Luís Meireles is currently CEO and co-owner of MDI Industrial a Medical Device Industry in Brazil and a senior consultant for European companies. Luís is Portuguese, Ph.D. in Biotechnology but moved to Brazil, spending the last decade helping to introduce medical devices into Latin America he was responsible for the…
Christian is an entrepreneur and advisor in the bio, pharma, healthcare, and technology sectors with 20 years of strategic advisory, business creation, development, and operational experience. He works with biotech companies and VCs on business development and strategy, with industry on innovation, pipeline, and business development, with institutions on technology…
Mona Oliveira is one of the creators and founders of the startup BIOLINKER, which in 2019 was awarded as one of the TOP 500 best startups in the world in the area of biotechnology for the project she coordinates. Double Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Nanotechnology from USP (Brazil) and IJS…
Steve Scalia is the President of Tanner Pharma Group, a 20-year-old specialist pharmaceutical services provider headquartered in Charlotte, NC USA with offices in the United Kingdom, Brazil, Switzerland, and Ireland. Tanner provides a portfolio of service offerings focused on improving global access to medicines worldwide. In his role, Steve leads…
Jacobo Luchtan is the CEO and Co-Founder at HelloDoctor, a Mexican startup providing data-driven telehealth services. They operate in more than 10 Latin American countries and have successful cases with patients from each. They created a neutral bridge that connects patients and healthcare practitioners where they can provide online consultations,…
CEO and founder of the Alium group of companies in Peru. Rolando is a dentist, a service provider for the local dentistry sector, and a medical device distributor of dental products. Rolando’s academic credentials include a global executive MBA from the IESE business school, a fellowship in endodontics, and a…
Mahesh Narayanan is an entrepreneur in biotechnology with extensive experience in the healthcare and life sciences industry, and a strong focus on business development and business start-up strategies. As an active member of the Small Business community, he provides business and scientific guidance in the development of therapeutics and medical…
BS in Civil Engineering. More than 40 years of urban building experience; more than 20 years of experience in design-build; construction of pharmaceutical facilities, and more than 15 years involved in startups dealing with technological innovation. Founded Naveta Construcciones in 1983, a real estate development firm that completed more than…
Marie O’Malley is the Senior Director of Supplier Outreach for Medtronic, responsible for developing and executing long-term Medtronic supplier outreach programs, including efforts around Responsible Supply Management and Supplier Diversity. In her role, she also liaises with various government officials and development boards to advance Medtronic’s Supplier relations. Marie also…
Charlie Webb is the Founder and President of Van der Stahl Scientific, a medical device packaging and texting machine provider. He also hosts the popular Podcast “SPOT Radio” (sterile packaging on track). Charlie earned his BS degree in Management at the University of Redlands and completed the medical device development…
During 2020 Jonathan has been in a crucial leadership position, steering Livinguard through a unique inflection point in its business and building the teams to drive brand building, communications, and sales for Livinguard’s antiviral, reusable face masks, and several other new products. Jonathan has a wealth of business and leadership…
Dr. Michael Hill is a global-minded senior executive with a history of success creating meaningful, patient-inspired, medical device technology innovations. He is a skilled entrepreneur demonstrating repeat innovation execution from idea/discovery to commercial scale. He was inducted in 2012 as an American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow and…
Seasoned Healthcare Executive with proven skills for people development, organizational transformation, and motivation with 15 years delivering above and beyond financial results. Mr. Pastor has an exemplary external focus and is highly collaborative with customers and a wide range of stakeholders to match the company with customers’ needs. He is…
Executive entrepreneur turned digital health entrepreneur, his career includes 18+ years leading global drug development, clinical research, and decentralized trials for life science organizations. As CEO of THREAD, John leads their efforts to change the way clinical research is conducted focused on decentralized approaches, enabling the use of their one…
Thomas Celerier is heading their Healthcare, MedTech, and Life Sciences business, teams, and portfolio of clients for the Palo Alto Offices, Marcel Gradidge is a Director in the Business Advisory unit in the Silicon Valley Market and Gautam Narayan is a leader in the Emerge Supply Chain Division. All of…
Luiz Levy has over ten years of medical device industry experience, primarily focused on high-risk devices, including implantable devices, electrical medical equipment, and disposables subject to INMETRO Certification. Luiz’s background includes: implementing and auditing quality systems to B-GMP Regulation RDC 16/2013, ISO 13485:2016, Directive 93/42/EEC, Regulation (EU) 2017/745, FDA 21…
Dr. Uzbelger Feldman's mission is 'Smiles for All'. He is the first Hispanic dentist to adopt Teledentistry and the first dentist implementing it in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and South Dakota since July 2018 as well as in Latin America. Due to his exceptional front-line services during the first month of…
Kameel is the Principal of KDF Ventures LLC, a venture capital and private equity firm. He is a leader in global finance with over 20 years of experience in established and emerging markets within the biopharmaceutical industry. Prior to KDF Ventures, Kameel was the Senior Vice President of Finance at…
Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS is a hand and upper extremity surgeon at Badia Hand to Shoulder Center in Doral, Florida. Dr. Badia studied physiology at Cornell University and obtained his medical degree at NYU, where he also trained in orthopedics. A hand fellowship at Alleghany General Hospital in Pittsburgh was…
Riley is helping new and existing telemedicine programs find the best solutions to fit their program needs. AMD has over 8500 patient end-point installations in more than 96 countries and delivers preeminent telemedicine solution design, turnkey installation, and training for telemedicine programs across the globe., including Latin America.
+15 years of experience in Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing; +4 years of experience in Blockchain & Bioinformatics. Recently specializes in Bioethics, Genomic & Healthcare Data. He Holds a Bs. Electronics Engineering, MBA from IPADE Business School, Executive Programs in Stanford GSB, Singularity University, Data Science at Galvanize, Digital Marketing at General…
Frank is the Founder and President of Ation Advisory Group where he is helping Global Life Science Companies to commercialize their product, service, or technology along with obtaining dilutive and non-dilutive funding. As a retired Pfizer Executive Frank worked for over 25 years in positions of increased responsibility in Finance,…
Gerardo is a C-Level executive, serial entrepreneur, inventor, and scholar in the medical device industry. Gerardo founded five medical device companies and is a consultant to over 50 medical device companies in the Silicon Valley area. Gerardo is an advisory board member of the Santa Clara University (SCU) BioE, the…
Dr. Enrique Saldívar received his medical training at Universidad La Salle, received his MD from Universidad Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), his Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego. Throughout his career, he has been appointed faculty at…