OUR TEAM
Meet our people
We’re software, process development, and business experts solving some of pharma and biotech’s biggest digital challenges.
OUR TEAM
The QbDVision crew
Our platform is backed by a group of leading entrepreneurs, technologists, and biopharma veterans delivering the digital innovation our industry needs.
Yash Sabharwal
Director, CEO, Co-Founder
Yash Sabharwal is an accomplished inventor, entrepreneur, and executive specializing in the funding and growth of early-stage technology companies focused on life science applications. He has started 3 companies and successfully exited his last two, bringing a wealth of strategic and tactical experience to the team.
Ryan Shillington
CTO, Co-Founder
Luke Guerrero
COO
Luke is an experienced technology leader with a focus on growing teams, developing software products, and managing business operations. As the COO, he leads operations, marketing, and product management, bringing a depth of experience and excitement from other industries.
Ahmed Daraz
Senior Software Developer
Ahmed is a senior software engineer with experience in various industries including life sciences. His 12+ years of experience allow him to comfortably take control of any project and conquer any issues that arise to achieve results.
Ahmed Fathy
Software Engineering Manager
Ahmed is a software engineer with an entrepreneurial spirit for scientific publications in machine learning. He has taken part in building many start-ups and has worked at top US companies.
Jean Marie Schiraldi
Director of Customer Success
Jean Marie comes with a deep background in leading-edge software applications for the life sciences industry. With 35+ years of software industry experience at IBM, Aprimo, Veeva, and others, she has a wealth of leadership experience with customer success and expertise in strategic account planning.
Konstantinos Giannelos
Software Engineering Manager
Konstantinos is a Senior Solutions Architect with an exceptional blend of technical acumen and passion for building novel software, tools, and methodologies to drive far-reaching changes. Prior to QbDVision, he served as a SaaS Quality Chief Architect and a SaaS Architect to streamline the process of migrating new product acquisitions.
Leonardo Pires
Senior Software Developer
Leonardo has extensive experience in software development and offers a strong knowledge of design patterns and componentization. Leonardo has worked for some of the top 50 US companies designing systems for very diverse platforms ranging from printer firmware to massive distributed cloud-based applications.
Sana Ahmed
Director of Quality by Design
Sana is a process optimization scientist focusing on the application of quality by design and Pharma 4.0 principles. She supports QbDVision customers looking to utilize best practices in the development and scale-up of biopharma development processes.
John Sullivan
Director, North American Sales
John has over 25 years of sales management including managing direct sales teams and distribution channels delivering double digit annual growth with analytical, instrumentation products in research, pharma and biotech markets.
Adrienne O'Reilly
Senior Director, QA and Validation
Adrienne has over a decade of experience in the drug development industry, with a focus on quality management systems, GMP quality assurance, and CMC project management. She aided development of combination products and small and large molecules, and implemented and served as system administrator of various electronic quality management systems.
Ben Ober
Senior Customer Success Manager
Ben is a technology professional with 10 years of experience in the software and life sciences industry focusing on content management, MES, marketing automation.
Libia Olguin
Business and Finance Manager
Libia has over 10 years of experience managing start-up teams on a global scale focusing on efficiency, innovation, and problem solving.
Natalie Quan
Product Manager
Natalie has a background in biotechnology with industry experience as a CMC regulatory associate and process development scientist. Natalie earned her M.S. in Biotechnology at Northwestern University and her B.S. in Biology at Duke University.
Patrick Riordan
Content Marketing Manager
Patrick is a seasoned writer, producer, and content marketer experienced in international enterprise organizations and startups. He focuses on a user-centric and data-informed approach to producing engaging content in a global market.
Danche Prokopov
Software QA/Tester
Danche is a Quality Assurance professional with over 5 years of experience, ensuring the highest quality outcomes possible. Bringing forth a seasoned history of helping companies to achieve success and improve quality.
Dave Crist
Demand Generation Manager
Dave is a media, marketing, and measurement leader and has worked at advertising agencies, as well as a technology startup, serving a wide range of strategic marketing roles.
Ahmed Ghandour
QA Principal Engineer
Ahmed is a Certified Scrum Master with over 14 years of experience where he has managed the launch of 30+ large-scale projects/products across many domains, including e-commerce, telecommunications, and government services.
Doanh Pham
Software Engineer
Doanh is a software engineer with experience in various industries including aviation, online periodicals, eCommerce, and cloud-based software. His diverse work experience has helped him comfortably take on any project from start to finish.
Hussam Alarabi
Junior Software Developer
Hassam’s experience includes working on real-time SaaS applications in various industries such as hospitality and consultancy. He started his career as a software tester before working as a Full-Stack developer in hospitality where he was responsible for building and maintaining systems deployed on various platforms.
Lewis Shipp
Digital CMC Specialist
Lewis previously held roles as a CMC Writing Consultant, Teaching Assistant in Pharmaceutics and Pharmacovigilance Associate, as well as engaging in research activities concerned with the use of 3D printing technologies for drug delivery applications. He is published in the Journal of Controlled Release.
Nikki Hixon
Customer Success Manager
Nikki has 15+ years of experience across multiple industries, in e-commerce, business development, and marketing. She leverages her diverse skills as an integral part of our Customer Success team.
Yash Sabharwal
Director, CEO, Co-Founder
Yash Sabharwal is an accomplished inventor, entrepreneur, and executive specializing in the funding and growth of early-stage technology companies focused on life science applications. He has started 3 companies and successfully exited his last two, bringing a wealth of strategic and tactical experience to the team.
Ryan Shillington
CTO, Co-Founder
Ryan Shillington is a seasoned CTO with decades of experience in software development, process refinement, architecture, and quality control. There’s very little about building software companies that he doesn’t understand at every layer, from technical things like programming to hiring and managing large remote and diverse teams.
Luke Guerrero
COO
Luke is an experienced technology leader with a focus on growing teams, developing software products, and managing business operations. As the COO, he leads operations, marketing, and product management, bringing a depth of experience and excitement from other industries.
Ahmed Daraz
Senior Software Developer
Ahmed is a senior software engineer with experience in various industries including life sciences. His 12+ years of experience allow him to comfortably take control of any project and conquer any issues that arise to achieve results.
Ahmed Fathy
Software Engineering Manager
Ahmed is a software engineer with an entrepreneurial spirit for scientific publications in machine learning. He has taken part in building many start-ups and has worked at top US companies.
Jean Marie Schiraldi
Director of Customer Success
Jean Marie comes with a deep background in leading-edge software applications for the life sciences industry. With 35+ years of software industry experience at IBM, Aprimo, Veeva, and others, she has a wealth of leadership experience with customer success and expertise in strategic account planning.
Konstantinos Giannelos
Software Engineering Manager
Konstantinos is a Senior Solutions Architect with an exceptional blend of technical acumen and passion for building novel software, tools, and methodologies to drive far-reaching changes. Prior to QbDVision, he served as a SaaS Quality Chief Architect and a SaaS Architect to streamline the process of migrating new product acquisitions.
Leonardo Pires
Senior Software Developer
Leonardo has extensive experience in software development and offers a strong knowledge of design patterns and componentization. Leonardo has worked for some of the top 50 US companies designing systems for very diverse platforms ranging from printer firmware to massive distributed cloud-based applications.
Sana Ahmed
Director of Quality by Design
Sana is a process optimization scientist focusing on the application of quality by design and Pharma 4.0 principles. She supports QbDVision customers looking to utilize best practices in the development and scale-up of biopharma development processes.
John Sullivan
Director, North American Sales
John has over 25 years of sales management including managing direct sales teams and distribution channels delivering double digit annual growth with analytical, instrumentation products in research, pharma and biotech markets.
Adrienne O'Reilly
Senior Director, QA and Validation
Adrienne has over a decade of experience in the drug development industry, with a focus on quality management systems, GMP quality assurance, and CMC project management. She aided development of combination products and small and large molecules, and implemented and served as system administrator of various electronic quality management systems.
Ben Ober
Senior Customer Success Manager
Ben is a technology professional with 10 years of experience in the software and life sciences industry focusing on content management, MES, marketing automation.
Libia Olguin
Business & Finance Manager
Libia has over 10 years of experience managing start-up teams on a global scale focusing on efficiency, innovation, and problem solving.
Natalie Quan
Product Manager
Natalie has a background in biotechnology with industry experience as a CMC regulatory associate and process development scientist. Natalie earned her M.S. in Biotechnology at Northwestern University and her B.S. in Biology at Duke University.
Patrick Riordan
Content Marketing Manager
Patrick is a seasoned writer, producer, and content marketer experienced in international enterprise organizations and startups. He focuses on a user-centric and data-informed approach to producing engaging content in a global market.
Danche Prokopov
Software QA/Tester
Danche is a Quality Assurance professional with over 5 years of experience, ensuring the highest quality outcomes possible. Bringing forth a seasoned history of helping companies to achieve success and improve quality.
David Crist
Demand Generation Manager
Dave is a media, marketing, and measurement leader and has worked at advertising agencies, as well as a technology startup, serving a wide range of strategic marketing roles.
Ahmed Ghandour
Principal QA Engineer
Ahmed is a Certified Scrum Master with over 14 years of experience where he has managed the launch of 30+ large-scale projects/products across many domains, including e-commerce, telecommunications, and government services.
Doanh Pham
Software Engineer
Doanh is a software engineer with experience in various industries including aviation, online periodicals, eCommerce, and cloud-based software. His diverse work experience has helped him comfortably take on any project from start to finish.
Hussam Alarabi
Junior Software Developer
Hassam’s experience includes working on real-time SaaS applications in various industries such as hospitality and consultancy. He started his career as a software tester before working as a Full-Stack developer in hospitality where he was responsible for building and maintaining systems deployed on various platforms.
Lewis Shipp
Digital CMC Specialist
Lewis previously held roles as a CMC Writing Consultant, Teaching Assistant in Pharmaceutics and Pharmacovigilance Associate, as well as engaging in research activities concerned with the use of 3D printing technologies for drug delivery applications. He is published in the Journal of Controlled Release.
Nikki Hixon
Customer Success Manager
Nikki has 15+ years of experience across multiple industries, in e-commerce, business development, and marketing. She leverages her diverse skills as an integral part of our Customer Success team.
OUR LEADERS
Board of Directors
They bring a wealth of experience in entrepreneurship, business strategy, and drug development to the continuing evolution of our platform.
Emma Cartmell
Director
Emma is a distinguished healthcare leader who has served in multiple C-level positions for both public and private companies in the healthcare technology industry. She has developed M&A strategies for public and private companies on both the buy and sell-side, with investment targets of up to $1B.
Eric Engineer
Director
Eric is a full-time Venture Partner at S3 Ventures, and board member of S3 portfolio companies Atmosphere, VUV Analytics, and CherryCircle Software, the parent company of QbDVision. He was previously CEO at Invodo (an S3 Ventures portfolio company), a partner at Sevin Rosen Funds, and held numerous product and sales roles at Microsoft.
Paxton Major
Director
Paxton Major is a member of Northpond Ventures convergent technologies team. Paxton is a Board Observer at Scitara, Syapse, SimBioSys, NanoView, VieCure, SeluxDX, and other emerging growth companies. Prior to Northpond, Paxton was a consultant at Trinity Partners, a life science-focused strategy and management consultancy. Paxton earned a B.S. with honors in neurobiology from Brown University.
Pasquale (Pat) Sacco
Director
Pat is a Biotechnology technical operations executive with 30+ years of experience leading and managing technical operations functions at numerous innovative companies in the biotech and life sciences industries. He has a passion for advancing and implementing best practices in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Emma Cartmell
Director
Emma is a distinguished healthcare leader who has served in multiple C-level positions for both public and private companies in the healthcare technology industry. She has developed M&A strategies for public and private companies on both the buy and sell-side, with investment targets of up to $1B.
Eric Engineer
Director
Eric is a full-time Venture Partner at S3 Ventures, and board member of S3 portfolio companies Atmosphere, VUV Analytics, and CherryCircle Software, the parent company of QbDVision. He was previously CEO at Invodo (an S3 Ventures portfolio company), a partner at Sevin Rosen Funds, and held numerous product and sales roles at Microsoft.
Paxton Major
Director
Paxton Major is a member of Northpond Ventures convergent technologies team. Paxton is a Board Observer at Scitara, Syapse, SimBioSys, NanoView, VieCure, SeluxDX, and other emerging growth companies. Prior to Northpond, Paxton was a consultant at Trinity Partners, a life science-focused strategy and management consultancy. Paxton earned a B.S. with honors in neurobiology from Brown University.
Pasquale (Pat) Sacco
Director
Pat is a Biotechnology technical operations executive with 30+ years of experience leading and managing technical operations functions at numerous innovative companies in the biotech and life sciences industries. He has a passion for advancing and implementing best practices in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
OUR GUIDES
Board of Advisors
We have a team of industry-leading visionaries who help us shape every innovation in our platform.
Gloria Gadea-Lopez
Advisor | Head of Global Consultancy, Business Platforms | Ph.D., Biosystems Engineering
Gloria Gadea-Lopez is the Head of Global Consultancy at Business Platforms. Using her prior extensive experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, she supports companies in developing strategies and delivering digital systems for successful operations. She holds degrees in Chemical Engineering, Food Science (M.S.), and Biosystems Engineering (Ph.D.).
Joschka Buyel
Advisor | Process and Knowledge Management Scientist, Bayer Pharmaceuticals | Ph.D., Drug Science
Joschka is responsible for the rollout and integration of QbDVision at Bayer Pharmaceuticals. He previously worked on various late-stage projects as a Quality-by-Design Expert for Product & Process Characterization, Process Validation, and Transfers. Joschka has a Ph.D. in Drug Sciences from Bonn University and a M.S. and B.S. in Molecular and Applied Biotechnology from the RWTH University.
John (Jack) Garvey
Advisor | Managing Partner, Compliance Architects LLC
Jack Garvey is a life sciences industry thought leader and operations veteran. As both a chemical engineer and licensed attorney, Jack brings deep insight into industry issues at the intersection of law, regulation, science, and business. Embracing innovation and advocacy, Jack’s ability to resolve the problems faced by regulated industry is unparalleled.
Rebecca Waterbury
Advisor | Founder, Exemplar Compliance LLC | ChE, JD
Rebecca is the founder and former Head of Quality at Exemplar Compliance with over 19 years of experience in Quality Systems, Regulatory Compliance, FDA remediation, and new product approval. She studied Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Business at Vanderbilt University, and received her Juris Doctorate of Law.
Gloria Gadea-Lopez
Advisor | Head of Global Consultancy, Business Platforms | Ph.D., Biosystems Engineering
Gloria Gadea-Lopez is the Head of Global Consultancy at Business Platforms. Using her prior extensive experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, she supports companies in developing strategies and delivering digital systems for successful operations. She holds degrees in Chemical Engineering, Food Science (M.S.), and Biosystems Engineering (Ph.D.).
Joschka Buyel
Advisor | Process and Knowledge Management Scientist, Bayer Pharmaceuticals | Ph.D., Drug Science
Joschka is responsible for the rollout and integration of QbDVision at Bayer Pharmaceuticals. He previously worked on various late-stage projects as a Quality-by-Design Expert for Product & Process Characterization, Process Validation, and Transfers. Joschka has a Ph.D. in Drug Sciences from Bonn University and a M.S. and B.S. in Molecular and Applied Biotechnology from the RWTH University.
Jack Garvey
Advisor | Managing Partner, Compliance Architects LLC
Jack Garvey is a life sciences industry thought leader and operations veteran. As both a chemical engineer and licensed attorney, Jack brings deep insight into industry issues at the intersection of law, regulation, science, and business. Embracing innovation and advocacy, Jack’s ability to resolve the problems faced by regulated industry is unparalleled.
Rebecca Waterbury
Advisor | Founder, Exemplar Compliance LLC | ChE, JD
Rebecca is the founder and former Head of Quality at Exemplar Compliance with over 19 years of experience in Quality Systems, Regulatory Compliance, FDA remediation, and new product approval. She studied Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Business at Vanderbilt University, and received her Juris Doctorate of Law.
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