An entrepreneur and CEO with more than two decades of experience in the medical cannabis, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and medical device industries, Christina’s dedication to revolutionizing patient care is unprecedented. Through her roles as CEO, Spectral Analytics Precision Tele-Monitoring, Founder and CEO of Affinity Bio Partners, Board President and CEO of Affinity Patient Advocacy, and CEO & Co-Founder of AI Health Outcomes, Christina has been involved with revolutionary projects and global clinical studies that positively impact patients.
As a clinical research pioneer, contracts negotiator, Opinion Columnist for CEO WorldBiz, and host of the I Am Christina DiArcangelo show, she has utilized the tools at her disposal to champion patient care and provide best-in-class patient advocacy services. For Christina, patient care comes first.
As the Director of Clinical Research, Latoya Lashley oversees the operational management and compliance of the Neely Center for Clinical Cancer Research (NCCCR) at Tufts Medical Center. Her work includes supervising clinical research staff, as well as developing and maintaining partnerships with industry sponsors, hospital collaborators, and clinical trial network professionals. The NCCCR participates in over 120 active clinical trials including cooperative group, federally-funded, investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored trials. The NCCCR is the core facility of the Tufts Medical Center Cancer Center dedicated to promoting oncology and hematology clinical research in compliance with local, federal, and sponsor/funding agency clinical trial policies.
Over the previous twelve years, Ms. Lashley has worked with a range of stakeholders as a Clinical Research Coordinator, Project Manager, and Clinical Research Manager with a focus in pediatric oncology at the Dana-Farber/ Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.
Ms. Lashley holds a Master in Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health and is a Certified Clinical Research Professional since 2016.
Geoff Alexander joined Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) in 1993, and after working on multiple concepts within LEYE’s portfolio, Alexander took over LEYE’s three unit Wow Bao concept in 2009.
Being a pioneer in technology and social media, Alexander implemented mobile ordering, self-ordering kiosks, bicycle delivery, nationwide shipping, and made Wow Bao one of the first Chicago brick & mortar restaurants to take to the streets with its BAO-Mobile Food Truck.
Alexander has overseen Wow Bao’s inclusion into airports, NFL/MLB/NHL/NBA stadiums, university campuses, music venues, and more than 300 grocers sell Wow Bao’s frozen retail line.
In 2017 Alexander changed the landscape for fast casual dining by introducing Wow Bao 2.0 – a fully tech enabled front of the house environment, where guests order via an iOS or Android device, and pick up their food from an animated personalized cubby.
Shortly after being named to Nation’s Restaurant News 2020 Power List, Alexander evolved the restaurant industry once again by leading his team to launch 400 Wow Bao Dark Kitchens in more than 300 cities in less than 16 months. This new extension of the business is not only allowing Wow Bao to grow its national footprint, it is also helping restaurant operators across the nation grow top line sales and increase bottom line profits.
Jack Skov is one of the founders of Konsolidator and the CFO. He is State Authorized Public Accountant and has a Master of Science in Business Economics and Auditing.
Jack has been working in finance and public accounting for 20 years. He has been working with consolidation accounting, financing, and M&A activities throughout his career, and has served publicly and privately-owned groups when working in public accounting and worked as a State Authorized Public Accountant at Deloitte.
Kirsty McGregor is founder and Chairman of The Corporate Finance Network, a group of independent regional accountancy firms, and Accountant-in-Residence at Capitalise.com, the capital advisory platform. As an experienced SME Corporate Financier, she now shares her knowledge and practical resources with accountants who aim to assist owner-managed businesses to grow profitable businesses and ultimately to exit. She is also a speaker, professional trainer and is regularly called upon to provide commentary on SME issues to the press and media.
Massimo Noja De Marco, CEO at Piestro – Founder at Kitchen United – BOD at Miso Robotics – Managing Partner at Bowlton Robotics
Massimo Noja De Marco brings 30+ years of Academic and Professional experience in the Hospitality Industry focusing on F&B trends and business strategies. Because of his constant pursuit for Innovation in the Food Industry, Massimo made the Top Ten in the 2020 Nation Restaurant News Power List of Restaurant Leaders changing the industry. The list focused on technology and innovation, and featured individuals bringing game changing solutions and unrivaled creativity to the biggest issues facing restaurants today. Massimo was recently voted in NRN Readers pick as one of 2021 most influential CEOs in America. Massimo sits on the Board of Director of Miso robotics and is the Co- founder of Future Labs VI, company behind Piestro Robotic Pizzeria.
In 2017 Massimo along with Jeffrey Kalt, co-founded Kitchen United. Prior to launching Kitchen United, Massimo owned and operated PH+E, a boutique consulting firm focusing on opening restaurants, hotels and bars across the US, Mexico and Europe. He served as Vice President of Operations for SBE Entertainment, controlling all operational aspects for the Restaurants and Nightlife division. Previously he covered the same role at Wolfgang Puck Catering and Events, overseeing operations for all venues in Southern California. Formerly, Massimo owned and operated restaurants in NYC and Los Angeles and ran the Food and Beverage Department for The Ritz Carlton Marina Del Rey and Hillcrest Country Club in Beverly Hills.
Massimo was raised in a seven-generation family in Hospitality in the Lake District outside of Milan, Italy.
Stina Söderqvist has a Master’s degree in Psychology from University of St Andrews and a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from Karolinska Institutet. In her role as Science Manager at Dreams she is responsible for integrating learnings from behavioural science into product innovation and development.
Working closely and collaboratively with life science partners, Ben is responsible for solution innovation across Medidata’s Acorn AI portfolio. This is focused on using data to optimize clinical trial enrollment, designing more patient centric protocols, and developing Synthetic Control Arms for regulatory submissions.
Ben holds a Masters degree in Genetics, and prior to joining Medidata was a part of IQVIA designing and project managing joint working collaborations between UK NHS organisations and Pharma in the, focusing on using Real World Data to optimize patient care and address inequities of access to medicines.
