Ron is the Chief Executive Officer, a Founder, and a member of the Board of Directors of Alveo Technologies. He is an entrepreneur and technology visionary with over 25 years of experience in the development and commercialization of solid state physics and semiconductor instrumentation for semiconductor and Life Sciences applications. Alveo is Ron’s third start-up; his first two companies were both acquired with investors realizing a 20x return on investment.

Ron earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and received his Doctorate in Physics from Northeastern University. Prior to his entrepreneurial career Ron spent more than a decade as a physicist and research program director at the University of Chicago and Stanford University. He has authored more than 50 scientific publications and patents, is an NSF Fellow, and has received awards for excellence from the Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, the Chevron Clean Technology Open, and International SEMATECH.

Mike is the President and a Founder of Alveo Technologies. Prior to Alveo, Mike co-founded and served as National Genetics Institute’s (NGI) CEO from 1991 to 2012. NGI became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Laboratory Corporation of America (NASDAQ: LH) in 2000, where he held various positions. He ran the company’s “Esoteric Business Units”, which generated over $1 billion in annual revenue.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Redlands, a Master of Business Administration in Economics from Columbus University and is a certified Global Biotechnology Executive from the University of California, Berkeley. He has also received Ernst and Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” award for emerging technologies.

Robin is a member of the Alveo Board of Directors and has practiced corporate and tax law for 30 years, primarily in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. She has extensive experience in financings, collaborations and M&A. Most recently Robin served 10 years as Senior Vice President and General Counsel to InterMune, Inc., a publicly traded (NASDAQ) biopharmaceutical company that was acquired by Roche in late 2014.

Robin previously served eight years as Vice President of Legal Affairs for Elan Pharmaceuticals, a publicly-traded (NYSE) global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Robin received a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Colorado, a J.D. degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and a LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.

Dr. Bharat Tewarie is a C-suite leader with deep expertise in developing, shaping, and turning around biopharma companies to outpace competitors and achieve #1 performance. He gained an extensive background in multiple aspects of pharmaceutical management, including P&L responsibility, corporate strategy, marketing, access, insights, sales, product launches and business development.
He gathered a compelling track record in structuring commercial organizations across settings, cultures, and geographies (USA and Europe) for profitable product performance and has been a catalyst for change and transformation in both global and local roles at Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche, Serono International, EMD Serono and Merck Serono.
After working for the last five years as the EVP & Chief Marketing Officer and member of the Executive Committee of UCB, he founded in 2020 the advisory firm Boston BioPharma Consultants and became a member of the Board of Advisors of Ahara Biosciences and Duluth Medical Technologies.
He is a thought leader on the topics of Patient Value, Product and Medical Device Launches, Patient Experience, Digital Technologies and specifically AI to address biopharma business challenges.
He joined Alveo Technologies in March 2020 as a member of the Board of Directors.

Previous to Alveo Technologies, Johnson was the Head of Systems Integration & Molecular Biology at Foundation Medicine, Inc. and held senior management positions at Life Technologies and Thermo Fisher Scientific where he led systems design, integration, verification and validation for qPCR and next-generation sequencing platforms.

Johnson has led a number of molecular diagnostic product development projects from concept to commercialization at Applied MEMS, Applied Biosystems Inc., and Cepheid; designed and developed several successful microfluidics products; filed several patents; and published numerous biotechnology papers. He has extensive experience in instrument development as well as design control for 510k and PMA applications.

John is the Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations. John comes to this position from Siemens Healthineers Molecular Diagnostics where he led Program Management, PMO and New Product Introduction. Before that he was responsible for leading consulting organizations in the product development, product management, strategy and supply-chain space drawing on his previous experience in product development and supply-chain in several industries including in-vitro diagnostics and high-volume tech products.

John holds a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kingston University (UK), a Masters Degree in Engineering Design from Loughborough University (UK) and an MBA from Henley Management College (UK). He is also a Professional Engineer (Oregon), Chartered Engineer (UK) and a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK).

Brenna is Vice President at Alveo Technologies. She balances diverse responsibilities for the company, including IP, HR, recruiting, quality, regulatory, facilities, event coordination, contracts, and communications.

Prior to Alveo, Brenna held a variety of technical and leadership roles at Guidant Corporation/Abbott Vascular from 2004 to 2014, including: Group Lead of the design team for R&D implant projects; Principal/Staff Engineer focused on scaffold design and transfer to manufacturing for the first drug-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold to treat coronary artery disease; and Co-Chair of the Abbott Vascular Technology Exposition (2011-2012).

Brenna has successfully supported and led the development of multiple medical device products from early concept stage through design control, verification and validation, and regulatory submission. She holds 10+ patents and received the Abbott Vascular R&D Excellence Award in 2006, 2009, and 2010. Brenna earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering.

Kyle is the Engineering Director at Alveo Technologies, guiding products from early-stage R&D to manufacturing. At Alveo, Kyle has held roles of increasing responsibility including New Product Development Engineer and Engineering Manager.

Prior to his time with Alveo, Kyle worked at Entegris Jetalon as a New Product Development Engineer, serving as the team lead and taking multiple semiconductor sensor products from concept to market. Kyle received his Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University in Earth and Space Exploration.

Mitchell is Vice President of Product at Alveo Technologies. Mitchell is responsible Alveo’s information, people, activities and resources involved in moving the company’s products and services from supplier to customers. Mitchell previously worked at Roche where he supported its international sequencing and sample preparation efforts.

Prior to Roche, Mitchell served as a Director for Kinetic Diagnostics, which utilizes genomic data in an effort to maximize athletic performance and at Laboratory Corporation of America (NASDAQ: LH) where he served in various finance and IT roles. Mitchell holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Entrepreneurship from Loyola Marymount University.

Aman is the Director of Manufacturing at Alveo Technologies and is responsible for developing and implementing a sustainable manufacturing strategy for new product introductions. Aman joined Alveo from Siemens Healthineers where he was Head of New Product Introductions for the molecular diagnostics division. At Siemens, Aman was deeply involved with numerous diagnostic development projects from concept through commercialization.

Prior to Siemens, Aman worked at Chrysler LLC where he was responsible for high-volume automation scale-up and manufacturing management across multiple new vehicle launches. Aman earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University and Oakland University respectively.

Kevin is responsible for Alveo’s Quality Management System. He brings with him over 25 years of experience working in the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and clinical laboratory industries.

Kevin has successfully developed, implemented, and managed quality systems for a number of organizations, ranging from fledgling startups to established global corporations. He holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from State University of New York at Buffalo and is an ASQ-certified Quality Auditor.

Rixun brings over 20 years of experience in IVD development to his role as Alveo’s Director of Assay Development. He has successfully led many projects from inception through development and implementation at Applied Biosystems, Life Technologies, and Thermo Fisher Scientific, following GMP/QSR/ISO compliances and the PCP process.

He has worked through IVD product 510k and PMA submissions with FDA, initiated and led collaborative projects with many internationally well-known institutions, holds six patents, and has authored multiple publications.

Robert Di Tullio is an experienced industry expert providing custom quality and regulatory solutions to the medical devices industry, specializing in diagnostics, as President of Di Tullio Consulting Inc., since 2013. He has 46 years of experience in the In Vitro Diagnostics Industry, the last 35 of which is in regulatory, clinical and quality management. Previously, he was Vice President, Global Regulatory and Clinical Affairs for Alere Inc. from 2010 until 2013, and held similar positions at ProteoGenix, Sequenom, Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics and Diagnostic Products Corporation.

Robert was the Co-Chair of the AdvaMed Diagnostics Task Force from 2007 until 2013, the Diagnostics Industry Liaison to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) from 2011 until 2014 and is a long-time member of the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS). He was an advisory board member for the medical device graduate degree curriculum at the University of Southern California from 2004 until 2006. Robert received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

Shad is the Senior Hardware Engineer / Technology Architect at Alveo Technologies. Shad conceptualizes technical solutions to bring visionary ideas to the benchtop for testing. His contributions range from algorithm development to PCB design and bring-up to new intellectual property generation.

Prior to Alveo, Shad worked at Entegris Jetalon as a Research Engineer, guiding the early stage development of multiple products. Shad has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of California, Davis.