Joshua Silverman, CEO of Aromyx Dr. Joshua Silverman serves as CEO for Aromyx, joining the company in 2018. Dr. Silverman has 20 years of experience in new technology research, development and commercialization. Dr. Silverman also serves as an advisor for a number of biotechnology companies and was formerly Founder and Chief [...]
Pieter Rottiers, CEO of ActoBio Therapeutics Pieter is CEO of ActoBio Therapeutics™, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing ActoBiotics®, a new localized therapeutics platform with potential disease-modifying capabilities in auto-immune and allergic diseases. The recent SynBioBeta engineered cell therapy digest featured Pieter discussing living medicines and the ActoBiotics® approach, focusing on AG019, [...]
Jorge Conde, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Jorge Conde is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he leads investments at the cross section of biology, computer science and health. Prior to joining a16z, Jorge served as Chief Strategy Officer for Syros (NASDAQ: SYRS), which is advancing a new wave of [...]
Brian Kaufmann is the Portfolio Manager, Private Investments at Viking Global Investors. Brian Kaufmann is the Portfolio Manager for Private Investments at Viking Global Investors, a global investment firm founded in 1999. The firm manages approximately $28 billion of capital for its investors, and has offices in New York, San Francisco, London, Hong [...]
Annie Hazlehurst, founder of Faridan. Annie Hazlehurst is the founder of Faridan. Annie loves working with people who have the courage to create change. Born and raised in Silicon Valley, she was once a bioengineer with a fascination in complexity theory and believes that emerging intersections of genomics and artificial intelligence will [...]
Troy Lionberger, Senior Manager of Technology Development at Berkeley Lights. Troy Lionberger is the Senior Manager of Technology Development at Berkeley Lights, an Emeryville startup that has created the Beacon platform, a high-throughput, fully automated, microscopy system that uses light to move single cells and leverages the unique properties of a [...]
Andrew Phillips, Head of Biological Computation Group at Microsoft Research Cambridge. Andrew Phillips leads the Biological Computation Group at Microsoft Research Cambridge, where he is developing methods and software for analysing and programming biological systems. Andrew received a postgraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, under a scholarship [...]
James Currier, Managing Partner at NFX James is one of Silicon Valley’s foremost experts in growth and network effects. He's a four-time serial entrepreneur. He is also a pioneer of user-generated models, viral marketing, a/b testing, crowdsourcing, and myriad other growth techniques now followed by nearly all technology companies. Because of [...]
Terri Shieh-Newton, Member at Mintz Levin Dr. Shieh-Newton plays a strategic role for her clients as she guides their portfolio management and performs sophisticated landscape analyses. Trained as an immunologist at Johns Hopkins, where she earned a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, she works with companies of all sizes in [...]
Maya Skubatch, Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Maya Skubatch is a partner in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she focuses on strategic patent counseling for healthcare and other technology driven companies. She represents both private and public companies and works closely with licensing, [...]
