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To fully integrate cancer research and care, xCures assembled an experienced, boundary-pushing team with the expertise, creativity, and persistence needed to solve the biggest problems in oncology.

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Corporate HQ
1901 Harrison Street
Suite 1100
Oakland, CA 94612

Clinical & Data Ops
4509 Creedmoor Rd
Suite 402
Raleigh, NC 27612

info@xcures.com

+1 707-200-8339


Corporate HQ
1901 Harrison Street
Suite 1100
Oakland, CA 94612
(directions)

Clinical & Data Ops
4509 Creedmoor Rd
Suite 402
Raleigh, NC 27612
(directions)

info@xcures.com | +1 707-200-8339


Management

Mika Newton
Chief Executive Officer
Mika Newton
Chief Executive Officer

With over 25 years of leadership experience in life sciences and healthcare, Mika is an expert in healthcare data management, with a focus on data completeness and universality. He has a proven track record of bringing transformative technologies to market, driving growth, and fostering innovation.

Glenn Kramer, PhD
Chief Technology Officer
Glenn Kramer, PhD
Chief Technology Officer

Glenn Kramer has developed AI-enhanced computational geometry engines, transaction processing systems, business intelligence / market monitoring systems, and innovative investment products that use predictive analytics. He holds 22 issued US Patents. He was most recently Chief Data Scientist at SRS Acquiom. He holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Sussex.

Mark Shapiro, MBA, MA
Chief Operating Officer
Mark Shapiro, MBA, MA
Chief Operating Officer

Mark Shapiro is a pharmacologist and widely recognized expert on growth and innovation strategies in clinical research and clinical development. As a management consultant at Campbell Alliance, he led strategic planning, growth, and change management initiatives at many pharmaceutical, biotech and clinical research organizations. He was most recently the SVP, Operations at Clinipace, a global, oncology-focused CRO, where he was part of the leadership team that grew the organization from ten to over a thousand employees worldwide.

Kenny Wong, MS CGC
Chief Product Officer
Kenny Wong, MS CGC
Chief Product Officer

Kenny has over a decade of product leadership/management experience in growing innovative healthcare products. Most recently, he was the Vice President of Products at GenomeSmart which was acquired by Ambry Genetics in 2020, a subsidiary of Konica Minolta. Prior to that, he was the Senior Product Director for Counsyl, which was acquired by Myriad Genetics in 2018. Kenny developed his passion for helping patients early in his career as a board-certified genetic counselor at UCSF Medical Center. He holds a BSc from University of British Columbia in Cell Biology and Genetics and a MS in Human Genetics from Sarah Lawrence College.

Team

Adan Nunez
Principal Engineer
AJ Rabe
Principal Software Engineer
Alaa Awawda
Data Scientist
Alanis Sabates
Customer Success Manager
Allie Manasco
Program Manager
Ben Koshy
VP of Financial Planning and Analysis
Bill Mahoney
VP of Engineering
Bryan Federowicz
VP Software Strategy & Growth
Daniel Thurber
Junior Software Engineer
Don Chuyka
Director of Informatics
Dosien Kuqali
Video Editor
Eric Svetcov
CISO/CPO & VP IT
Filipe Dinis
Graphic Design & Social Media Director
Hannah Hayes
VP, Clinical Operations
Harrison Fleming
Business Development Manager
Hiba Kouser
Research Scientist, Real World Evidence
Hugh Salamon
Lead Data Scientist
Jeff Rapp
Principal Engineer
Josh Yurasits
Sr. Customer Success Manager
Joshua Marker
General Counsel
Luke Wolf
Sr. Software Engineer
Meaghan Ayers
Director, Program Management Office
Michael Ekern
Platform Engineer
Nataly Aguirre
Sr. Customer Success Manager
Patrick van der Valk
VP Marketing
Sabrina Irizarry
Manager, Clinical Data Management
Sae Yamada
Executive Assistant to Mika Newton
Sarah Lewis
Clinical Research Coordinator
Tim Stuhlmiller
VP of Scientific and Medical Affairs
Tyler Smith
IT Engineer
Zachary Kaufman
VP of Product Management

Board of Directors

Marty Tenenbaum, PhD
Chairman
Marty Tenenbaum, PhD
Chairman

Marty Tenenbaum is a renowned computer scientist, Internet entrepreneur and cancer survivor. He founded Cancer Commons and CollabRx (NASD: CRLX) to help each cancer patient obtain the best possible outcome. He is an Internet commerce pioneer and visionary, having founded EIT (1990) and CommerceNet (1994) to accelerate business use of the Internet, and later, was an officer and director of Commerce One, Webify Solutions (sold to IBM in 2006), and Medstory (sold to Microsoft in 2007). Dr. Tenenbaum is a fellow and former board member of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, and a former Director of Patients Like Me. Dr. Tenenbaum holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT, and a PhD from Stanford, and has received numerous awards for his work in AI and as a patient advocate.

Mika Newton
Mika Newton

Mika Newton has over twenty years of leadership experience in the life sciences. Most recently he was the Chief Commercial Officer of Doctor Evidence, LLC. Prior to Doctor Evidence he was the General Manager of Clinical Development Services at diaDexus, SVP of Client and Market Development at Evidera, VP of Sales and Marketing at Archimedes, and held sales management and sales operations roles at Quintiles, Invitrogen and Tripos.

Kate Chudnovsky
Kate Chudnovsky

Katie Chudnovsky is the general counsel for a national privately-held technology firm. She also has her hands in numerous other projects, investing and providing support for a telehealth start-up, a private healthcare organization and a helicopter airport. Chudnovsky is passionate about philanthropy, and in addition to providing major donations to a number of universities and research hospitals she is also president of the board of directors for a large non-profit.

Moe Kermani, PhD
Moe Kermani, PhD

Moe Kermani is a Managing Partner of Vanedge Capital where he focuses on investments in Cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Analytics, and Quantum Information. Prior to that he was President and CEO of Bycast Inc., a world leader in object storage that was successfully acquired by NetApp. Moe has extensive experience working with entrepreneurial companies and taking to market leading-edge technology products. He holds a PhD in physics from the University of British Columbia.

Larry Marton, MD
Larry Marton, MD

Dr. Marton serves as a consultant to industry and to nonprofit, government, and academic institutions. In the nonprofit sector, Dr. Marton is an Emeritus Member of the   Board of Trustees of the American Association for Cancer Research Foundation and is on the Board of Directors of Cancer Commons.  In the for-profit sector, he serves on the Boards of Directors of Cellsonics, Matternet, Microsonic Systems, Nanotics, Omniox (also serving as Executive Chair), RenovoRx, and xCures and is an advisor to Assurance Health Data, PharmaJet, and the Precision Medicine World Conference.

Previously, Dr. Marton was Dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and Chaired the Department of Laboratory Medicine at UCSF, where he was a Professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Neurological Surgery.  Dr. Marton received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Medical & Scientific Advisors

Keith Flaherty, MD
Sanjay Juneja, MD
Aparna Parikh, MD
Gary Steinberg, MD
L. Burt Nabors, MD
Charles Redfern, MD
Kumar Sankhala, MD
Daniel George, MD
Fabio Iwamoto, MD
Jennifer Grandis, MD, FACS
Santosh Kesari, MD, PhD
Steven D Averbuch, MD

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