Meet the Team

Gloria Macieko

Founder & CEO

Dr. Thomas Krol

Medical Advisor

Ruslana Golunova

Senior Director, Business Development & Funding

Richard Robinson

VP Of Business Development

Dr. Shabnam Vaezzadeh, MD, MPA, BCMAS

Medical Advisor

Henri Yadgari

Director Of Business Development

Veronica Cai

CFO Advisor

Polina Tarnopolsky

FinTech Advisor & Medical Devices

Leena Mendoza

Strategic Advisor

Alex Diaz

Operations Manager

Gerry Benavides

Chief Operating Officer

Toni Lienonen

Technology Advisor

Srini Bala

Senior AI Advisor

Ken Salsman

Chief Scientific Advisor

Howard Matis, Ph.D.

Senior Advisor: Physics

Donato Powell

Structural Engineer & Business Advisor

Jesse Lee, MBA, PhD

Business Advisor

Ash Pirayou

Government Relations

Manny Singh

Chief Technical Advisor

Dr. Keith Fiman

Medical Advisor

Curtis Guspard

Real Estate/Affordable Advisor

Hatim Chraibi

Business Advisor

Bani Tamraz, PhD

Senior Medical Advisor

Dr. Ron Michael

Senior Medical Advisor

Dr. Joseph Danavi, DO, FACC

Senior Medical Advisor

Dwight Hicks

Advisor,

3x Super Bowl Champion

Jack Chaharbakshi, PhD

Advisor

Dr. Annobel Odisho

Senior Medical Advisor

Dr. Chris Sarkiss

Chief Medical Advisor

Tom Vogelsong, PhD

Sr. Advisor Medical Devices & AI

Dr. Thomas Overbay

Medical Advisor

Dr. Gerry Klien

Medical Advisor

Strategic Minds, Visionary Advisors—Bridging the Gap Between

Concept and Success.

Emerging Talent

We care about emerging talent, and we provide hands-on training

Julian Sapper

Paisley Todd

Kamber Michael

Enock Baaladoe

Ben Hand

Alex Samano

Melvin Richardson

Paulina Madsen

Emerging Talent

We care about emerging talent, and we provide hands-on training

Julian Sapper

Ben Hand

Kamber Michael

Paisley Todd

Alex Samano

Melvin Richardson

Paulina Madsen

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