OUR TEAM

Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen

CEO and Founder

Named of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. Former exec. at Facebook, Oculus, Google, and Intel...

Maurizio Vecchione

President

Ex EVP of Global Good reporting directly to Bill Gate for 7 years via Intellectual Ventures...

Dr. Soren Konecky

Chief Technology Officer

Soren has decades of experience in optical imaging and algorithm development for both life science and semiconductor applications...

Dr. Achal Achrol, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Achal is a neurosurgeon who has led brain tumor, stroke and neuroscience translational research programs in academic university hospitals, health systems and industry.

Peter Herzlinger

Principal Mechanical Engineer

Over 30 years of developing and and manufacturing innovative optical products...

Dr. Brad Hartl

Senior Staff Biophotonics Scientist

Previously developed Cerenkov radiation and autofluorescence lifetime imaging for medical applications in the brain...

Dr. Albert Heberle

Principal Optical Scientist

Albert has 20+ years experience in optics R&D from early concept to mass production of over 100 million units...

Dr. Sarmishtha Satpathy

Staff Optical Scientist

Breakthrough work in all optical stimulation and detection of neuronal firing and construction of neural circuits...

Dr. Hosain Haghany

Principal Optical Engineer

Hosain earned a PhD in Physics from Beckman Inst (UC Irvine) in laser interaction with highly scattering tissue...

Dr. Chris Bawiec

Senior Staff Ultrasonic Engineer

Chris has over 12 years of biological imaging experience, primarily with therapeutic and diagnostic ultrasound...

Lindy Brown

Controller, Head of Human Resources, &
Office Manager

Multi-decade career in finance, tax, office management, and complex high time pressure logistical deployment in the film industry...

Simon Vana

Engineer

Previously, Simon has been an engineering technician at Compact Imaging Inc. as well as Enlumen Technology, and Lumyn Technologies...

Sarah Barreto Ornellas

Biomedical Engineer

Sarah received a BS in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Yale University and for her thesis she research compensation patterns of prosethic users using a motion capture system...

Dr. David Varley

Principal Electrical Engineer

20+ years of experience in technology development and product design for electrical, electro-optics & opti-mechanical products & systems Extensive system level experience and product design validation & regulatory/safety testing...

Dr. Ulas Taskin

Senior Ultrasonic Engineer

Ulas received his PhD from Delft University of Technology on full-wave inversion for breast cancer detection. He is experienced in medical imaging with ultrasound. In particular, he worked on image reconstruction, wave propagation simulation, image/signal processing, algorithm development.

Casey Landey

Staff Mechanical Engineer

Coming Shortly

Casey Trubo

Senior Staff Program Manager

After getting his degree in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, Casey got his start in medical device development at Stryker Endoscopy.

Dr. Kedar Grama

Staff Algorithm Engineer

Kedar has 11 years of experience in Machine Learning and Computer Vision.

Lianghua "Leoh" Yang

Principal Software Engineer

A product oriented problem solver. a mixed wireless/linux/BSP/app coder, learner and a passionate maker

Jayson Ehm

Senior Staff Electrical Engineer

Coming Shortly

Dr. John Ryan

Consulting Director

Corporate strategy in domains where the underlying physics and manufacturing technology remain unsettled...

Dr. Carl Herickhoff

Consulting Director

Director of Ultrasonic Imaging Sciences Laboratory at Stanford University in the School of Radiology...

Sandra Shpilberg

Consulting Director

Founder and CEO of Seeker Health (acquired by EVERSANA), a leading platform for clinical trials...

Scott Dettmer

Legal Counsel

Scott is a founding partner of Gunderson Dettmer and is listed as one of the top IT and venture lawyers in the Global Counsel 3000, Best Lawyers in America and has received numerous awards...

Shu Hu

Intellectual Property Counsel

Shu helps on IP & Tech transactions at Openwater...

Michael Williams

Legal Counsel

Michael our attorney at Openwater...

Aaron Visbeek

Patent Counsel

Aaron is a patent attorney and a Partner at Boswelll IP Law and provides most of our guidance on patent matters at Openwater...

Ashley Macy

Paralegal

Ashley has drafted numerous certifications for partnerships, LLCs and as well as completed numerous efforts in client, customer, financial, regulatory and securities research...