Aaron Daugherty

Associate Director, Computational Biology

BridgeBio

Shalin Tejani

Chief Executive Officer

Legacy Dental Group

Dr. Alan J. Acierno

Chief Dental Officer

Smile Brands

Sam Pritzker

Principal

TSG Consumer

Petar Pop-Damkov

Director

AstraZeneca

Nabil Fehmi

Founder & Chief Clinical Officer

Westwind Integrated Health

Mariz Tanious

Chief Dental Officer

Affinity Dental Management

Alex Madama

Distinguished Technologist

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Alex Madama is a Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, specializing in strategic technology integration for life sciences organizations, including healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies. He leads initiatives combining high-performance computing, Hybrid Cloud, IoT, big data, and AI to advance drug discovery, pharmaceutical R&D, and biologics manufacturing, aiming to optimize patient outcomes and reduce costs. Before re-joining HPE, Alex served as Vice President of Product at UnitedHealth Group R&D, where he drove innovation in healthcare research and development. He holds a bachelor’s degree in life science and a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from New York Institute of Technology, with additional clinical training at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, and lectures as an Adjunct Professor of Health Information Technology at Hofstra University. Previously, Alex founded Onyx CCS and held leadership roles at Nook.com, Barnes & Noble, AIG, Cravath Swaine & Moore, and as founder of seekPhysician.com.

Nikolaos Patsopoulos

Biomarker Development Therapeutic Area Lead

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)

Casandra Mangroo

SVP, Strategic Alliances

BenchSci