Advisors
The Coulter @ Pitt Program
has a volunteer Advisory Committee made up of experts who are passionate about
translating academic discoveries to commercialization and societal impact. As
the project teams prepare their business plans, manufacturing and process
plans, regulatory strategies, and go-to-market projections, these volunteers
donate their time and talent to educating and refining the teams' thought
processes and pitches. These Advisors help to identify funding gaps, structure
regulatory paths, suggest manufacturing and design considerations and, often
join the teams as members of their business advisory boards. Coulter @ Pitt now
has over 85 Advisors with approximately 25% being outside of the Pittsburgh
region. Our Coulter Program staff engage these Advisors throughout the year and are diligently
developing relationships with new talent to join this Committee.
Advisors
Gianna Arnold
Partner
Organization:
Saul Ewing LLP
[Bio]
Jason Baim
Vice President Corporate Development
Organization:
Net Health
[Bio]
Sudeep Basu , PhD
Practice Leader, Innovation Services
Organization:
Frost and Sullivan
H.P. Beers
Principal
Organization:
Strategic Business Development
Jan Berkow , MD, MBA
Consultant
Organization:
ChironTec LLC
[LinkedIn]
Nehal Bhojak
Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences Initiatives
Organization:
Idea Foundry
[Bio - scroll down]
Philip Brooks , MS, MBA
President
Executive in Residence
Organization:
Brooks Consulting, Innovation Institute
[Bio]
Spencer Brown , PhD
Director of Surgical Research
Organization:
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
[Bio]
Lynn Brusco
Executive Director
Organization:
Disruptive Health Technology Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
[Bio]
Babs Carryer
Director of Education and Outreach
Blog Writer
Co-founder and Board Director
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, NewVenturist Blog, LaunchCyte
[Bio]
Steve Cherin
Principal
Organization:
Cherin Law Offices, PC
[Bio]
Chad A. Coberly , JD
Vice President, Clinical, Regulatory & Legal Affairs
Organization:
Cohera Medical, Inc.
Susan Cohen , PhD, MBA
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh
[Bio]
Peter DeComo
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Organization:
ALung Technologies
[Bio]
Denise DeSimone
Chairman and Founder
Organization:
C-Leveled
[Bio]
Robert J. Dickson
Chief Financial Officer
Organization:
CardiacAssist, Inc. dba TandemLife
[Bio - scroll down]
Mark DiSilvestro , PhD
President
Organization:
Vista Management Consulting, LLC
[LinkedIn]
Ann Dugan , MBA
Managing Director, Family Advisory Services
Organization:
Headwaters SC
Maria Fagan
President
Organization:
R&Q
[R&Q Site]
Phil Farabaugh , MBA
Strategic Consultant and Financial Executive
Organization:
[LinkedIn]
Michael Fare
Owner
Organization:
Mediverse Consulting, LLC
Steven Girouard , PhD
President and CEO
Organization:
Securus Medical Group, Inc.
Keith Giuliani
CEO
Organization:
Savvior
[LinkedIn]
Rebecca Gottlieb , PhD
Senior Director of Advanced Research
Organization:
Medtronic Diabetes
[LinkedIn]
Carolyn Green
Executive Director, Strategic Investments
Organization:
Pfizer Worldwide R&D
[LinkedIn]
David Griffiths
Deputy Director, Business Development & Licensing
Organization:
Bayer
[LinkedIn]
Kilichan Gurleyik , DSc
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh
[Bio]
C.J. Handron
Co-Founder and CEO
Organization:
Diamond Kinetics
[Bio]
Arjun Hattiangadi , MBA
Director, Portfolio Management and Development
Organization:
UPMC Enterprises
[LinkedIn]
Alan Hirschman , PhD
Professor, Bioengineering
Executive Director, Center for Medical Innovation
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh
[Bio]
Vijay Iyer , PhD, MBA
Vice President
Organization:
BioEnterprise
[Bio]
Justine Kasznica , JD
Special Counsel
Organization:
Saul Ewing LLP
John Kellum , MD
Professor, Critical Care Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Bioengineering and Clinical & Translational Science
Vice Chair for Research
Director, Bioengineering and Organ Support Program, CRISMA Center
Director, Center for Assistance in Research using eRecord (CARe)
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh
[Bio]
Edward Kim
Principal
Board Member and Chief Strategy Officer
Organization:
K5 Velocity Ventures, BrainFx
Matthias Kleinz
Engagement Manager
Organization:
L.E.K. Consulting's Healthcare and Life Sciences
[LinkedIn]
Andy Kuzneski , III
President
Organization:
Kuzneski Financial Group
Kathleen Kuznicki, PhD
Intellectual Property Attorney
Organization:
Lynch Weis, LLC
[Bio]
Scott Lammie
Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President, Insurance Services Division
Organization:
UMPC Health Plan
[Bio - scroll down]
Michael Lang
CEO
Organization:
NanoVision Diagnostics
Keith LeJeune , PhD
VP Innovation Deployment
Organization:
Allegheny Health Network
Michael Madison
Professor of Law
Faculty Director
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh, Innovation Practice Institute
[Bio]
John Marous
President and CEO
Organization:
CardiacAssist, Inc, dba TandemLife
[Bio - scroll down]
Bob Marshall
Director of Growth
Senior Principal Engineer
Organization:
Regulatory & Quality Solutions LLC
[R&Q Site]
Dan Mattson , MBA
Vice President
Organization:
CIMA Technology, Inc.
[LinkedIn]
Eileen McCullough
Founder and Managing Director
Organization:
ConsultEMed, LLC
[Bio]
Catherine Mott , MBA
President and CEO of BlueTree Capital Group and BlueTree Allied Angel
Former Chairman of the Board for the Angel Capital Association
Organization:
Angel Capital Association
[LinkedIn]
Noah Papas
Clinical Project Manager
Organization:
Philips
[LinkedIn]
Mel Pirchesky
President
Organization:
Eagle Ventures
[Bio]
Lynne Porter
Physician Associate
Organization:
MedSurge PI
Mark Redfern , PhD
Vice Provost for Research,
William Kepler Whiteford Professor of Bioengineering
Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh
[Bio]
Sam Reiman
Senior Program Officer
Organization:
McCune Foundation
Steven Reis , MD
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research, Health Sciences
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh
[Bio]
John Reyher
Sr. Vice President and General Manager
Organization:
StelKast Inc.
Hank Safferstein , PhD
President and CEO
Adjunct Professor of Business
Executive in Residence
Organization:
Cognition Therapeutics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
[Bio]
Bipin Salunkhe , PhD, MBA
Senior Director of New Product Development
Organization:
Bayer Medical Care
[LinkedIn]
Steven Shapiro , MD
Executive Vice President
Organization:
UPMC
[Bio]
Jash Sharma , MD
Founder and President
Organization:
CIMA Technology, Inc.
[Article]
Stephen Snowdy , PhD, MBA
Owner
CEO
CEO
Organization:
Ansley Venture Consulting, Visioneering Technologies, Abby Med LLC
[LinkedIn]
Lorenzo Soletti , PhD
Co-Founder and Director of Research and Development
Organization:
Neograft Technologies, Inc
[LinkedIn]
Jay Srini , MBA
Chief Strategist
Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Health and Rehab Sciences
Organization:
SCS Ventures, University of Pittsburgh
[LinkedIn]
Dietrich Stephan , PhD
Chairman, Department of Human Genetics
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh
[Bio]
Dennis Swanson
Assistant Dean for Special Projects
Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh
[Bio]
Niall Sweeney
Principal
Senior Advisor
Organization:
Dunkeld Consulting, Popper and Co.
[LinkedIn]
Donald Taylor , PhD, MBA
Executive-in-Residence
CEO and Managing Director
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Plastic Surgery
Adjunct Professor of Information Sciences
Organization:
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, bioStratica, LLC, University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University
[Bio]
Lans Taylor , PhD
Allegheny Foundation Professor of Computational and Systems Biology
Director, Drug Discovery Institute
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh
[Bio]
Robert Towarnicki
Managing Partner
Organization:
New Hope BioConsulting
[LinkedIn]
Patsy Trisler , JD, RAC
Owner & Principal Consultant - Regulatory Consulting, Medical Devices
Organization:
Trisler Consulting
Ned Uber , PhD
Medrad Fellow, Radiology and Interventional
Organization:
Bayer
[LinkedIn]
Raymond Vennare
Chairman and Acting CEO
Organization:
Cvergenx Inc.
[Bio]
David Vorp , PhD
Associate Dean for Research
William Kepler Whiteford Professor
Professor of Bioengineering, Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Surgery
Co-Director, Center for Medical Innovation
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh
[Bio]
Richard Walker , JD, MBA
Co-Founder
Organization:
Impellia
[Bio]
Jordan Warshafsky
Partner
Organization:
Ashton Tweed, Ltd
[Bio]
Marshall Webster , MD
Senior Vice President
Organization:
UPMC
[Bio]
Stephen Winowich
President
Senior Advisor, Artificial Heart Program
Organization:
Procirca, UPMC
[Bio]
Hal Wrigley , DMD
Board Advisor
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Bioengineering and School of Dental Medicine
[Bio]
Larry Zana , MS
CEO & Co-Founder
Organization:
Qrono Inc.
[Bio]