Dr. Ahmed is the President and CSO of VITRUVIAE, a privately held biotechnology company developing pan-agents for cancer, infectious diseases, and mental illness. He was formerly the SVP and CSO of Y-mAbs Therapeutics, a commercial and clinical stage public biotechnology company, and a faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer …
Dr. Wendy Lin is a Consulting Engineer in with Advanced Manufacturing Organization within GE Renewable Energy. As Consulting Engineer, she serves as a technical focal point for collaboration on composite and additive technology development programs with other GE businesses, government R&D agencies, universities, industry consortiums and non-competing corporate partnerships. Wendy has been with GE for …
Dr. Deepak Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). Dr. Kumar received his Ph.D. in Biological and Ecological Engineering from Oregon State University. His research focuses on the development of sustainable bioprocess technologies for the production of …
Originally from the Rochester area, Jacob is an experienced Technical Sales Engineer with over 10 years in manufacturing and a strong focus on providing solutions. Now based in Syracuse, Jacob is an alumnus of West Virginia University’s Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering programs, as well as a serial entrepreneur. Always keeping customer specific goals in …
After mentoring IndieBio life science startups since 2018, in 2020 Stephen joined SOSV full-time to co-found IndieBio NY. Stephen heads the IndieBio NY program, has a PhD in Molecular Biology, and has a deep background in entrepreneurship in the pharma industry. Stephen was one of the founding scientists at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, working on many drug …
As an IT professional for over 15 years, Paul has provided a variety of IT and Cyber Security solutions and training in the fields of engineering, manufacturing, education, commerce, insurance, and more. Since 2016 Paul has been working with small and medium manufacturers with their cybersecurity needs and industry requirements and has provided services and …
Nicki has worked at multiple levels of the medical device sales process and has experience with value analysis committees, sales team development and training, inside sales support and in-the-field sales. She is EndoGlow’s National Sales Manager and board member where she was able to bring the lens of sales to our early development stages and …
Andrea Ashford-Hicks is the Chief Executive Officer of Cayuga Biotech. She has more than 20 years of biopharmaceutical industry experience spanning development, commercial and strategy. Prior to Cayuga, Ms. Ashford-Hicks served as Senior Vice President of Late-Stage Development and Commercialization at Enzyvant Therapeutics. Under her leadership, Enzyvant received FDA approval for RETHYMIC® for pediatric congenital …
As a Senior Advisor for Offshore Wind, Peter helps lead the team’s strategy, planning, and execution of economic development associated initiatives to develop and expand the offshore wind industry. Working collaboratively with public and private stakeholders, his primary focus is on supply chain, infrastructure and workforce development. Peter has extensive experience in regional economic development …
Emily Shumchenia is a marine scientist and the Director of the Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind (RWSC). RWSC was collaboratively founded and is led by federal agencies, U.S. east coast states, offshore wind developers and lease holders, and non-governmental organizations with the common priorities of sharing information, standardizing data collection and monitoring protocols, …
