INTELLIGENCIA AI - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Scientific Advisor
- Scientific Advisor to
As a scientific advisor to Intelligencia AI, Aiman helps guide the organization on overall strategy and how the health tech company can help pharmaceutical organizations bring better medicines to patients, faster.
Aiman has 25 years of experience in healthcare innovation. He is currently the managing director and CEO of a healthcare holding/investment company funded by Sheikh Fawaz Alhokair in Saudi Arabia and also serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.
Previously Aiman was the Global VP for Cell and Gene Therapies at GSK, Global VP for Immuno-Oncology with AstraZeneca, VP of Global Medical Affairs at AstraZeneca, and Head of Immuno-Oncology at MedImmune. Aiman also served as the Chief Medical Officer at the Cancer Research Institute and has consulted for cancer collaborative research groups (US, EU, Asia) while also holding teaching roles in academic centers including Harvard Business School and Georgetown University.
In the pharmaceutical industry, he has led global teams that delivered four new cancer medicines and gained approval from global regulators including the FDA, EMEA, PMDA, and sFDA generating over $2B in annual revenues.
Aiman started his career at the National Cancer Institute (NIH), where he managed 26 cancer medicines, and was awarded by U.S. President Bill Clinton for providing early access to medicines for leukemia (Gleevec) and breast cancer (Herceptin).
Aiman holds five university degrees including two post-graduate degrees (PharmD, MBA).
In his corporate advisory role with Intelligencia AI, Andreas is focused on strategy, finance and talent growth.
As a seasoned private equity investor, he has held leadership roles in various global organizations. Over the past 16 years, he has served as the Senior Investment Executive at BW Group. Prior to this, he served as the Executive Vice President and Global Head of Private Equity and Infrastructure at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), the leading Canadian institutional investor. He was a Senior Partner/Head of Illiquid Investments at Eton Park Capital Management.
Before his investing career, Andreas was a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he led the global private equity practice, North American financial services and global recruiting. He also served on the committee that elects the firm's senior partners.
He resides in NY, is active globally, and has served on numerous corporate and not-for-profit boards in education and the arts. He has earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Harvard University and Harvard Business School.
Job Titles:
- Director of Clinical Data
Andreas is the Director of Clinical Data at Intelligencia AI where he leads the organization's clinical data excellence team, a function consisting of 50+ biomedical MSc and PhD level scientists. His team is responsible for ensuring the quality and completeness of Intelligencia AI's clinical trial database.
He has spent the majority of his career as an academic researcher with multiple publications in the fields of oncology and immuno-oncology. His research has primarily focused on the ways colorectal cancer evades immune surveillance, and identifying novel molecules involved in prostate cancer metastasis.
In his personal time, he enjoys traveling to far-off lands, watching film noir, reading detective fiction, and building the largest Lego sets he can find.
As a Director of Engineering, Antonis leads the engineering team that builds clinical trial data tooling, including tools for expert curation and automated data-capturing workflows.
Prior to joining Intelligencia AI, Antonis was the director of engineering at Originate NYC, a product design and development studio, working with software teams in various industries including fin-tech, SaaS platforms, and retail. In this capacity, his role included building and tech-leading software products, as well as managing the engineering team. He also spent time as a freelance consultant focusing on programming language design and strategic advice for software start-ups.
Antonis spends his free time enjoying all forms of art, playing the guitar and the oud, reading, and exploring NYC and Athens.
Job Titles:
- Scientific Advisor
- Professor of Medicine and Pathology at the NYU School of Medicine
As a scientific advisor, Dr. Tsirigos has played a pivotal role in Intelligencia AI's development of a cutting-edge machine-learning model designed to forecast the technical and regulatory success of clinical trials. He continues to provide guidance and expertise to the growing company, leveraging his extensive knowledge and experience in machine learning and bioinformatics.
Dr. Tsirigos is a professor of medicine and pathology at the NYU School of Medicine where he also serves as the co-director of precision medicine and director of applied bioinformatics. He leads a team of 25+ computational biologists and data scientists and his research focus is primarily on cancer epigenetics, chromatin organization, and AI-based diagnostics in cancer and other diseases.
Dr. Tsirigos has more than 20 years of experience in genomics and machine learning at NYU and IBM Research. He has co-authored more than 150 studies in peer-reviewed journals, including high-impact studies in cancer epigenetics, chromatin organization, high-throughput single-cell transcriptomic analyses, and precision diagnostics using deep learning.
He received his doctorate in computer science from the Courant Institute of New York University and his bachelor's from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
As the CEO and co-founder of Intelligencia AI, Dimitrios Skaltsas leads the AI-based technology organization's business and investment growth strategy, while overseeing key functional areas of the multidisciplinary, growing team. In 2021, the company completed its Series A funding and was named one of Forbes's Top AI Companies to Watch. During this time, Dimitrios played an instrumental role in forging a strategic partnership with ZS, a global professional services company. Before tapping into his entrepreneurial spirit and co-founding Intelligencia AI, Dimitrios spent over a decade in various healthcare and life sciences leadership roles.
He successfully led McKinsey's New Ventures for big data and AI in the pharmaceutical R&D sector, where he pioneered machine learning-enabled enterprise products in life sciences. Before that, he worked as a management consultant at McKinsey, supporting healthcare and life sciences clients in North America, Europe and the Middle East. He began his career as an attorney before moving into the health tech industry.
In addition to his professional interests, Dimitrios uses his talents and time to give back to the community. Since 2021, he has been an active member of the Hellenic Republic National Commission for Bioethics & Technoethics. He also volunteers with TechnoServe, a nonprofit that works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries. In addition, he serves as an executive in residence for digital and AI at Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) where he has actively built online education modules on AI. He is also an investor and advisor to early-stage data-driven ventures.
He holds his MBA from INSEAD and a law degree from the University College of London (UCL) and the University of Athens.
Job Titles:
- Head of Business Development
His career includes pivotal roles in globally recognized firms, such as the Petrone Group, where he successfully launched the Clinical Trials Business Unit, founding its presence in the U.S. and promoting cross-functional integration across the group's affiliates worldwide. As the Country Head and Managing Director, he initiated and led business development efforts, securing contracts with international partners in the U.S., Canada, and LATAM. In his previous role as Commercial Director of Business Development at Inceptua, Edoardo transformed the Clinical Trial Supply Services landscape, consistently innovating the space by introducing cutting-edge practices.
Edoardo holds two master's degrees, one from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, specializing in international business administration, corporate strategy, and health economics. The second was in Health Management from the University of Lugano, Switzerland (USI), where he focused on health communication systems, epidemiology, and outcome research. His academic journey included research on the positive effects of doctor-patient interactions on health outcomes.
Outside of work, Edoardo founded Mad4cycling, a not-for-profit organization that combines his passion for cycling and networking, uniting people from around the world. Additionally, he is a graduate of the prestigious Swiss Officer's Academy in Bern, Switzerland.
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Senior Growth Associate
Elena is a Senior Associate, where she leads investor-related matters and focuses on scaling our internal operations. Previously, she led the health tech portfolio for the Greek office at Endeavor, a global nonprofit organization focusing on high-impact entrepreneurship.
Job Titles:
- Director of Data Science & Bioinformatics
- Learning Instructor
As the Director of Data Science & Bioinformatics, Gerry leads a multidisciplinary team of computational scientists, statisticians and informatics experts. This group develops proprietary machine-learning algorithms and focuses on integrating new information. They also focus on the development of new features that improve the accuracy and usability of the predictions and explore new data-driven solutions to help the pharmaceutical industry make optimal decisions under uncertainty.
Gerry also serves as a machine learning instructor at Constructor Learning in Zurich and as an advisor and instructor at Big Blue Data Academy in Athens.
Job Titles:
- Director of Customer Success
Maria is the Director of Customer Success at Intelligencia AI. In this role, she utilizes her knowledge as an experienced commercial leader to lead customer success, go-to-market strategy, and operations. She strategically synthesizes customer feedback to inform product strategy and serves as the intermediary between cross-functional teams to keep customers' goals along with Intelligencia AI's business goals top of mind to form a cohesive, data-led and customer-informed process.
Prior to joining Intelligencia AI, she was part of Komodo Health's customer success team serving biotech, pharma and patient advocacy clients. She has previously worked in various business development, product management, and clinical research roles in both biotech and pharmaceutical organizations, giving her a wide range of experiences and the ability to understand and empathize with the needs of customers. Her previous experience includes working within big pharma, biotech and clinical research organizations throughout countries in the Asia Pacific and in the U.S.
In her leisure time, Maria loves to explore and travel the world, play the piano, listen to music, read and enjoy the outdoors.
Maria is the Director of Product at Intelligencia AI where she leads multidisciplinary teams and drives product development strategies that align with the company's vision. She is passionate about leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to deliver cutting-edge solutions that empower drug development stakeholders to make data-driven decisions.
As a molecular cancer biologist with a background in immuno-oncology, she brings strong clinical knowledge coupled with product development to Intelligencia AI's solutions. During her doctorate and postdoc studies, Maria was an early-stage researcher for the EU-funded Marie Curie Initial Training Network Tumor Infiltrating Myeloid Cell Compartment (TIMCC) and has co-authored multiple publications in leading journals.
Maria holds her doctorate in medical science, a master's in molecular medicine from Uppsala University and a bachelor's in biology from the University of Athens.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Director
Marianna is a Business Development Director at Intelligencia AI, where her primary focus lies in cultivating new relationships and driving business growth within the European pharmaceutical market.
Before her current role, Marianna dedicated five years to Sight Diagnostics, a healthcare startup headquartered in Israel, where she served as the Business Development Manager in East and Southern Africa. During her tenure at Sight, she was pivotal in launching their diagnostic solution, which enabled swift and precise malaria detection in remote areas. Her career journey also includes experience within the contract research organization sector, where she liaised between the U.S. R&D and UK clinical operations teams at Quest Diagnostics Clinical Trials in London.
Beyond her professional pursuits, Marianna cherishes her role as a devoted mother to three wonderful children. Her passion for exploring diverse cultures and cuisines is evident in her memorable journeys with her family and friends. Marianna's interests include dancing, crafting authentic Italian dishes and nurturing her thriving collection of plants.
As the Director of Finance and Compliance Officer, Nikos wears two hats in his multi-faceted role. As the Director of Finance, he oversees the business's financial operations regarding accounting, tax, payroll and budgeting. And in his Compliance Officer function, he guides the company's code of ethics by working with People Operations.
Concurrently to his role at Intelligencia AI, he has been the CEO and founder of his own accounting and consulting firm in Greece since 2013.
On a personal note, Nikos was a semi-professional basketball player and participated in the Greek National C Division for two seasons. In his free time, he loves traveling, spending time with friends and keeping active with sports.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Intelligencia AI 's Scientific Advisory Board
Névine Zariffa is the Chair of Intelligencia AI's Scientific Advisory Board. In this role, she provides strategic guidance on the company's product development and roadmap while leading and coordinating the activities of the scientific advisory board.
Job Titles:
- Director of Insights Excellence
As the Director of Insights Excellence, Panos leads the newly created Center of Insights Excellence at Intelligencia AI, where he's focused on unlocking value for the company's partners through best-in-class thought partnerships and bespoke analytics that harness the company's proprietary data.
He brings more than a decade of experience in the life sciences industry, helping North American and European pharmaceutical and biotech companies develop product, therapeutic area and portfolio strategies. Prior to joining Intelligencia AI, Panos was a Principal with Strategic Decisions Group, a management consulting firm with a special focus on decision-making. Before moving into strategy consulting and the health tech industry, he began his career in the energy sector. He is an engineer by training with a background in economics, finance and decision analysis.
Panos is also a business mentor who coaches technology startups in developing their business plans, and serves the Greek Alumni Association of Stanford University as a board member. In his leisure time, he enjoys reading literature, staying active with sports and spending time with friends.
Pete Georgiadis serves as a corporate advisor to Intelligencia AI.
He is a serial entrepreneur, experienced operator and the founder and CEO of Synetro Group, a Chicago-based private investment and strategic advisory firm. Since founding Synetro in 2000, he has led the firm's investment in over 50 companies and has personally helped build more than a dozen software, business services and manufacturing companies, including Insurance Noodle Inc., Knowledge Advisors Inc., Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet, CrossCheck Compliance, Corporate Synergies Group and dScout, Inc. He currently serves as the Chairman and CEO of Pleina Group, and sits on the boards of CrossCheck Compliance and dScout, Inc.
Prior to founding Synetro, Pete was the COO of Lante Corporation, a technology consulting firm. He led the strategic repositioning and operating transformation of Lante and prepared it for a successful IPO. Before Lante, he was with McKinsey and Company, where he was a leader in the firm's marketing and sales & channel management practices. He started his career at Hewlett-Packard Co., in marketing and general management roles in the UK and Switzerland.
Pete holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a master's of computer science from London's Imperial College and a bachelor's of science in electronic engineering from the University of Sussex. He is a committed supporter of a number of educational and social service organizations in the U.S. and Europe.
Job Titles:
- Director of People Operations
As the Director of People Operations, Phoebe is responsible for overseeing all aspects of talent management, nurturing the organization's culture, and fostering employee engagement.
Before joining Intelligencia AI, Phoebe served as the Head of the People Operations department at Beat, a ride-hailing app, during a time of rapid growth at the company. She played a pivotal part in the company's international expansion efforts, operating within a diverse and cross-cultural environment.
Beyond her professional career, Phoebe's passion for travel has taken her to over 40 countries across 5 continents. Her commitment to making a positive impact extends to her volunteer work with various nonprofit organizations, with a primary focus on supporting refugees. Driven by her desire to help people reach their full potential, she is a certified coach dedicated to people's personal and professional development.
As a corporate advisor, Simo supports Intelligencia AI's continued business growth, as the company continues to evolve and navigates various business dynamics.
As an engineer, Simo has a passion for building products and businesses. Since 2010, he has been actively investing in and supporting the growth of a range of companies in the technology and business services industries. Serving in roles ranging from investor to board member, to an active operating team member, Simo is passionate about working with teams committed to building exceptional solutions and great companies.
Previously, Simo worked for five years as a management consultant at McKinsey where he served a broad set of financial services clients. Before that, he served as a group manager, specializing in the development of enterprise software at Oracle.
Simo holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a technology enthusiast, skier, and a married father of two living near Philadelphia.
Job Titles:
- Pathologist
- Scientific Advisor
In his advisor role for Intelligencia AI, Professor Gorgoulis is involved with the supervision of projects associated with drug repurposing and machine learning to evaluate molecular targets and mechanisms in oncology. He and his group have teamed up with Intelligencia AI's bioinformatics and data science team to provide solutions that involve AI techniques in order to decipher key mechanisms in cancer biology with the main goal of discovering novel therapeutics.
Prof. Gorgoulis is a molecular pathologist who is internationally recognized in the fields of genomic instability in cancer, cellular senescence and machine learning algorithms for predicting drug response in cancer.
Currently, he is a professor and the Director of the Department of Histology - Embryology (DHE), Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He is also a professor and Chair of Clinical and Molecular Pathology, at Medical School, University of Dundee, UK.
Additionally, he serves as an adjunct professor in the Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Greece; is an honorary professor, at the Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, UK; visiting professor, at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, UK; and an elected member in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
Prof. Gorgoulis has 337 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, is listed in SCI, and has more than 30,500 citations. He has been actively involved with more than 200 speaking engagements at various international conferences, seminars, etc., and has contributed 14 chapters to international textbooks.
Prof. Gorgoulis graduated in 1988 (Summa Cum Laude) and received his PhD in 1994 (Summa Cum Laude) from the Faculty of Medicine, National Kapodistrian University of Athens. He received his Medical Specialty in Pathology (Summa Cum Laude) in 1996.
As a corporate advisor, Violetta focuses on providing strategic guidance to product development and marketing functions at Intelligencia AI. Before moving into an advisory role, Violetta served as the Chief Product Officer at the company for three years building the product development organization and overseeing product strategy and development.
Violetta brings a breadth of experience, including seven years at Google where she played a pivotal role in developing products such as Adsense Native Ads and spearheading a high-touch growth marketing team for Adwords. Her extensive experience also encompasses valuable consulting insights gained during her tenure at McKinsey, along with a solid foundation in the startup ecosystem.
Violetta holds a master's degree in economics and management from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering from The National Technical University of Athens.