Dr. Litvack was a founder and director of Progressive Angioplasty Systems Inc., which was acquired by United States Surgical Corporation. Since 1996, Dr. Litvack has been a member of Calmedica, LLC. Since 1985, Dr. Litvack has been an attending cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Litvack co-directed the Cardiovascular Intervention Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from 1986 to 2000. Dr. Litvack currently serves as a director of several privately-held corporations. Dr. Litvack holds an M.D. from McGill University.
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About Conor MedSystems, Entourage Medical Technologies, Pura Vida Investments: Conor Medsystems, LLC, founded in 1999, is a developer of innovative controlled vascular drug delivery technology.
Richard Adcock
Chief Executive Officer of ImmunityBio
In January 2021, Richard (Rich) Adcock was named Chief Executive Officer of ImmunityBio. He was the former CEO of NantKwest and has been in healthcare leadership positions for for 30 years. He is known for his experience in developing cultures centered on quick, strategic innovation. He is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt, ensuring that such initiatives are complemented by strong quality systems across the organization. Adcock formerly served as CEO of Verity Health, where he oversaw a successful reorganization process. He started his career in 1992 as a co-founder and Vice President of Research and Development for Micro Medical Systems, where he helped pioneer the development of early Cardiology Electronic Medical Records. Following the company’s purchase by GE Healthcare in 1999, Adcock acquired prominent responsibilities in healthcare innovation. He eventually received an MBA in Healthcare Management and joined Sanford Health, where he was President and later Chief Innovation Officer.
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About ImmunityBio, NantKwest: ImmunityBio is an offshoot of Soon-Shiong’s NantWorks conglomerate, developing molecular-level cell-based treatments for diseases.
Kyle Michelson
Founder & CEO of Getlabs
Kyle Michelson is the Founder and CEO of Getlabs. He previously founded Streamup, a live video streaming platform backed by Y Combinator, and studied at the University of Southern California and London School of Economics.
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About Getlabs: Getlabs is the nationwide leader for at-home diagnostic collections. Patients can book a nearby phlebotomist to draw their labs for Labcorp and Quest. Healthcare organizations and providers can dispatch medical specialists to their patients and collect labs, vitals, biometrics, and more.
Benjamine Liu
CEO and Co-Founder of TrialSpark
Benjamine Liu is the CEO and Co-Founder of TrialSpark. He is a former Computational Biologist at Translational Neuroscience and Dementia Research Group and ChenPloktin Lab, Department of Neurology. Mr. Liu graduated from Yale University with a bachelor of science in Biology and earned a master of philosophy in Computational Biology, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University and received a doctor of philosophy in Computational Biology and Psychiatry at the University of Oxford.
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About ResearchWe, TrialSpark: TrialSpark is a technology company that helps bring treatments to patients faster by reimagining how clinical trials are run.
Amit Munjal
Founder & CEO of Doctor Insta
Amit is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Doctor Insta. In his previous role, He was a CFO and Head of Investment Strategy at the $120 Billion Division of CitiGroup. Amit has multiple years of experience in Management Consulting, Private Equity, and Venture Capital and is a Subject Matter Expert in Scaling/Growth and Profit Optimization at e-commerce startups and Fortune 500 companies. Amit has been an active mentor and advisor to many startups in the USA and India and has been involved with Capital Innovators, St Louis, MO (USA)- one of the top 10 accelerators of the Country. Prior to his last role, Amit was a Senior Vice President of Growth & Investment Strategy at Bank of America and also did stints in Corporate Strategy Practice of Deloitte Consulting, in Corporate Development (M&A) with Randstad, and in Venture Capital with Kauffman Foundation. Amit has an MBA from Indiana University-Bloomington (where he was actively involved with Johnson Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation), Advanced Management Certification from Harvard Business School, and is a CFA Charterholder from CFA Institute, USA. In his spare time, he likes to travel, work out, read and try out new restaurants.
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About Doctor Insta: Bringing Healthcare to Everyone’s fingertaps; India’s 1st Video Medicine Company where One can consult Care-Givers anytime, anywhere.
Phil Martie
Co-Founder, CEO of Nicolette
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About Nicolette: Nicolette operates as a patient empowerment company.
Sumeet Bhatia
Founder and CEO of Aiva Health
Sumeet has over 17 years of experience building and deploying large scale web and mobile applications covering a broad spectrum of fields including health care, media, real estate and automotive. Most recently, Sumeet served as VP of Product for Slingshot Labs where he was responsible for social media and mobile app development. Sumeet spent four years managing a SaaS healthcare platform for Specialty Laboratories (now part of Quest Diagnostics). Sumeet received his BS, Computer Science and Engineering from UCLA.
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About Aiva Health: Aiva Health offers a voice-powered healthcare assistant for patient care.
Prashant Samant
Founder & CEO of Akido Labs
Prashant Samant is Founder & CEO at Akido Labs.
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About Akido Labs, University of Southern California’s Digital Health Lab: Akido is a care delivery platform based in Los Angeles with the mission to ensure our most vulnerable communities thrive.
Kate Miller
Co-founder and CEO of Miss Grass
Kate Miller is the Co-Founder and CEO at Miss Grass. She was a Founder and Co-President of MKPresents and Senior Manager & Director of Enterprises at Broadway Video. Ms. Miller graduated from the University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management.
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About Miss Grass: Miss Grass is a modern and elevated online magazine with captivating content and an e-commerce destination for modern cannabis consumers.
Josh Bruno
Co-Founder & CEO of Path
Josh Bruno is the Founder & CEO of Path. Prior to Path, he founded Hometeam when his family struggled to care for his 93-year-old grandfather. He believes that home care should go beyond the basics to provide a safe, reliable, and interactive service that creates happier days for seniors. Prior to Hometeam, Josh worked as an investor, operator, and engineer at companies like Bain Ventures, Bain & Co, and Yahoo. Learn More: www.pathccm.com
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About Path: Path makes it easy to find a world class mental health provider that’s covered by your insurance.
Amir Hemmat
Co-Founder & CEO of Welcome Tech
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About Welcome Tech: Welcome Tech is a digital platform that builds data-driven services for immigrant communities.
Steven Yu
Founder & CEO of StandDesk
Steven Yu is the founder and lead product developer for StandDesk, Inc., a innovative company poised to change the way people stay healthy, happy, and productive. From a very young age, Steven and his father (mechanical engineer) have designed, maintained, and repaired complicated machinery, like automative engines and transmissions. Although he received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California, he later applied his engineering talents during his International Masters Program in Beijing. Steven took on a project to develop the most affordable electric powered actuating system. Armed with his childhood mechanical engineering skills and married with his unique business flare, Steven completed the project in record time and now is poised to provide an affordable sit-to-stand desk solutions to the world.
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About StandDesk: A Wellness Company That Makes Awesome Standing Desks
Eirini Schlosser
Chairman & CEO of Dyania Health
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About Dyania Health, MedicusData.AI: Dyania Health develops a research platform for pharma companies and hospital systems.
Waleed Nasr
CEO, Co-Founder of Medely
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About Medely: Medely is an on demand platform for Healthcare professionals, like Registered Nurses and Techs to find Per Diem work.
Andrew Bilinsky
Co-Founder/ CEO of Lensabl
Andrew Bilinsky is co-founder at Lensabl.
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About Lensabl: Lensabl offers an online prescription lens replacement service.
Ildar Fazulyanov
Founder & CEO of WELL
Ildar Fazulyanov is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in healthcare, fintech and venture capital. He founded Well, Inc. over two years ago with a mission to provide access to highest quality care to everyone. Ildar has managed all aspects of running a successful healthcare business, including accounting, business development, Medicare licensing, recruiting clinicians, sales, marketing and HIPPA compliance. Prior to WELL Ildar founded and completely bootstrapped Greener Equity, a successful fintech company, sold to Econ Partners. Ildar started his career at Bain & Company. He worked for DB Alex. Brown and was part of a launch of DB Advisors from an internal trading desk to multibillion-dollar hedge fund. He also worked in Venture Capital at vSpring Capital ($450M AUM), now Signal Peak Ventures. Ildar graduated with MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth with Tuck Scholar Distinction and degree in Economics from BYU Magna Cum Laude.
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About Ampleo, WELL: WELL is globalizing healthcare and eliminating country borders to directly connect doctors, therapists and other healthcare specialists.
Katerina Markov Schneider
Chief Executive Officer of Ritual
Katerina Markov Schneider is the CEO & founder of Ritual, a stealth health technology company. Previously, she was a Venture Partner with Troy Carter in his investment fund, AF Square, where she managed an active portfolio of over 70 investments, including Styleseat, Dropbox, Warby Parker, Spotify, Uber, and Lyft. Earlier in her career, Katerina served as Head of Global Innovation at Atom Factory, a branding, digital, and entertainment management company, where she led digital strategy & high-level technology partnerships for artists such as Lady Gaga and John Legend, along with associated brands and investment portfolio companies. She previously worked as Global Lead of Digital Innovation at Universal Music Group; and before that, was the Senior Business Development Advisor to the company’s Chairman & CEO. Before Atom Factory, Katerina served as Global Lead of Digital Innovation at Universal Musical Group, and as an advisor to the CEO of Shine America where she developed strategies to build digital brands for TV properties. She also worked in business strategy & operations at FOX Audience Network and worked as an Investment Banker at Lehman Brothers in the Global Gaming and Lodging Business. Katerina earned a degree from Brown University in Applied Mathematics-Economics and is on the board of several startups. She was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 for Venture Capital list for 2014, serves as a Global Shaper for the World Economic Forum and lives in Los Angeles, CA with her husband, Michael, who is also an entrepreneur, and daughter, Tali
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About Ritual: Ritual is a health technology company that is re-inventing consumer products.
Nick Desai
Co-founder and CEO of HeyRenee
Nick Desai is the Founder and CEO of HeyRenee. He was the Advisor and Founder at Heal before that and leads the vision, strategy, recruiting, and fundraising for Heal. He’s raised over $47 million in venture capital for his four start-ups since 1998. Most recently, Nick was CEO of FitOrbit – the leader in internet-based weight loss coaching solutions funded by Spark Capital and health insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross. Nick holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC Irvine and an MS in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. He lives in the Pacific Palisades with his wife and one-year-old son – who is his pride and joy.
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About HeyRenee: HeyRenee is a patient-centric personal health concierge, designed to consolidate, coordinate and connect all aspects of medical care.
Joseph Terzi
CEO & Co-Founder of Priv
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About Priv: PRIV is a mobile and web platform where clients can book vetted beauty and wellness professionals to their location.
Wayne T. Smith
Chief Executive Officer of CHS (Community Health Systems)
Wayne Smith joined Community Health Systems in 1997 as President and Chief Executive Officer. In 2001, he was named Chairman of the Board. Smith is one of the most tenured executives in the hospital industry. Over the years, he has garnered professional recognition from his peers, investors, and the business community. He has been named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare each of the 12 years Modern Healthcare has published the peer voted list, ranking number 17 in 2013. Institutional Investor magazine has named Smith a Top CEO for the healthcare facilities sector several times over the past decade. Smith is currently Chairman of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and a past-chair and current board member of the Federation of American Hospitals and Nashville Health Care Council. He serves on the Board of Directors of Praxair, Inc., a publicly-traded company. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Auburn University. Prior to joining Community Health Systems, Smith was President and Chief Operating Officer of Humana, Inc., where he served in various management positions during his 23 years with that company. Smith holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Auburn University and a master’s degree in healthcare administration from Trinity University.
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About CHS (Community Health Systems): Community Health Systems is a provider of general hospital healthcare services.
Arash Hakhamian
Co-Founder & CEO of Dentulu
Dr. Arash Hakhamian, known as “Dr. Arash”, is a widely recognized and respected doctor of dental surgery focusing his time and energy in teaching dentists advanced clinical procedures and providing life-changing dentistry to his patients locally and internationally. Dr. Arash also serves as a consultant and teacher to current dentists on how to improve the efficiency and standards of their practice to better serve their patients.
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About Dentulu: Dentulu is a provider of teledentistry and mobile dentistry technology solutions to existing non-profits around the world.
Jesse Shapiro
Co-founder & CEO of Youtopia Snacks
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About Youtopia Snacks: Delicious 130-calorie healthy snack packs. #guiltfreegoodness
Veronica Santarelli
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Grassp Health
Executive | Entrepreneur | Investor | Health Consultant After graduating from St. Anselm College, Veronica began her career in the Health and Wellness industry at LA Weight Loss. In her role,she was responsible for opening and expanding new markets across the nation, the largest being in Los Angeles, where she set company sales records. She was also responsible for building and overseeing the sales operations and recruiting efforts. She then joined Equinox where she supported the successful growth of the brand across the Southern California market, helping to secure Equinox as the leader in upscale health clubs on the West Coast. As a sales leader for Equinox, she also supported recruiting and training of top sales talent to ensure sales goals were met. Veronica brings over 20 years of sales and management experience, along with a proven ability to expand into new regions. Veronica currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at Grassp Health, a leading medical cannabis health care organization improving access to medical-grade cannabis products, education and services. Grassp, a proprietary owned and operated MarTech platform provides compliant communications, inventory tracking and logistical support. Offering patients safe and transparent access to medical cannabis delivery through an omnichannel ordering platform in Arizona and California. Grassp Health assembled a team of experts and partnered with the UC Institute for Prediction Technology at UCLA to research and identify ways technology can improve public health and safety. Grassp Health supports assisted living, memory care and hospice communities, improving the lives and end of life care of patients battling cancer, disabilities, immobility, dementia/alzheimers, aphasia and PTSD with formulated and dosed cannabinoid therapy. As a self-reflective, servant leader, Veronica has an unwavering dedication to excellence. Drawing on her years of experience in sales, government relations, operations, brand building, organizational expansion and marketing. Building, mobilizing and managing teams that are cohesively focused on executing a unified vision while serving patients in our active Arizona and California markets is top priority. Partnering with Dr. Elaine Burns, Veronica also helped found and create Cannabis Community Talks (CCT) to ensure science-based education reaches patients in need of true medical advice who are considering cannabinoid therapeutics as an alternative to narcotics.
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About Cannabis Community Talks (CCT), Grassp Health: Cannabis Health Care Delivered. Discover Cannabis Therapuetics, Get Delivery.
Stephen Estes
Co-Founder & CEO of Wendi
Stephen Estes is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wendi, a digital assistant for healthcare providers that automates the front desk and back office of a medical practice.
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About Wendi, WeRecover: Wendi is a digital app for healthcare that automates patient screening, insurance verification, scheduling, paperwork, and communications.
Gordon Gould
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of SmartyPants Vitamins
Gordon Gould is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO at SmartyPants.
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About SmartyPants Vitamins: SmartyPants Vitamins offers gummy vitamins that include multivitamin, omega-3, and vitamin D supplements for kids and adults.
Dave Van Name
Co-Founder, CEO & President of Upstream Rehabilitation
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About Upstream Rehabilitation: Upstream is the fifth largest and one of the fastest growing providers in the outpatient rehabilitation market.
Wout Brusselaers
Founder & CEO of Deep 6 AI
Wout Brusselaers is the co-founder & chief executive officer at Deep 6 AI.
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About Deep 6 AI: Deep 6 AI is an AI-based platform that finds patients for clinical trials and it helps to provide cure to people.
Heather Hasson
Co-Founder and CEO of FIGS
Heather Hasson is the Co-CEO and Co-founder of FIGS, the digitally native, DTC healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand creating technically advanced products for the modern healthcare professional. FIGS has revolutionized the large and fragmented healthcare apparel industry by branding a previously unbranded industry and de-commoditizing a previously commoditized product. Under Heather’s leadership as a multi-disciplined entrepreneur, FIGS has reimagined scrubs, created premium products for healthcare professionals, introduced a convenient and seamless DTC online platform, and built a community around a profession. Heather’s accolades include being named in 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs (Goldman Sachs, 2018 & 2019); Endeavor Entrepreneur (Endeavor, 2015); Entrepreneur of the Year (Ernst & Young, Los Angeles Region, 2018); Forward under 40 Award (UW-Madison, 2011); Innovation Award (RxArt Foundation, 2019); and Top 100 Female Founders (Inc. Magazine, 2019). Additionally, under Heather’s leadership, FIGS was ranked Number 21 on Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing companies in 2018. Heather received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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About FIGS: FIGS is a health care apparel company focusing on the design, technical fabrications, and the comfort of scrubs for healthcare providers.
Trina Spear
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of FIGS
Trina Spear is the co-CEO and co-Founder of FIGS, an apparel company that provides comfortable, durable, functional, and stylish scrubs to medical professionals. Trina worked for the Blackstone Group’s hedge fund group before joining Heather Hasson to found FIGS. She is including the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs at Goldman Sachs’ Builders and Innovators Summit (2018), received the Emerging Entrepreneur award at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards for the Greater Los Angeles Region (2018), raised the 4th largest round for a female-founded company (2017) and is part of the 2018 class of Henry Crown Fellows in the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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About FIGS: FIGS is a health care apparel company focusing on the design, technical fabrications, and the comfort of scrubs for healthcare providers.
Kiki Freedman
Co-founder and CEO of Hey Jane
Kiki Freedman is the Co Founder of Hey Jane.
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About Hey Jane: Healthcare, on your terms
Christine Carrillo
Founder & CEO of Butlr Health
Christine Carrillo is a 3x founder and software engineer. Currently the CEO and co-founder of Butlr Health. Prev founder/CEO @ JOANY.
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About Butlr Health, Techstars: Managed marketplace that matches people with highly vetted therapists.
Sisun Lee
Founder and CEO of More Labs
Sisun Lee is CEO at 82 Labs.
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About More Labs: More Labs is a dietary supplement that helps the body’s natural detoxification process after a crazy night out.
Abner Mason
Founder & CEO of ConsejoSano
Abner Mason is an entrepreneur and senior executive who has led multiple high profile organizations and has served in both civic and business roles. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of ConsejoSano, the only patient engagement and care navigation system designed for Medicaid/Medicare, underserved and multilingual populations to better engage with the healthcare system. In 2018, while at ConsejoSano, Abner founded the Health Tech 4 Medicaid coalition, a group comprised of healthcare and technology leaders collaborating together on innovation and solutions for Medicaid. The coalition was formed following ConsejoSano’s Future of Medicaid forum, a 2018 event held during J.P. Morgan week in San Francisco that featured opening remarks from former Medicare/Medicaid Administrator Andy Slavitt and other leaders. In 2018, Abner was invited to join the founder’s council of United States of Care, a non-profit organization founded by former Medicare/Medicaid Administrator Andy Slavitt that is dedicated to ensuring that every single American has access to quality, affordable healthcare regardless of health status, social need or income. Other members of the United States of Care founder’s council include Mike Leavitt, former governor of Utah and former HHS secretary, former Senate Majority Leader, Bill First, investor Mark Cuban, Bernard Tyson of Kaiser Permanente, David Torchiana of Partners Healthcare, Tony Tersigni of Ascension Health, Steve Safyer of Montefiore Medical Center, Judy Rich of Tucson Medical Center, Patrick Conway of BlueCross BlueShield North Carolina, Dignity Health’s Lloyd Dean, Richard Gilfillan of Trinity Health, and Providence St. Joseph Health’s Rod Hochman. In 2017, Abner spoke about ConsejoSano and its work among underserved populations at TedMed Hive, an annual event that brings healthcare leaders together. Abner previously served as Founder and CEO of the Workplace Wellness Council of Mexico from 2008 – 2016, which provides member companies with access to cutting edge workplace wellness programs and a forum to share best practices. With 152 current clients including 40 multi-nationals, the Mexico Council is now the leading workplace wellness company in Mexico. From 2002 – 2009, Abner served as Founder and Executive Director of AIDS Responsibility Project, where he led the successful efforts to create CONAES and JaBCHA, the first business councils on HIV/AIDS in Mexico and Jamaica. Abner was appointed by US President George W. Bush to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, where he served as Chairman of the International Sub-Committee from 2002 – 2005. Abner also served as Chief Policy Advisor, Chief Secretary, and Undersecretary of Transportation and Construction and Deputy Manager of the MBTA for Massachusetts Governors Paul Cellucci and Jane Swift from 1997 – 2002. He was appointed by Massachusetts Governor William Weld to the Nation’s first Governor’s Gay Youth Commission and served from 1992 – 1995. Additionally, Abner was National President of Log Cabin Republicans from 1995 – 1997, an association of Republican gays and lesbians. Abner also worked as an Associate Consultant at strategy consulting firm Bain & Company from 1985-1987.
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About ConsejoSano: Multicultural engagement and navigation solutions
Mike Porath
Founder & CEO of The Mighty
Mike is the founder and CEO of The Mighty. He has held a variety of writing, editing, producing and executive roles at media companies including ABC News, NBC News, The New York Times and AOL. He serves on several non-profit boards that help people with rare diseases and was named one of the world’s top 50 philanthropists by Town & Country in 2017.
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About The Mighty: The Mighty is a digital health community created to empower and connect people facing health challenges and disabilities.
Hooman Fakki
co-founder, CEO of H2 Wellness
Hooman Fakki is the co-founder and CEO of H2 Wellness. He was previously the co-founder of California Sleep Disorder Institute (sold in 2002), co-founder of Neurolink Diagnostics (sold in 2004) and is currently a shareholder and serves on the board of directors of Wellness FX.
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About H2 Wellness, H2 Wellness: H2 Wellness is a SaaS-based technology company delivering online and mobile interactive health management platforms.
John Paul DeJoria
CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems
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About John Paul Mitchell Systems, Patrón Spirits International, ROK Global: John Paul Mitchell Systems is the company known for Paul Mitchell hair care products and styling tools.
Daina Trout
CEO & Co-founder of Health-Ade
Daina Trout was working for a big corporation and feeling like a number. With her boyfriend and best friend, she set out to found a company–and settled on what was already brewing on her kitchen table: kombucha. An avid fermenter who’d studied nutrition, she found a niche almost immediately: high-quality fermented tea infused with herbs, cold-pressed organic juice, and spices. Breaking into the refrigerated-beverage case was no simple task, but in 2018, Health-Ade became the fastest-growing refrigerated beverage brand in the U.S. It’s in 26,000 stores and has 220 employees, mostly in and around Los Angeles, where the company brews the tea in 2.5-gallon glass jugs, all in its own facility.
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About Health-Ade: Health-Ade kombucha offers a bubbly and delicious probiotic tea
Ophir Tanz
Founder & CEO of Pearl
Ophir Tanz is the founder and CEO of Pearl, an artificial intelligence company focused on the dental category. He is the former founder and CEO of GumGum, a leading computer vision company and creator of the world’s first largest in-image ad platform. Prior to launching GumGum, Ophir was CEO and co-founder of Mojungle.com, a mobile-media sharing platform that was sold to Shozu.com in 2007. Before this, Ophir co-founded and sold Fluidesign, an interactive and branding agency. He holds a BS in Computer Science and MS in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University.
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About Human Longevity, Pearl: Pearl is a computer vision company focusing on solving challenging problems in the dental industry.
Josh Israel
CEO and Founder of Hava Health
Josh is currently co-founder of Hava Health, a pre-clinical stage startup with a mission is to help people overcome nicotine addiction. He previously re-located to India with his co-founder and built Thrill Group over the course of 4 years which was sold to Shaadi.com
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About Frivil, Hale Therapeutics, Hava Health: Solving Nicotine Addiction Through Technology. A connected device that automatically adjusts nicotine intake.
Jeff Chen
Co-Founder & CEO of Radicle Science
Jeff Chen currently works as the Co-Founder and CEO for Radicle Science. He previously worked at The National Institutes of Health as the Mentor.
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About Radicle Science: Radicle Science is a health tech company that offers an accelerated, non-FDA route to drug validation.
Peter Pastewka
President, CEO of Pastewka Family Holdings
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About Pastewka Family Holdings: Pastewka Family Holdings provide general management of family investments.
Jeremy Bluvol
Chief Executive Officer of Anagram
Jeremy Bluvol is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Anagram.
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About Anagram: SaaS and marketplace for eye care doctors to process insurance benefits and deliver better pricing on eyewear
Chris Nicholson
Co-Founder ,CEO & Board Member of mPulse Mobile
Chris Nicholson is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of mPulse Mobile, a Mobile Experience Management (MXM) company focused on delivering cloud-based, HIPAA compliant communication solutions for the healthcare industry. Chris has over 20 years of healthcare and technology leadership experience from prominent companies such as Humana and Verizon. Prior to joining mPulse, Chris spent over a decade in strategic leadership roles at Humana, a Fortune 100 healthcare company. Most recently, Chris served as the VP and COO of Wellness for Humana, a role in which he was responsible for managing a $200M+ P&L and integrating five acquired companies to build the second largest wellness company in the U.S. Previously, Chris led Humana’s Strategic Consultancy division, an enterprise shared services team that was created to accelerate collaboration across department silos to transform the business. As the leader of product development and innovation teams, Chris developed patented communication solutions that received industry-wide recognition and awards, and more importantly, improved the healthcare experiences of millions of consumers. Chris has helped shape the future of the mobile healthcare technology both nationally and internationally as a frequent conference speaker and industry thought. Previous engagements include the CES Digital Health Summit, Mobile Health Expo, Harvard Medical Healthcare Communications Forum, and mHealth Summit, HP World Forum. He has contributed to numerous research studies and articles, including Forrester Research, eMarketer, MedHealth World and the Wall Street Journal. Chris also served as an advisor and board member to wellness companies, including Harris Rothenberg International, Hummingbird Coaching Systems, mobileStorm, LifeSynch and HumanaVitality.
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About mPulse Mobile: mPulse Mobile, the leader in mobile health engagement, drives improved health outcomes and efficiencies by activating healthcare consumers
Arie Belldegrun
President, CEO and Founder of Kite Pharma
Arie Belldegrun joined Breakthrough Properties as Co Chairman in 2018.Belldegrun is the Director of the Institute of Urologic Oncology and Professor and Chief of Urologic Oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he has held the Roy and Carol Doumani Chair in Urologic Oncology since 2000. Belldegrun also serves as Chairman, President, CEO and Founder of Kite Pharma, Inc., Chairman of Arno Therapeutics, Inc. and Chairman of UroGen Pharma Ltd. (formerly TheraCoat Ltd.). Until 2013, he served as a director of Nile Therapeutics Inc. and until October 2014 he served as a director of SonaCare Medical LLC. Belldegrun was the founder and founding Chairman of Agensys, Inc. and the co-founder and founding Vice Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of Cougar Biotechnology (which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2009). Belldegrun is Chairman and Partner of Two River Consulting, LLC. Belldegrun has also held the positions of Chairman of the Molecular and Biological Technology Committee of the American Urological Association and member of its Technology Assessment Council; member of the Governor’s Council on Bioscience for the State of California; biotechnology group leader of the Mayor of Los Angeles’ Economy and Jobs Committee; and is the author of more than 500 scientific publications. Belldegrun received his medical degree at the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School and conducted his post-doctoral studies in immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. He completed his urologic surgery residency at Harvard Medical School and his fellowship at the National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health. Belldegrun’s career as a leading medical researcher and his entrepreneurial activities in various pharmaceutical ventures provide scientific expertise and pharmaceutical development experience.
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About Breakthrough Properties, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Kite Pharma, Kronos Bio, Two River, University of California, Los Angeles, Vida Ventures, Vida Ventures: Kite Pharma is a development-stage biotechnology company designing and developing immune-based therapies to treat cancer indications..
Christian Stiller
Founder & CEO of Brightmind
Christian graduated from Champlain College in 2011 before going to work for Keurig Green Mountain as the Marketing Manager for Los Angeles. Passionate to share the benefits of mindfulness meditation, Christian went on to found Brightmind Meditation LLC, which is developing an iPhone app featuring the meditation system of Shinzen Young.
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About Brightmind: Brightmind helps you quickly move beyond the beginner level of meditation practice through customized and practical instruction.
David S. Williams III
Co-Founder & CEO of Care3
David is a thought leader in healthcare communications and consumer digital health. Care3 is inspired by David’s experience caring for his mother prior to her passing and his special needs son. Prior to Care3, David was co-Founder and CEO of InvolveCare, a mobile task crowdsourcing platform for family caregivers incubated within Aetna’s Healthagen unit. Inspired by his 10-year caregiving role with his mother, a multiple cancer survivor, InvolveCare reached thousands of families and generated multi-millions in revenue in its first year. Based on this success, Aetna approved InvolveCare’s acquisition and enterprise integration after only 14 months in operation resulting in a strong exit for the team. Prior to InvolveCare, David was Founding Executive, Chief Marketing Officer, and Head of Business Development at PatientsLikeMe, the world’s first consumer health data sharing platform. PatientsLikeMe has been heralded by numerous media outlets including Fast Company—ranking PatientsLikeMe the #2 Most Innovative Healthcare Company in 2010 (behind GE Healthcare). A recognized thought leader in consumer digital health and healthcare communications, David is a published author in peer-reviewed journals, Nature Biotechnology and the Journal of Communication in Healthcare. David’s previous corporate experience includes neuroscience global strategy positions with Eli Lilly and Company and healthcare strategy and systems consulting with Deloitte. David serves on the Board of Advisors of The Price Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at UCLA. He is a 2013 Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. David earned a BS in Economics and Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA in Digital Strategy with a certificate in Corporate Governance from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
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About Care3, InvolveCare: Care3 is a health journey platform for users to store, visualize, and share their health information with care teams.
Alison LaSov
Co-Founder & CEO of Advekit
Alison is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and CEO of Advekit, the online marketplace that provides an end-to-end solution for patients seeking Mental Health treatment. Alison is a Los Angeles native and earned her B.A. from UCLA and an M.A. from Pepperdine University.
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About Advekit: Advekit is an online healthcare platform that makes mental health therapy easily accessible and affordable.
Daniel Zakowski
CEO & Co-Founder of Ready, Set, Food!
Daniel Zakowski is the CEO & Co-Founder at Ready, Set, Food.
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About Ready, Set, Food!: Ready, Set, Food! develops an evidence-based solution that makes it easy for parents to protect their babies from common food allergies.
Robert L. Antin
President and Chief Executive Officer of VCA Antech
Robert L. Antin, one of our founders, has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman since our inception in 1986. From September 1983 to 1985, Mr. Antin was President, Chief Executive Officer, a director and co-founder of AlternaCare Corp., a publicly held company that owned, operated and developed freestanding out-patient surgical centers. From July 1978 until September 1983, Mr. Antin was an officer of American Medical International, Inc., an owner and operator of health care facilities. Mr. Antin received his MBA with a certification in hospital and health administration from Cornell University.
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About : VCA Antech is the leading provider of pet health care services in the country with a nationwide clinical laboratory system.
Joshua Reischer
CEO and Founder of Health Note
Joshua Reischer is the CEO and Founder of Health Note.
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About Health Note: Health Note is an AI platform that automates provider tasks by collects patient information and automatically documenting data into EHRs
Peter Wang
CEO and Co-Founder of Honeybee Health
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About Honeybee Health: Honeybee Health is an online pharmacy selling prescriptions at fair, affordable prices.
David King Lassman
CEO of GigXR
David has 20 years’ experience in the technology industry as an entrepreneur. His first company, Doublestruck Ltd, provided teacher support software products to over 95% of the UK school market until the company was acquired by AQA, the UK’s largest examination board. In 1999, he founded and was CEO of Connextra Ltd, a UK-based Internet business providing online marketing, analytical and contextual advertising solutions to the global betting industry. Not a gambler himself, he led the business through two investment rounds to profitability and a trade sale in 2005. He holds an Honors degree from Middlesex University, London in Music Performance and Technology.
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About Doublestruck, GigXR: GIGXR is a SaaS startup that uses mixed reality to drive training outcomes in healthcare, helping to save lives and costs globally.
Ramin Bastani
Founder and CEO of Healthvana
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About Healthvana: Improving health and healthcare.
Darshan Shah
CEO, Founder and Medical Director of Next Health
Darshan Shah is a health and wellness specialist, well known surgeon, published author, tech entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of NEXT|HEALTH®. As an expert on all body systems, he has performed over 10,000 surgical procedures in his 15 years of experience, including trauma surgery, general surgery and plastic/reconstructive procedures. He is a graduate of Mayo Clinic, Harvard Business School and Singularity University. As a health and wellness specialist, he has advised thousands of patients on how to optimize their well-being and extend their lifespan, culminating in the creation of NEXT|HEALTH®, the “Apple Store” of Health and Wellness offering health-span and lifespan extending technology and treatments in a beautiful, welcoming environment.
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About Next Health: Next Health is a next generation health & wellness center that is a fusion between traditional & alternative medicine.
Janusz Sowadski
CEO of DNA SEQ
Janusz Sowadski was trained as a protein crystallographer – a scientist focused on the crystal structures of proteins as well as structure-based drug design – and the modeling of signaling molecules (kinases and phosphatases). Mr. Sowadski’s crystallographic team in La Jolla, sponsored by the University of California at San Diego, “solved” the first structure of protein kinases in 1991, which in turn established a firm structural foundation for the entire extended family of specific cancer cell inhibitors that exists today. This work was awarded the U.S. Supercomputing Award conferred annually by the U.S. Supercomputing Society to an individual or team who has done the most in the prior year to advance the field of supercomputing. Mr. Sowadski was also a critical member of the team of industry scientists assembled by Ciba-Geigy (now Novartis AG Basel) who together designed the first three-dimensional model of an inhibitor/protein kinase complex, and this model led to the design of Gleevec, the most effective targeted oncology drug used in the treatment of a form of leukemia (CML) and stomach cancer (GIST). Gleevec is among the top 30-revenue-producing pharmaceuticals in the world today. After these achievements, Mr. Sowadski co-founded two successful ventures, one of which was focused on small-molecule drugs in the field of protein kinase inhibition, and the other focused on cancer diagnostic and cancer therapeutic platforms. Mr. Sowadski received a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Warsaw University (Poland), and an M.S. in Biophysics from the University of Virginia. He also completed post-doctoral work at Yale University. He has held research faculty positions at the University of California, San Diego and at Tufts University.
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About DNA SEQ: DNA SEQ offers reports that match a patient’s genomic profile to targeted therapies using crystallography-based filtering methodology.
Ryan Woodbury
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Needed
Ryan Woodbury is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Needed.
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About Needed: Needed is a pregnancy nutrition and education company that supports optimal nourishment before, during, and after pregnancy.
Rick Shinto
Chief Executive Officer and President of InnovaCare Health
Dr. Richard A. Shinto, also known as Rick, M.D., serves as Chief Executive Officer and President at InnovaCare Health Solutions, LLC. Dr. Shinto serves as Chief Executive Officer at MMM Healthcare, Inc. He served as Chief Executive Officer at Aveta Inc. Dr. Shinto served as Chief Executive Officer at MMM Healthcare, Inc. and PMC Medicare Choice, Inc. Dr. Shinto has more than 20 years of clinical and operational healthcare experience in managed care. From 2008 until its sale in 2012, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Aveta Inc., of North American Medical Management of Illinois, Inc. and he was a member of the management team. Dr. Shinto served as Chief Medical Officer of NAMM California. Prior to joining NAMM, Dr. Shinto was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer for Medical Pathways Management Company. After serving as the Corporate Vice President of Medical Management for MedPartners from 1996-1997, he left to become the Chief Medical Officer for Cal Optima Health Plan in Orange County, California. Dr. Shinto began his medical tenure as an internist and pulmonologist practicing in Southern California. He serves as a Director of InnovaCare Health Solutions, LLC. Dr. Shinto received his B.S. from the University of California at Irvine, his medical degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and an M.B.A. from the University of Redlands.
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About InnovaCare Health: Offering seniors comprehensive benefits that not only meet their medical needs but also contribute to their emotional and mental well-being.
Naseer Hashim
Chairman & CEO of Imaging Advantage
Naseer Hashim is the Chairman & CEO at Imaging Advantage.
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About Imaging Advantage: Imaging Advantage provides evidence-based, end-to-end, technology-enhanced radiology solutions to hospitals in the U.S.
Robbins Schrader
Co-Founder & CEO of SafeRide Health
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About SafeRide Health: SafeRide Health’s mission is to restore access and dignity to care. We partner with the nation’s leading Medicaid and Medicare plans.
Amro Albanna
Co-Founder, President, and CEO of Aditxt Therapeutics
Amro Albanna currently works as Co-Founder, President, and CEO at Aditx Therapeutics.
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About Aditxt Therapeutics: Aditxt Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing a novel nucleic acid-based technology.
Brian Neman
Founder & CEO of Sanguine
Founder of Sanguine.
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About Sanguine, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy: Sanguine develops innovative technology solutions for clinical researchers.
Yermie Cohen
CEO of Memorang
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About Memorang: Duolingo for middle school through medical school (Muckerlab S15)
Zachary Gobst
CEO of Leapcure
Zachary is responsible for guiding Leapcure toward achieving its vision of reducing clinical trial cycle time by two years. Zachary primarily oversees marketing, sales, and operations.
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About Leapcure: Leapcure offers tools for clinical trial patient recruitment, engagement, and retention.
Paul Viskovich
CEO of Healthfully Inc
Paul Viskovich is the founder and CEO of Healthfully Inc. Paul has over 20 years’ experience in the healthcare software industry. Prior to Optima Curis, Paul was President of Orion Health Inc in North America where he led the company from start up to one of leading Health IT companies in North America. Paul is passionate about healthcare and how to apply technology to improving healthcare outcomes.
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About Amdahl Corporation, Fujitsu, Healthfully Inc: Simplify the healthcare experience, so consumers can get the care they need, the support they want & inspiration to achieve better health.
Jing Zhang
CEO of ZSFab
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About ZSFab: ZSFab dedicates to provide modeling optimization and 3D printing of patient specific surgical guide & biocompatible.
Ifeanyi Ossai
Co-Founder and CEO of CribMD
Ifeanyi Ossai is the Founder and CEO of CribMD.
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About CribMD: CribMD affordable subscription-based telemedicine and doctor house calls on-demand in Nigeria where primary care is in short supply.
Noah Craft
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of People Science
Noah Craft is Chief Scientific Officer of Direct Dermatology and is a practicing dermatologist in Los Angeles. He completed his Dermatology Residency at UCLA and was a graduate of the prestigious STAR Program there. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Brown University and then attended UCLA for both his MD and PhD degrees. In 2005, he completed the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Noah Craft has been a leader of several local and statewide teledermatology programs in California.He is also focused on the development and implementation of decision-support innovations to reduce diagnostic errors while providing performance-improving education at the point-of-care including VisualDx. Noah Craft has published over 45 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 17 book chapters, and he is the senior editor of a popular dermatology textbook, VisualDx: Adult Dermatology Essentials. He has received over 25 NIH and private research grants to support his basic science, translational, and telemedicine research.
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About BioGraph 55, People Science: People Science is a tech-led R&D platform for alternative medicine.
Sameer Sontakey
CEO / FOUNDER of Biostrap
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About Biostrap: We Turn Health Data into Health Opportunity
Mike Kwon
CEO of WhiteCoat Healthcare
Mike Kwon is a CEO at WhiteCoat Healthcare.
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About WhiteCoat Healthcare: WhiteCoat brings quality healthcare to patients in the comfort of their own homes, including urgent care, IV therapy, and lab testing.
Sachin Patel
Chief Executive Officer of Apixio
Sachin Patel is the Chief Executive Officer at Apixio.
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About Apixio: The data science company for healthcare
Alli Schaper
Co-Founder and CEO of The Multiverse
Alli Schaper is the Co-Founder and CEO at Into The Multiverse.
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About The Multiverse: Functional Mushroom Product Marketplace
Sean Patrick Kelly
CEO of SnackNation
Sean Patrick Kelly was born and grew up in Traverse City, MI as the son of an athletic dentist father with an almost maniacal work ethic and an adventurous teacher mom with an insatiable passion to serve others. These two exemplified traits – work harder than those around you and serve others before yourself – became the foundation from which Sean was built. Along with his paternal grandfather, who started giving Sean biomedical engineering journals at the age of twelve, Sean’s parents also stressed the importance of maintaining a high quality of health, fitness and nutrition in leading a happy, fulfilled and high-performance life. As a result, nutrition and athletics were a staple of Sean’s early years. He competed intensely on the varsity soccer and track teams in high school, won two national championship medals in freestyle snowboarding as a teenager, and became a certified personal fitness trainer at the age of seventeen.
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About SnackNation: Healthy snack delivery service that makes healthy snacking fun, life more productive, and workplaces awesome… and now, your home!
Brandon Welsh
CEO and Founder of RecovHub
Brandon Welsh was born in 1987 in Redwood City, CA, the halfway point between Silicon Valley and the City of San Francisco, and spent several years between the Bay Area and Rocklin, CA. but spent several years in Rocklin, CA. Having previously worked with Trulia from startup to IPO, Brandon offers a vast skill-set applicable in the information technology industry. Outside of the professional world, Brandon offers much more than just his professional capability. Some colleagues and friends would recognize Brandon Welsh for being a humble, driven, funny, successful, and admirable individual that’s willing to go the extra mile to help others. After personally being affected by addiction and losing several friends throughout the years, Brandon decided to start Recovhub. As a startup changing the way patients and providers connect for substance abuse treatment, Recovhub offers a nationwide drug rehab database where individuals can search listings by city and state or zip code and connect directly to the treatment center of their choice.
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About RecovHub: SaaS, B2B, B2C, Cloud, CRM, Lead Generation, Healthcare, Information Systems, Search Engine
Paul Caruso
Founder, CEO of Grantey
A serial entrepreneur, startup founder, startup mentor, and advisor. A true self-starter, highly motivated over-achiever with a reputation of being a real “thinker-doer” and “A” player. If I could find 3 things that define me in business: Persistence, Passion, and true fearlessness. Experienced Startup Founder and Sales Executive with a demonstrated history of success working in the computer software and technology industry with both early-stage startups and enterprise companies. Skilled in Negotiation, Anything Outbound Sales, Strategic Partnerships, Marketing, Pitching. Entrepreneurship, International Business, Project Management, Raising funds, and Venture Capital. Strong track record of always exceeding targets/quotas and breaking records. 4.9 Grit Score.
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About Grantey: Using NLP to streamline the grant application writing process for Academic, Healthcare, and Biomedical Research Institutions
John Petrovich
Chief Executive Officer of Alfred Mann Foundation
Petrovich graduated from USC with a BS in Finance and received his JD from UCLA. He has over twenty years’ experience in private practice as a corporate finance lawyer and ten years of senior executive experience in biotech and biomedical companies, including serving as CEO of Calando Pharmaceuticals and Insert Therapeutics, both startups launched out of Caltech to develop cancer therapeutics.
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About Alfred Mann Foundation: Alfred Mann Foundation is a developer of innovative solutions for significant unmet medical conditions.
Leslie Michelson
Chairman and CEO of Private Health Management
Leslie D. Michelson is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Private Health Management, a unique, patient-focused company that has helped hundreds of private individuals and thousands of corporate clients obtain exceptional medical care through a cutting-edge and proprietary team-based approach. His best-selling book, The Patient’s Playbook: How to Save Your Life and the Lives of Those You Love, empowers readers to achieve the best possible health outcomes by using the same lessons and tools. Mr. Michelson is the CEO of The Patient’s Playbook, which delivers content to help people become more effective health care consumers across multiple forms of media. Mr. Michelson has been involved in almost all aspects of the health care system, starting at age 29 when he served as Special Assistant to the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a position he held during the Carter and Reagan administrations. Since then, he has founded and led five entrepreneurial health care companies focused on improving quality of care; he was CEO of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, the world’s largest source of philanthropic support for prostate cancer research; and he has been an active investor, advisor and board member for many companies. Mr. Michelson is on the Advisory Board of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the board of the ALS Therapy Development Institute. He also serves as a director of a number of real estate investment trusts, business development corporations, and health services and life sciences companies. Mr. Michelson received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and J.D. from Yale Law School. He and his wife, Beth, have two daughters, a son-in-law, and a grandson, and live in Los Angeles.
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About Private Health Management: Private Health Management are fiercely committed to an approach rarely seen in healthcare.
Susanne Mitschke
CEO & Co-Founder of Citruslabs
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About Citruslabs: Clinical trials run on Citrus
Bassil Dahiyat
Founder, President & CEO of Xencor
Bassil I. Dahiyat, Ph.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2018 and as chair of our audit committee and a member of our compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee since September 2018. Dr. Dahiyat has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Xencor, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, since February 2005. Dr. Dahiyat co-founded Xencor in 1997, served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1997 to 2003 and served as its Chief Scientific Officer from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, Dr. Dahiyat was recognized as a technology pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
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About Xencor: Xencor develops superior monoclonal antibody therapeutics to treat autoimmune disorders, asthma, allergic diseases and cancer.
Ursula Hessenflow
Founder & CEO of MyLabBox
Ursula Hessenflow-Cruz is the Co-Founder at myLAB Box.
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About Incubatrix, MyLabBox, YTM: MyLabBox is a home-based lab company specializing in STD testing.
Lora Lvanova
Founder & CEO of MyLabBox
Lora Lvanova is Founder at myLAB.
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About MyLabBox, ScareLA: MyLabBox is a home-based lab company specializing in STD testing.
Vitali Dervoed
CEO & Co-Founder of Fitness Lab Inc
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About Appshop, Fitness Lab Inc, Raiffeisen Bank International: Fitness Lab provides highly personalised training and diet programs using AI, data and custom technology.
Dean Sawyer
CEO and President of Freespira, Inc.
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About Freespira, Inc.: Developed the first FDA-cleared digital therapeutic that significantly reduces/eliminates symptoms of panic attacks & PTSD in only 28 days
Linda Marban
Founder , President , CEO & Director of Capricor Therapeutics
Dr. Marbán is currently serving as our Chief Executive Officer. Co-founder of Capricor, Dr. Marbán has been with Capricor since 2005 and became its Chief Executive Officer in 2010. She combines her background in research with her business experience to lead Capricor and create a path to commercialization for its novel stem-cell cardiac therapies. Dr. Marbán was the lead negotiator in procuring the license agreements that are the foundation of Capricor’s intellectual property portfolio. Under her direction as Chief Executive Officer, Capricor secured approximately $27.0 million in nondilutive grants and a loan award which funds Capricor’s R&D programs and clinical trials involving its CAP-1002 product. Dr. Marbán’s deep knowledge of the cardiac space in particular, allows her to provide unique direction for the company’s development and growth. From 2003 to 2009, Dr. Marbán was with Excigen, Inc., a biotechnology start-up company, where she was responsible for business development, operations, pre-clinical research, and supervising the development of gene therapy products in a joint development agreement with Genzyme Corp. While at Excigen, she also negotiated a joint development and sublicense agreement with Medtronic Corp. utilizing Excigen’s technology and supervised the building of a lab in which the work was to be performed. Dr. Marbán began her career in academic science, first at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation working on the biophysical properties of cardiac muscle. That work continued when she moved to a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, or JHU. While at JHU, she advanced to the rank of Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, continuing her work on the mechanism of contractile dysfunction in heart failure. Her tenure at JHU ran from 2000 to 2003. Dr. Marbán earned a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in cardiac physiology.
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About Capricor Therapeutics: Capricor Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focusing on cell and exosome-based therapeutics.
Robert Lorsch
CEO & Chairman of MMRGlobal
Bob Lorsch si the CEO & Chairman at MMRGlobal.
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About MMRGlobal, RHL Group: MMRGlobal provides secure, easy-to-use multilingual personal health records (PHRs) and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions.
John Bracaglia
Co-Founder and CEO of Marvin
John Bracaglia is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Marvin.
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About Marvin: Marvin is a virtual care platform that provides teletherapy and behavioral health services to healthcare workers.
Bruce Ettinger
CEO of Frame Health
Bruce Ettinger has worked in the field of behavioral health for over 6 years, where he has overseen the sale of more than $40 million of behavioral health products to more than 75,000 consumers. He served at Executive Vice President of the Midwest Center for Stress which, with over $500 million in top line revenue since 2001, is by far the largest company in the world for the non-drug treatment for stress. Bruce’s experience with incentive systems began over a decade ago when he founded and served as CEO through exit of Save.com which he grew to be the most popular internet couponing site in the world. Earlier in his career Bruce achieved notable recognition in the film and television business. He was Co-Producer of “Life Goes On”, the ABC/Time-Warner, one hour dramatic television series. This acclaimed, weekly, prime time drama was the first TV show to feature a disabled person (Downs Syndrome) as a regular character, was the second most popular show for teenage girls of the 1990’s and received multiple Emmy® Award nominations. Bruce also wrote and edited, “Traveling Hopefully”, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Bruce has lectured at the University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business and the USC Annenberg Center For Communication.
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About Frame Health: Frame Health is a cloud-based software solution designed to enhance patient care and significantly lower healthcare costs.
Ariel McNichol
Co-founder and CEO of MotiSpark
Ariel McNichol has been a product design and user experience leader since 1994. She has created software, websites, games, iTV and mobile products for clients such as Yahoo, AOL, Wells Fargo, Rockwell Collins, Lucas Arts, Disney, @Home, The Annenberg Institute, and more. She served as the Creative Director for Lotus Interworks and PCCW/Now.com, both multi-national corporations focused on serving the expanding needs of a cross-platform international consumer base. In the 90’s, Ariel created the front end of some of the first broadband PC and iTV user interfaces while working for DirectTV at ZDTV. As the Director of User Experience at Broadband Mechanics, Ariel helped pioneer early online video and rich-media publishing software.
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About MotiSpark: Chronic disease support via personalized, interactive video platform. SaaS for healthcare providers, payers & pharma.
Dan Ikoyan
Founder & CEO of Adela Health Inc.
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About Adela Health Inc., TruPosture: Adela Health Inc. develops cutting-edge wearable Health & Sports products for the consumer and clinical markets. Product: TruPosture.com
