Team – AMDI Labs

OUR TEAM

CHRISTOPHER BISSELL

CFO

Christopher Bissell
CFO

Christopher Bissell has more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance and accounting including responsibility for all aspects of the accounting function. He has held such prestigious positions as Director of Financial Planning and Control, Director of Business Planning and Divisional Controller.

His previous experience includes 8 years as a consultant to various medical device companies and 16 years with Shiseido, a multinational manufacturer and distributor of prestige consumer cosmetics. While there, he was responsible for budgeting, treasury and consolidated financial reporting. Additionally, he was responsible for coordination with all subsidiaries in North America and Brazil as well as developing strategic budgets with the sales and marketing division heads. He is currently on the board of Ballester Hermanos, one of the largest local importers and distributors of frozen and dry goods, beverages and food service in Puerto Rico.

Christopher received his undergraduate BS degree at Lehigh University in Accounting followed by an MBA in Finance at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

RALPH DAVIS

VP of Biomolecular Research

Ralph Davis

Vice-President, Biomolecular Research

Ralph Davis has a PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics, with post-doctoral training in eukaryotic replication and cell cycle checkpoints. He has worked as a staff scientist in the lab of Nobel Laureate Dr. Roger Kornberg. In Dr. Kornberg's lab, Ralph gained years of experience in molecular biology, protein and nucleic acid biochemistry, as well as molecular and biochemical assays. Because the lab focused on structure-function questions, he developed a fundamental understanding of systems and assays which require native structures. Ralph applied this understanding of biomolecules toward developing point of care assays when he began with AMDI in 2016 and is excited to be part of the team.

His son Jonah said his bio should be "I really like science."

SUSAN ELLIS

VP of Human Resources

Susan Ellis

Vice President, Human Resources

Susan Ellis has over 20 years of Global Human Resources experience from various industries including manufacturing and high-tech Companies. Most recently, she has been an HR Consultant and owned a high-tech service and installation business.

Susan's experience also includes leadership roles for several organizations such as Arbonne International, Griffith Company, PacMin, Inc. and Printronix.

Recognized for building HR departments from the ground up. Her specialty is in coaching, talent development, employee engagement, organizational change, employee relations, and compliance.

Susan holds a B.A. in Business Administration with a focus in Human Resources Management and Computer Science from California State University, Fullerton.

She is passionate about making a positive impact in people and the community. In her free time, she enjoys volunteering and being part of Rotary International, a service organization.

FRANK GILL

Executive VP of
Operations & Engineering

Frank Gill

Executive VP of Operations and Engineering

Frank has over 20 years of experience in the medical device and diagnostics industry helping start-ups overcome challenges in Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering and Platform Development.

Before joining AMDI Frank was Chief Product Officer at LightDeck Diagnostics where he led a manufacturing turnaround and scale up effort, increasing cartridge production from 5K units per month to over 1 million in partnership with BARDA's Warp Speed program. The success ultimately leading to the acquisition of LightDeck by its largest customer. He has held similar roles at OPKO Diagnostics, Rheonix and 454 Life Sciences. Frank received his BS degree from Albright College in Reading PA.

REGINA MARTIN

VP of Molecular Diagnostics

Regina Martin

Vice President, Molecular Diagnostics

Regina has over 15 years of experience in the medical device and diagnostics industry. Prior to joining AMDI, Regina was an R&D Scientist for 14 years at DiaSorin Molecular/Focus Diagnostics contributing to the development of several FDA cleared infectious disease assays. Regina’s experience also includes development of in vitro diagnostic tests for drugs of abuse assays utilizing lateral flow technology at Varian Inc. Regina has a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and Medical Technology from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona

BRIAN MILLER

VP of Marketing

Brian Miller

Vice President, Marketing

Brian Miller is the Vice President of Marketing at Autonomous Medical Devices. Brian has over 20 years of experience in the Diagnostics and Medical Device Industries in both Global Marketing and Clinical Affairs senior leadership roles at companies such as Sekisui Diagnostics, Iris Diagnostics, Grifols and North American Scientific.

He has also provided US Market access strategy to several international companies on a consultative basis. His scientific background and Marketing acumen has led to the successful launches by his teams of several global products during his career. His team's most recent success would be the launch of the Silaris® Molecular Flu Platform (now currently under the Accula® brand with Thermo Fisher) when leading Global Marketing at Sekisui Diagnostics.

David Okrongly

CEO

Dr. David Okrongly
CEO

David Okrongly is CEO of Autonomous Medical Devices. Dr. Okrongly has over 25 years experience in the Diagnostics industry as both a founder and senior leader at companies such as Bayer, Siemens, Quanterix, Exosome Diagnostics, OPKO Health, and LightDeck Diagnostics. His teams have brought numerous industry-leading platforms and assays to market, most recently the OPKO 4Kscore test, a blood test for aggressive prostate cancer, and the Claros 1 fingerstick whole blood POC system.

REGIS PEYTAVI

Chief Technology Officer

Regis Peytavi

Chief Technology Officer

Regis trained as a molecular biologist, and developed expertise in nanotechnology, infectious disease, molecular assays and centripetal microfluidic technology. He is the main inventor of more than 15 patents, including the main technology behind GenePOC's centripetal microfluidic cartridge called PIE. Regis served as VP of technology development at Cardea bio and is now Chief Technology Officer at AMDI.

ARAVIND SRINIVASAN

VP of Assay Development

Aravind Srinivasan

Vice President, Assay Development

As Vice President of Assay Development, Aravind leads the group responsible for developing point-of-care devices that is optimized for performance and manufacturability. He brings over 15 years of experience in developing point-of-care diagnostics spanning markers in cardiac, endocrine and men's health applications.

During his graduate work with Prof. Jon Dordick at Rensselaer, Aravind used microfluidic biochips to explore the flexibility of polyketide synthase pathways. Aravind's post-doctoral research at MIT included innovative glycan-array based approaches for monitoring influenza transmission that was out-licensed to Visterra Inc (currently a subsidiary of Otsuka Pharmaceuticals). Subsequently, at Instrumentation Laboratories and at OPKO Health, Aravind served in multiple roles with increasing responsibilities. Most recently, at OPKO, he was key to completing assay development and verification activities for the Sangia Total PSA Test (FDA PMA approved in 2019) and oversaw menu expansion on the platform.

Aravind received his Phd in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and completed his post-doctoral training at MIT.

AIYING SUN

VP of Quality Assurance
& Regulatory Affairs

Aiying Sun

Vice President, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs

Ms. Sun brings extensive expertise in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs from over 27 years of experience working for medical device and pharmaceutical companies such as Siemens Healthcare, Alcon (Novartis), Masimo, Watson (Activis), B Braun Medical, and Sakura Finetek USA. Prior to joining AMDI, Ms. Sun held the position of VP of RA & QA at Verrix, LLC, where she established the Quality Management System from scratch and obtained ISO 13485:2016 certification. She has also provided leadership in new product design controls, Pre-submission, 510(k) submission, and follow-up interactions with the FDA. She has worked closely with many international regulatory authorities and has established and continuously improved Quality Management Systems for medical device companies to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and standards. Ms. Sun received her MBA from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA. She also holds an M.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Toledo (Ohio) and a B.S. degree in Biochemical Engineering from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology.