Meet Our Experts
Abel Baerga-Ortiz, PHD
Program Director
Puerto Rico Science Technology and Research Trust
Ajay Houde, PHD, MBA
Co-founder and CEO
TGen Tech
Albert Di Rienzo, PHD
President & Chief Innovation Officer
Radicle Innovation
Amit Patel, PHD
Partner
Medical Marketing Economics
Bob Skunda
Independent Consultant
Innovation Centers and Technology Parks
Brian Holzer, MD, MBA
CEO
Lacuna Health
Bruce Bunnell, PHD
Chair
UNT Health Sciences Center
Buddy Lyons, MBA
CEO
Entac Medical Inc.
Charles Christ, PHD
President
C2 Consulting
Chris West, MBA
Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer
ConveyMD
Cole Johnson, MBA, PHD
Vice President
P33
David Lefer, PHD
Director, Cardiovascular Center of Excellence and Professor of Pharmacology
LSU Health New Orleans
David Willbrand, BA, JD
Partner
Thompson Hine
Edgard Resto-Rodriguez, PHD
Executive Director (MCC)
Materials Characterization Center (MCC), Inc
Elias Caro, MSC, MBA
President
Biocomx
Ellen Brune
CEO
Boston Mountain Biotech
Emily Alva
Corporate Board Member
Amneal Pharmaceuticals
Esther Alegria, PHD
Executive Adviser
Catalyst EA
Harold Chappelear, LLD
Principal
InternaSource
Isabella Sledge, MD, MPH
VP Research
Tides Medical
Jason Smith, MD, PhD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
UofL Health
Jesse Goodwin, PHD
Chief Innovation Officer
Medical University of South Carolina
Joe Wyse, PHD
President
Wyse Innovations LLC
Jose W Rodriguez Zayas, PHD
Strategic Business Development Consultant
Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigation (PRCCI)
Joseph Lovett
Managing Director
Louisiana Funds I & II
Josh Wymer, RN, MSN
Chief Nursing Informatics Officer
Large Academic Hospital System
Joshua Gunn, PHD
Chief Scientific Officer
Ethos Research & Development
Kevin Sidow
Serial Entrepreneur, Board Member
Life Science Startups
Kris Khalil
Investment Analyst
New Orleans BioInnovation Center
Lawrence Olanoff, MD, PHD
Special Advisor
Medical University of SC
Lisa Morici, PHD
Associate Professor
Tulane University
Lucas Huntimer, PHD
Senior Advisor - External Innovation
Elanco
Mary Tapolsky, PhD
Assistant Director
University of Louisville, College of Business
Mohan Chukkapalli, MS
Senior Director, Life Sciences Consulting
SmartAnalyst Inc.
Nathan Dolloff, PHD
Founder
Leukogene Therapeutics Inc
Neha Tiwari, PhD
Associate Director
PTC Therapuetics
Paula Bates, PHD
Professor of Medicine & Co-Director of KYNETIC
University of Louisville
Paulo Fontes, MD
Chief Medical Officer
LyGenesis
Raymond Hage, MBA
CEO
Hapten Sciences, Inc.
Rich Pennock
President
Technology Resource Group
Richard Marchase, PHD
Managing Director
Kirchner Group
Richard Sullivan
CEO
CIBOR
Rick D’Augustine, MBA
Principal
D'Augustine Consulting
Robert Doss, PHD
Owner
The Courtland Group
Robert Ryan, PHD
CEO
Innova Therapeutics
Sawan Hurst
CEO
Phi Life Sciences
Scott Pancoast, MBA
CEO & Founder
Zylo Therapeutics
Steve Johnson
Interim Executive Director, SCLaunch
South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA)
Thomas Smith, PhD
Professor of Practice
University of Arkansas
Ugo DeBlasi, BSME
Consultant