About Us

Terry pioneered and led the early commercial success of spatial biology and mIF, first as GM for PerkinElmer’s tissue business, and then as President of Akoya Biosciences. Prior to this, Terry led the global adoption of HPV testing for cervical cancer primary screening at Roche Molecular. Terry also has extensive experience in International markets including GM of China and Japan, and Head of International Strategy at Hologic, and Director of Corporate BD APAC at BMS.

Simona brings to Vizgen more than 25 years of experience in the life science industry.  Prior to coming to Vizgen, she served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Cell Signaling Technology, where she built and led the company global legal team playing a key role in the company growth and global expansion.  She was instrumental in developing the global intellectual property strategy leading the negotiation of several strategic key collaborations and licensing deals in both the therapeutic and diagnostic fields.  Prior to that post, she was a partner in the Life Sciences Group at the law firm McDermott Will & Emery, and Chief IP Counsel at IVAX Corporation (TEVA) where she led offensive and defensive IP strategies.

Dr. Levi has B.A.s in biochemistry and economics, a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Rutgers University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Dr. Levi has been a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association since 1996.

Phil is an accomplished, operationally oriented finance executive with more than 25 years of start-up experience through Fortune 500 finance & accounting, and Big 4 public accounting organizations. Currently providing fractional CFO services including as part of a team of industry skilled controllers specializing in building the finance and accounting functions at early-stage companies. In addition to Vizgen, current and prior companies include Sherlock Biosciences, Arbor Biotechnologies, Ultivue, 908 Devices, Quanterix.  He is a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and holds a MBA from Babson College and a BSBA in Business from Northeastern University with honors.

Dale Levitzke joins Vizgen Inc. from Dropworks Inc where he led all aspects of Marketing, Sales and Service for the companies Serial Flow Digital Droplet platform. Previous to this Dale held various Worldwide Sales and Commercial roles including nanoString Inc. (ticker NSTG) where he was VP of Worldwide Sales, having taken the company from <$10MM in revenue through IPO to >$125MM in global revenues over 5.5 years. Prior to this, Dale was with illumina Inc. (ticker ILMN) where he led commercial activities for the PCR Division following the company’s acquisition of Helixis ($114MM), where he headed Global Sales as Senior Director. Dale earned a Bachelor of Science with honors degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.

Peidong is a serial entrepreneur and was a co-founder of Ahura Scientific utilizing Raman and FTIR spectroscopy. His work helped pioneer a new field of applications based on rugged hand-held spectroscopy which led to its acquisition by Thermo Fisher. Peidong also co-founded CoreTek which was acquired by Nortel. He is a recipient of the G. N. Hatsopoulos award at Thermo Fisher and is also an inventor with 15 issued patents in laser technology, opto-mechanics, and analytical instrumentation.

Yoni is a seasoned technology and genomics professional with 15+ years of experience successfully leading the development of next generation sequencing products and technologies (instruments, library preparation, genetic assays, and therapeutics) in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and life science industry. Yoni has been instrumental in launching, developing, and significantly enhancing the bottom-line profitability and quality across products and technologies in GXP, CLIA, and RUO environments for companies including Illumina and 10x Genomics. Yoni received his PhD in Organic Chemistry from The University of California, Santa Cruz.

Bob is an accomplished business leader with over three decades of experience in medical device and biotech manufacturing. He has successfully led multiple cGMP and life science instrument, reagent and consumables manufacturing and supply chain operations in a variety of business settings, from early-stage startups (CytoLogix, acquired by Dako) to multi-site leadership for Roche Diagnostics’ sequencing and target enrichment businesses, where he also served on the Global Operations Leadership Team. Bob has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Helen is a highly accomplished finance and accounting professional with over 20 years of diverse experience in the Biotechnology and Manufacturing industries. With a proven track record, she has worked extensively with both public and private companies across various stages of the business lifecycle. In her previous role she has supported public offering and she has successfully built and led accounting departments post-IPO, ensuring robust financial systems and processes are in place to support sustainable growth. Helen is a Certified Public Accountant and has an MBA from University of Missouri.

Séamus has 25+ years’ experience in financial analysis in the Biotech, Medical Device and Electronic Materials industries. During his career, he has gained international experience from muti-year expatriate assignments in Asia, France, and the UK. Séamus is a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and has a Master of Business Studies degree from the Smurfit School of Business.

Gerry has 20+ years’ experience in companies in different stages of their life cycles, providing strategic guidance and tactical support across global sites. She has worked in a variety of industries, most recently in biotechnology, life sciences, and healthcare/medical device including Bio-Techne, Exosome Diagnostics, Takeda, Partners Healthcare, and Shire. Gerry is committed to ensuring that Vizgen employees thrive as our business grows and evolves. Gerry has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Labor Relations with a major in statistics from Cornell University, and a juris doctorate degree from University of Buffalo.

Srini is an accomplished leader in the Biotechnology, molecular diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences industry with extensive experience encompassing R&D and program management. He received Ph.D. in Biology from Texas Tech University, Post-doctoral training from Stanford’s Carnegie Institution, PMP certification from Project Management Institute, and Executive MBA from Quantic School of Business & Technology.

George has spent the past decade developing high-throughput spatial profiling technologies including extending MERFISH technology to profile 10,000 genes in the same sample. George received dual undergraduate degrees from the University of Colorado, and a Ph.D. in Biophysics from Harvard University.

Co-founding member of Vizgen, Jiang has been recognized with numerous awards including Forbes 30 under 30 in Healthcare, Spotlight Scholar at AIF, and STAT Wunderkind awardee. He completed his postdoc at MIT, and his Ph.D. at Harvard University in Xiaowei Zhuang’s lab.

David has over 20 years industry experience in the diagnostics and life science research markets leading efforts in product development, program management, strategic marketing and business/technology assessment.  His experience also includes building and leading successful teams within a variety of organizations that includes NanoView Biosciences, Quanterix and Hologic.  He obtained a B.S. degree in Biochemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Elizabeth has over a decade of life science commercial experience in sales and business development. She started her career at Thermo Fisher Scientific (Life Technologies/Invitrogen/Applied Biosystems) where she developed an expertise in genomics, molecular technologies and diagnostics, and then moved into the single-cell research arena.

Elizabeth received a BA in Neuroscience from Smith College and an MS in Biotechnology from Georgetown University.

Brittany has over a decade of life science marketing experience with strengths in leading and growing marketing communications and product management organizations.  Prior to joining Vizgen, Brittany led the marketing team at Covaris and facilitated the successful launch of their eCommerce website and the ML230 Focused-ultrasonicator. Brittany was also on the marketing team at Quanterix aiding in the launch of the SR-X Biomarker Detection System and leading the logistics coordination of the inaugural Powering Precision Health Summit. Brittany received her bachelor’s degree from The University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

With 20+ years of experience of leading IT organizations in various industries such as semiconductors, factory automation, and financial services, Robert has “found his calling and home” in Life Sciences the past 10 years.   Recently, he has overhauled the IT infrastructure, applications, and governance of a gene-therapy company to pass FDA and EMA audits.  Robert has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University and a MBA from Babson College.  He is PMP certified and Certified Scrum Master.

Anne has over 30 years of operations, medical device and IVD experience within GMP product manufacturing, GMP / GLP genomic services, medical device development and manufacturing. A quality leader with strong knowledge of quality systems, U.S. FDA regulations (21 CFR 820), ISO 13485:2016 and quality system implementation management. She has led global and multi-site teams in regulated industries, held roles in QC design assurance, operations, quality and regulatory within Rowley Biochemical, Beckman Coulter, Leica Biosystems and LumiraDx.  Anne received her bachelor’s degree from Salem State University.

Mickael has over a decade of life science commercial experience in sales and business development.  After completing his master and Ph.D in molecular and cellular biology at Laval university (Quebec, Canada) received with honor, he spent a year working in a lab in California (UCI) and then worked as a post doc associate for 2 years at Oxford university (UK).

Following this academic training he joined New England Biolabs France where he was part of the initial team which set up the operation in France , 10x Genomics where he was the field sales employee, DNA Script and currently Vizgen where he hold the regional director EMEA position.