Dr. Braunstein is Co-Founder and CEO of C₂N Diagnostics and has led the company's growth and commercial efforts since its inception. Dr. Braunstein has played a senior executive role in numerous emerging life sciences companies since 2004. He received his M.D. with Highest Distinction from Northwestern University Medical School in 1996. Subsequently, he trained in internal medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and was a Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson National Clinical Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Additionally, he completed an MBA with management and health policy focus and maintained an Assistant Professorship in Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University. In 2010, he was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Verghese serves as the Senior Vice President, R&D and Laboratory Operations at C₂N. In this role, he leads several facets of discovery stage portfolio, analytical and clinical validations, operations, and commercialization of C₂N products. Dr. Verghese is a protein and lipid biochemist with in-depth experience in basic and translational neurosciences of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. His work on crucial proteins associated in neurodegeneration, especially apolipoprotein E (ApoE) and ApoE receptors have been published in high impact journals and added new perspectives in the field of neurodegeneration. He has authored/co-authored approximately 30 peer reviewed scientific articles exploring basic and disease related mechanisms and biomarker and drug development. Prior to this position, Dr. Verghese was a Principal Scientist at C₂N, where he assumed key roles in preclinical and clinical activities, IND filings, creation of translational biomarker strategies and due diligence for licensing activities associated with therapeutic candidates in Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Prior to Joining C₂N, Dr. Verghese conducted his post-doctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. David Holtzman, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, under the BrightFocus foundation postdoctoral research fellowship. He received his BSc in chemistry and MSc in Biochemistry from University of Pune, India. He obtained his PhD in Biochemistry from OSU, Stillwater and a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies from DBS, Dublin, Ireland.

Mr. Sensoy’s extensive career has involved numerous market development, product launch, and commercialization efforts in multiple specialty disease states. Mr. Sensoy spent the last 11 years at Quest Diagnostics where he held multiple leadership positions, managed various mergers-and-acquisitions and integrations, and most recently served as Head of U.S. Specialty Genetics. Prior to Quest, he served in leadership positions at Sanofi and Bayer Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Sensoy earned his Master of Business Administration from Yale School of Management and Master of Science and Bachelor of Science Engineering degrees from Bogazici University in Turkey, his native country.

Dr. Contois received his PhD in nutritional sciences from the University of Connecticut where his doctoral research, in collaboration with the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University and the Framingham Heart Study, focused on the clinical utility of apolipoproteins as cardiovascular disease risk factors. Dr. Contois received his BS from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and MS from the University of Connecticut. He received postdoctoral training in Clinical Chemistry at Hartford Hospital and Epidemiology from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Contois received board certification in clinical chemistry (DABCC) and is a Fellow of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (FAACC). He has served as Laboratory Director in both hospital and commercial laboratories, including Quest Diagnostics, the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, and LipoScience. Dr. Contois founded Sun Diagnostics as a “laboratory solutions provider” to provide products for labs and IVD manufacturers to simplify validation experiments and improve the quality of testing. He currently serves on the Editorial Boards of Clinica Chimica Acta, Practical Laboratory Medicine and the Journal of Clinical Lipidology. He has published more than 50 articles and book chapters

Dr. West obtained his PhD in molecular cell biology and neuroscience from Washington University. He conducted his graduate thesis research and post-doctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. David Holtzman, one of C₂N’s scientific founders. In those capacities, Dr. West led a group of scientists and technicians studying neonatal stroke and hypoxic-ischemic injury. During 2006 and 2007, he served as Staff Scientist and Assistant Director of Technology Development for the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders at the Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. West has extensive experience in database management and computer programming, and supports C₂N’s establishment of a software platform tracking work flow and inventories, stores data, and enhances quality control. Dr. West was a recipient of a Kauffman Fellowship for Bio-Entrepreneurship. He received his B.Sc. Honors in Molecular Biology at University College London and performed a laboratory internship at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.

Mr. Reilly comes to C₂N with over 25 years of experience in financial and operational leadership roles across multiple industries. After several years in commercial banking, he held financial roles at Fortune 500 companies such as IBM and AT&T. He began working in the Life Sciences industry in 2010 when he ran global finance and operational teams supporting clinical trials for Covance Drug Development, which was later acquired by LabCorp. He subsequently worked for Private Equity backed services companies such as WCG Clinical and CellCarta, a lab based CRO. Mr. Reilly earned his BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Additionally, he completed the Senior Executive Program at Columbia Business School.

Ms. Henderson has a 25+ year career in partnership, business and program development with globally recognized organizations including: Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation, Discovery Communications, Smithsonian Institution, and National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Ms. Henderson has created numerous national legacy initiatives in the healthcare and education sectors, including first-of-its-kind programs for transportation for clinical trial participants and a national Citizen Scientist Awards for clinical trial volunteers.  In addition, she has created award-winning global K-12 educational initiatives with Fortune 500 companies on subjects such as STEM, online safety, health awareness, career development and literacy.  Her work at the nation’s museum complex spanned fundraising and partnership development across all eighteen museums, six research centers and the National Zoo.  Ms. Henderson earned her MS in non-profit administration from Drexel University and a BA in business administration from University of Redlands.

Ms. Coppinger has over 25 years of experience in molecular diagnostic laboratory testing and genetic counseling. She served the first decade of her career as a clinical genetic counselor in a variety of settings and specialties. In 2005, she joined Signature Genomic Laboratories as Senior Genetic Counselor with medical science liaison responsibilities and facilitated the integration of new genetic testing technologies into patient care. She has served as Manager of Scientific Affairs and Genetics Services at Asuragen, Inc., and Director of Clinical Affairs at Taueret Laboratories, and has expertise in laboratory test utilization management, bioinformatics pipelines and variant assessment, laboratory genetics services models, and collaborative research. She has authored or co-authored numerous papers examining the use of diagnostic testing technologies in patient cohorts and reporting new findings. She received her MS degree in Genetic Counseling from the University of South Carolina. She is Board-Certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling, licensed in states of prior practice, and is a member of multiple professional societies.

Dr. Venky Venkatesh, PhD, PMP, Senior Director of Project Management, is responsible for managing C₂N’s research studies portfolio including, academic and pharmaceutical collaborations. Dr. Venkatesh comes to C₂N with over 25 years of R&D expertise in the biotechnology industry including, biopharmaceutical project management. He has extensive experience in managing GLP/GCP/GMP Regulatory projects. Before joining C₂N, Venky worked at Eurofins and handled a variety of bioanalytical projects in support of clinical trials. Dr. Venkatesh has published more than 25 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is a co-inventor on seven issued patents. Before his career in the industry, Dr. Venkatesh held research positions at Yale University and the University of Michigan. He has a PhD in molecular biology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute.

Dr. Regni obtained her PhD in Biochemistry with an emphasis in protein structural biology from the University of Missouri – Columbia and completed post-doctoral research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, before transitioning to a career in the life science industry. For the past 15 years, she has worked in the reagent industry in various roles including product design and development, validation, quality assurance, and people leadership. Her areas of expertise include data integrity, where she has developed robust approaches to manage the data lifecycle in operational environments and audit readiness for in vitro diagnostics.

Mr. Thieman came to C₂N with veritable success in complex sales solutions and change management within Fortune 200 organizations. With nearly three decades of experience in sales, leadership development and organizational strategy in the healthcare industry, he has been able to watch the healthcare environment evolve and build teams to successfully evolve with it. Prior to joining our team, Mr. Thieman instituted corporate-wide payer learning systems, built multiple national training curriculums, and started new Alzheimer’s and mental health divisions from ground zero. People development, capability development, and business development are his forte. Chad received his Bachelor of Science from Indiana State University and has multiple certifications in Training and Consulting.

Mr. Harpstrite received a MS in Chemistry from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He joined C₂N in 2015 after 15 years in academic research performing synthetic chemistry and laboratory management. His role at C₂N includes providing oversight to laboratory functions, quality control, and sample management.

Ms. Smith’s role at C₂N encompasses the general development and oversight of the Quality Assurance department. Additionally, she provides oversight on company compliance with College of American Pathologists and ISO 13485:2016 standards through an internal auditing program. Ms. Smith joined C₂N in 2014 after a robust career in academic research at a molecular imaging core facility.