Jo Bhakdi is the founder and CEO of Quantgene. His work in machine learning, sequencing technology, and DNA extraction procedures defines the cutting edge of genomic diagnostics, early disease detection, and precision medicine.
Prior to Quantgene, Jo founded i2X, an investment framework that composes low-risk Venture Capital portfolios across large numbers of technology startups. The i2X platform laid important foundations for advanced analytics in both financial and biotechnology applications, such as the Quantgene machine learning platform.
Bhakdi holds a Masters in Economics and Psychology from Tubingen University, one of Germany’s leading academic institutions, with a focus on financial theory and statistics. He kicked off his career at WPP and Omnicom, where he held Strategy and Executive Director positions.
Beyond his focus on technology and the future of medicine, Bhakdi is dedicated to bringing together the best and brightest and transforming them into pioneers, pushing the boundaries of health, life, and innovation for all.
William Ricketts, PhD is the Director of Clinical Affairs at Quantgene and is responsible for developing studies to validate new products and identifying areas of unmet medical need.
Dr. Ricketts has been in diagnostic development for more than fifteen years. He has designed, developed, and launched several CLIA cleared tests for cancer and autoimmune disease. In this role, he has written protocols and worked extensively with physicians to validate new tests and technologies for use in the clinical laboratory.
Dr. Ricketts received his BA from the University of Virginia and his PhD from the University of CA-San Diego. He is currently a Society of Gynecologic Oncology member and the American Association of Cancer Researchers.
Jennifer is responsible for Quantgene’s marketing strategy, planning and implementation across corporate, employer and product brands. She manages the marketing team and is working to build out the department structure as the company continues to grow.
Jennifer brings with her 14 years of healthcare marketing and advertising experience. She has deep expertise in strategic patient-centric marketing having worked with world-leading companies including Gilead, J&J, Merck, Sanofi and Lilly. She has also led the launch of several pharmaceutical brands including Cialis for BPH, Sanofi’s insulin Toujeo and the omni-channel support platform for Gilead’s Hepatitis C portfolio. Most recently, Jennifer held the role of Group Account Director at Wunderman Health overseeing multiple pieces of business with a focus on data-driven marketing.
Jennifer spent 9 years growing up in Tokyo Japan; an experience that has added to her understanding of diversity and nuance in her work. Jennifer has a B.A. in Psychology from Columbia University’s Barnard College.
Robert is responsible for Quantgene's software infrastructure and architecture to integrate clinical, laboratory and machine learning.
Robert brings 17 years experience from the e-commerce sector, having worked with large global brands such as Columbia Sportswear, Tory Burch, Alexander Wang, S.Oliver and many more to connect their complex system landscapes into one coherent and efficiently working whole. Most recently, he worked at Mobizcorp Europe, a leading Salesforce Commerce Cloud partner, as Director of Engineering. Robert led a technical evolution to establish 24/7 Support, Security and Performance Audit services. He also helped to lead the development of mentorship and training programs within the company.
Robert has an M.Sc. in Software Engineering from Freie University of Berlin.
Assistant Professor of Medicine in Oncology at Stanford University. Her research focuses on systems biology and computational approaches to establish a quantitative and mechanistic understanding of cancer progression. Dr. Curtis developed an integrated experimental and computational framework to measure clinically relevant patient-specific parameters and to measure clonal dynamics during tumor progression and through therapy. She aims to develop a systematic interpretation of genotype/phenotype associations in cancer by leveraging state-of-the-art technologies and robust data integration techniques.
Dr. Ferrone is the Surgical Director of the Liver Program in the Division of General Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has 22 years of experience and her specialties include surgical oncology and surgery. She focuses in gastrointestinal malignancies and metastatic liver disease, immunologic treatment of solid tumors and GI malignancies and primary hepatic and pancreatic cancers.
Dr. Spicer is the associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Chief of the Division of Medical Oncology at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer and Hospital. He chairs Keck's Institutional Review Board. He is also a medical oncology attending physician at both theLAC+USC Medical Center and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and the General Medicine Ward Attending Physician at LAC+USC Medical Center. Dr. Spicer is the founder of Balance Pharmaceuticals based in Los Angeles.
Dr. Rosenstock is the Dean Emeritus of UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She also serves as the Chairperson of the Board of TSO3 Inc., Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Rosenstock focuses on clinical care, health care delivery, population health, research and health and regulatory policy. She also served as Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health where she created the National Occupational Research Agenda- a framework for guiding occupational safety and health research- to identify and address pressing workplace health risk.
Associate Professor of Surgery (General Surgery) at the Stanford University Medical Center. Dr. Poultsides specializes in the removal of liver, pancreatic, and other abdominal tumors. He is currently researching outcomes analysis following multidisciplinary treatment of hepatic, pancreatic and gastrointestinal malignancies. He also developed a novel interdisciplinary research program assessing the completeness of surgical resection for pancreatic cancer. Dr. Poultsides is a recipient of the John AustinCollins, MD annual teaching award from the Stanford Surgery.
Associate Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, where he also serves as the Director of Robotic Endocrine Surgery and co-director of Liver Tumor Ablation Program. His specialties include laparoscopic and robotic liver surgery, laparoscopic liver tumor ablation, robotic surgery, conventional and minimally invasive endocrine surgery (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and pancreas). Dr. Berber has authored120 peer-reviewed papers and 15 book chapters. He serves on the Editorial Board of Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy. He is a member of numerous surgical societies, including American College of Surgeons and serves in multiple committees.