Meet our TEAM

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Experienced Management & Board; Biofeedback & SaaS Expertise; Successful Entrepreneurs

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Gene Zylkuski

Chief Executive Officer

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Gene Zylkuski

Chief Executive Officer

Extensive software/startup expertise; Multiple successful exits; CEO/CTO Quick Pivot, CTO Extraprise, VP Engineering SmartSource, VP Product Management OutStart, CTO Broadbase, VP Product Management ServiceSoft

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Dejan Stankovic, EdD, BCB

Chief Training & Performance Officer and Co-Founder

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Dejan Stankovic, EdD, BCB

Chief Training & Performance Officer and Co-Founder

Board certified biofeedback practitioner, sports psychologist, mindfulness meditation expert.

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Sharyn Chabot

Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

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Sharyn Chabot

Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

CFO Back Bay Life Science Advisors; CFO America’s Test Kitchen.

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James Hewitt PhD(c)

Chief Commercial & Innovation Officer

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James Hewitt PhD(c)

Chief Commercial & Innovation Officer

Corporate and Executive Performance Advisor to several Fortune 500 companies;

Active researcher at the world’s #1 ranked institution in Sport, Exercise & Health Science (QS World University Rankings)

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Jonathan P. Gertler MD

Chairman and Co-Founder

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Jonathan P. Gertler MD

Chairman and Co-Founder

Managing Director: BioVentures MedTech Funds

Managing Partner and CEO: Back Bay Life Science Advisors

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Olivier Oullier PhD

Chief Science Officer

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Olivier Oullier PhD

Chief Science Officer

Former Head of Strategy in Global Health and Healthcare World Economic Forum

Professor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at Aix-Marseille University

Sits on France's Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (OPECST) and High Council for Strategic Education and Research (CSFRS)

(Co-)authored more than 250 scientific, medical, business and mainstream publications

ADVISORY BOARD

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Sheila Lirio Marcello J.D, MBA

Entrepreneur, business leader & mentor

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Sheila Lirio Marcello J.D, MBA

Entrepreneur, business leader & mentor

Venture Partner, New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Founder Care.com VP of Product Management and Marketing, UPromise

Entrepreneur in Residence at Matrix Partners

Fortune Magazine’s "Top 10 Women Entrepreneurs"

Henry Crown Fellow with the Aspen Institute

Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum

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Jeff Chu, MS

Nationally recognized biomechanics engineer, technologist, mathematical modeler

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Jeff Chu, MS

Nationally recognized biomechanics engineer, technologist, mathematical modeler

CTO/Partner, Simbex
Deep experience in software, hardware, and algorithm development

Principal Investigator on NIH and Department of Defense projects

Recognized by Time Magazine, Sybase, Edison Awards, and Computerworlds.

He holds 8 patents, with 6 patents pending

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Donna Edmonds

Corporate advisor, life science investor & serial entrepreneur

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Donna Edmonds

Corporate advisor, life science investor & serial entrepreneur

CEO Brain Box Solutions Inc
Life Science Investor and Serial entrepreneur

Extensive clinical market development and health cost management experience using multiple approaches, including wellness, in a fortune 500 Business.