Archives: Team

Savva is a New Zealand and Australian Patent Attorney with 20+ years international experience advising technology & biotech companies as in-house counsel. He is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in New Zealand and Lawyer in Queensland, Australia. He conducted his Master of Laws thesis on alternative incentives to the patent system for medical R&D […]

Dr Crown is the former CSO at OptumLabs, and Distinguished Research Scientist at Boston University. Dr Crown is an internationally recognized expert in real world data analysis, focusing upon research designs and statistical methods for drawing causal inferences from transactional health care datasets such as medical claims and electronic health records. He has co-chaired the […]

Dr Knopf is a seasoned health economist / health services researcher specializing in value based cancer care, and is also a practicing medical oncologist at Sutter Health in Berkeley, California. Previously CMO for Cancer Commons (www.cancercommons.org), a Silicon Valley startup engaged in cancer care on the internet. He has an extensive background in health services […]

Dr Cross was a lawyer and specialist in life sciences IP, digital health & blockchain. He was a professor at Duke University where he founded The Innovation & Technology Policy Lab (ITPLab) and is an expert in financial innovation and blockchain-based technologies to improve access to medicines. He was the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer […]

Zan is an experienced BD professional working in digital healthtech / hardware sales. He was former Head of Partnerships at the Israeli Government Innovation Office in San Francisco. He holds a BA in Economics and Entrepreneurship from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

Irni is a MD / MBA with a background in microbiology, biotech & pharma management. He a physician and a medical school faculty member in the Philippines and is based in the Netherlands as an advisor for NLC – the European Healthtech Venture Builder.