Executive Team

Dr. Carole Spangler Vaughn (CEO) holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics (Johns Hopkins University) and an MBA (University of Washington). She has spent over 25 years in the life science industry, mostly at start-ups, bringing oncology products to market. 

Jessica Urban (VP Product Development) has over 25 years of experience in Medical Device Product Development including roles in Management, Business Development, Program Management, Quality, Regulatory, and Engineering.  

Paul Klein (VP Marketing) spent 40-years at GE and GE Healthcare in various positions globally. He is an experienced marketer with B2B and B2C expertise in durables, CPG, and medical products. 

Nathan Dale (VP Manufacturing) is an experienced medical device engineer with nearly 30 years of expertise in product design, development, and manufacturing across implantable, disposable, and surgical technologies.  

Martin Simonetti (Board Chair) has had a long and successful career in the life sciences, serving as CFO and CEO. He is currently the CEO of PBS Biotech. He received an MS from the Univ of California, Davis and an MBA from the Univ of Santa Clara.

Mr. Ron Myers (Business/Legal Advisor) has broad experience in M&A, licensing, litigation and intellectual property, including more than 20 years experience in intellectual property acquisition, enforcement and defense in the biotech and pharmaceutical fields.  

 Dr. Noah Kolb (Medical Advisor) is a neurologist at The University of Vermont Medical Center and assistant professor at the UVM College of Medicine Department of Neurology in Burlington, VT. His research focuses on chemotherapy-induced neuropathy. 

Jennifer Gewandter, PhD, MPH (Medical Advisor) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Rochester and an Associate Director of the FDA Public-Private partnership, ACTTION. Her research is focused on optimizing clinical trials for pain and peripheral neuropathy treatments as well as researching interventions for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. 

Dr. Giancarlo Moscol (Medical Advisor) is a breast cancer oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Moscol received his MD at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru, followed by a residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center.