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, PhD
President, 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
Chief Operating Officer
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.
Michael Stapleton, PhD
Chief Business Officer
Michael Stapleton is a life sciences leader with success spanning leadership roles in software, consumables, instruments, services, consulting, and pharmaceuticals. He is a constant innovator, optimist, influencer, and digital thought leader identifying the next strategic challenge in life sciences, executing and operationalizing on high impact strategic plans to drive growth.
Phillip Johnson
Chief Financial Officer
Phillip Johnson brings over three decades of financial leadership and strategic expertise to his role as Chief Financial Officer at QbDVision. Since joining the company in March 2022, Phillip has leveraged his extensive experience in financial planning, risk management, capital raising, and operational improvement to drive sustainable growth and innovation in the organization.
Chas Peacock
VP of Engineering
Chas is a decades long veteran of technology who has led teams large and small across a wide variety of industries, from politics, e-commerce, developer tooling, and many others.
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.
Eric Skivington
Senior Director of Marketing
Eric is an experienced marketing leader with a rich history of driving impactful results across a diverse range of companies, from nimble startups to established enterprises. Having held leadership roles in both creative and marketing positions, Eric brings a unique and versatile skill set to the organization.
Joschka Buyel, PhD
Director of Product
Joschka was an early adopter of QbDVision at Bayer Pharmaceuticals and previously worked on various late-stage projects as a Quality-by-Design Expert for Product & Process Characterization, Process Validation, and Transfers. He 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.
Ben Ober
Director of Customer Success
Ben is a technology professional with 10 years of experience in the software and life sciences industry focusing on content management, MES, marketing automation.
Quincy Cooper
Director of Operations
Quincy is a seasoned operations professional with a passion for finding the most optimized intersection point of people and processes. She has nearly a decade of experience in operations, and specializes in empowering small business leaders to focus on strategic objectives and reach their growth goals. Quincy graduated from Texas A&M with a B.A. in Business Management.
Whitney Pung
Director, Account Management
Whitney is a forward-thinking leader with nearly a decade of industry and management consulting experience. As Director, Account Management at QbDVision, she partners with top pharma companies to enable their Digital CMC transformations. Having worked across every stage of the product and process lifecycle, she brings technical depth and a passion for driving innovative yet practical solutions in Digital CMC.
Sana Ahmed
Customer Success Manager
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.
Konstantinos Giannelos
Senior 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.
Bojana Drangova
Engineering Manager
As an Engineering Manager with frontend development roots, Bojana creates team environments where technical excellence meets collaborative problem-solving. Her leadership emphasizes agile methodologies that balance innovation with practical, customer-centered solutions. Her management approach prioritizes continuous learning and engineering’s growth.
Jean Marie Schiraldi
Principal Customer Success Manager
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.
Jack Morel
Senior Product Manager
Jack is a synthesist and former research scientist. As a product manager, they bring together the best parts of software, hardware, and biology to bring therapies to patients faster. In the past they’ve worked in product management at SaaS and CDMO companies, led solution engineering for F500 biotech and pharma, and developed laboratory automation late stage drug development.
Jui Pandya
Head of Product Design
Jui is a product-design hybrid. She focuses on solving customer and user problems while driving business outcomes. Her experience spans from UX individual contributor to design leader and entrepreneur in the hardware-software space.
Marc Brophy
Senior Product Designer
Marc is a product designer with over eight years experience creating user-centred solutions across industries like IoT, fintech, logistics, healthcare, and ecommerce. He specializes in using data insights, feedback, and behavioral psychology principles to design impactful products that balance user satisfaction with business success.
Leonardo Pires
Senior Software Engineer
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.
Ahmed Daraz
Senior Software Engineer
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.
Karim Mady
Senior Software Engineer
Mariano Rodriguez Ardiles
Senior Software Engineer
Mariano is a Full Stack Developer with 15 years of experience with a deep expertise in JavaScript. He has a comprehensive understanding of the full software development lifecycle and consistently delivers robust solutions tailored to meet complex business needs.
Lewis Shipp
Account Manager – EU
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.
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.
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.
Ivanna Bochkova
Product Marketing Manager
Ivanna is an accomplished Product Marketing & Growth professional with over 11 years of experience in driving global campaigns and elevating brands in the healthcare and software industries. As a community builder and advocate for women in tech, she merges creativity and strategic thinking to lead impactful initiatives that drive innovation and compliance.
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.
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.
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
Software Engineer
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.
Ivan Drangov
Software QA/Tester
Ivan is an experienced quality assurance professional with over 8 years of experience committed to ensuring the highest quality outcomes. He brings a wealth of knowledge in managing large-scale and enterprise projects.
Cristina Roxana Bogdan
Technical Support Specialist
With degrees in Law, Journalism, and Software Development, Cristina’s educational journey has been diverse. Starting at IBM, her career in the IT sector across Europe has been dynamic, with each experience enriching her skills and propelling her professional development.
Stephen Foley
Digital CMC Specialist
Stephen has a strong background in implementing digital solutions across pharma, specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). He excels at aligning technology with business processes, ensuring seamless adoption and maximizing efficiency.
Tarek Radwan
Software Engineer
Tarek is a full-stack software engineer with years of experience transforming complex challenges into seamless solutions. He excels at overseeing the entire development process, from initial concept to final deployment, ensuring that each solution is well-architected and aligns with the overall vision. Colleagues jokingly say Tarek’s idea of ‘good enough’ is everyone else’s version of perfect. When he’s not coding, Tarek enjoys diving, boxing, travelling, and playing guitar, which provide fresh perspectives and inspire his innovative approach to software development.
Eugene O'Neill
IT specialist
With over a decade of experience in the IT industry as an IT Administrator and Specialist across both public and private sectors, I have been instrumental in driving and implementing new systems, policies, and procedures. My role involves managing and administering cloud platforms, MDM systems, ticketing systems, and providing comprehensive internal IT support. Additionally, contributing to key projects focused on enhancing company compliance with security standards, as well as overseeing machine and software integrations.
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.
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.
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