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...
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...
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
Sade Fountila
Executive Assistant
Graduated June 2020 from University of California, Berkeley in Business and since that time has been helping a variety of companies on adminstrative and legal issues...
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...
BOARD & ADVISORY
Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen
Chairman of Board
Named of the hundred most influential people in the world by Time Magazine...
Jeff Huber
Board Director
Jeff is a legendary engineering senior vice president and business leader who pioneered work at Google over his tenure of 13 years...
Prof. Theodor Haensch
Scientific Advisory Board
Professor Haensch won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2005 for his work on comb lasers and precision spectroscopy...
Dr. Neal Kassel
Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Kassel is the founder and chairman of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and former Co-chair of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia...
LEGAL TEAM
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...
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...