Executive Management
John Alberico Chief Executive Officer
Sridhar Iyengar, Ph.D. Chief Technical Officer
Kerry Skolkin General Counsel
Kevin F. Collins Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
John Alberico Chief Executive Officer
John was the Managing Director of Inverness Medical Limited (“Inverness”) subsidiary in Scotland which manufactured the company’s glucose testing strips. During his 21-month tenure, he spearheaded efforts to increase the operation’s efficiency, building the capacity to cost-effectively produce over 1 billion test strips annually. He was also responsible for the transfer of the manufacturing of the company’s meter products to China.
Prior to Inverness, John was the Vice President of Operations for Bionostics Inc., a medical reagents and controls company, and the Vice President of Manufacturing for Nova Biomedical, a medical instrumentation company. John is also the founder of Medical Devices, Inc., an engineering consulting company specializing in the offshore contract manufacturing of high volume consumer medical devices. He holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University.
Sridhar Iyengar, Ph.D. Chief Technical Officer & Founder
Sridhar drives the innovation behind the technology used by AgaMatrix that forms the foundation of WaveSense™. Combining his background in electrical engineering and biological sciences, Sridhar conceived of and pioneered the concept of using Dynamic Electrochemistry™ coupled with an advanced DSP approach to enhance biosensor performance. His work in the years following his Ph.D. research is the cornerstone for AgaMatrix’s intellectual property; he holds over 20 US and international patents. Sridhar obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar.
Kerry Skolkin General Counsel
Kerry is AgaMatrix’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, responsible for strategic management of the company’s legal affairs. Prior to joining AgaMatrix in 2009, Kerry was the chief legal officer and corporate secretary of PDI, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDII), a leading health care commercialization company providing superior insight-driven, integrated multi-channel message delivery for established and emerging health care companies. Kerry joined PDI in 2003 as Associate General Counsel and in 2006 was promoted to head the company’s legal and regulatory compliance functions. Prior to joining PDI, Kerry was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in NY, specializing in corporate finance. Kerry has a J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago School of Law and bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and business administration from Carnegie-Mellon University.
Kevin F. Collins Chief Financial Officer
Kevin has over 25 years experience in managing financial and business operations, strategic revenue growth, mergers and acquisitions, and public offerings. As a senior financial executive, his background includes experience in both public and private organizations, and within software, telecommunications and professional service industries.Most recently, Kevin worked with the Greater Boston consulting firm Baltimore Hill Consulting, LLC. and previously held leadership roles at organizations including HCPro, I-many, Inc, CommercialWare, Inc., Lightbridge and Deloitte & Touche. Kevin earned his BS in Business Administration from Salem State College.
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Board of Directors
John Alberico Director, Chief Executive Officer
Carlos A. Ferrer Director
Sridhar Iyengar, Ph.D. Director, Chief Technical Officer
Jeffrey B. Kindler Director
Vinay S. Kolla Director
Walter Winshall Director
John Alberico Director, Chief Executive Officer
John was the Managing Director of Inverness Medical Limited (“Inverness”) subsidiary in Scotland which manufactured the company’s glucose testing strips. During his 21-month tenure, he spearheaded efforts to increase the operation’s efficiency, building the capacity to cost-effectively produce over 1 billion test strips annually. He was also responsible for the transfer of the manufacturing of the company’s meter products to China.
Prior to Inverness, John was the Vice President of Operations for Bionostics Inc., a medical reagents and controls company, and the Vice President of Manufacturing for Nova Biomedical, a medical instrumentation company. John is also the founder of Medical Devices, Inc., an engineering consulting company specializing in the offshore contract manufacturing of high volume consumer medical devices. He holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University.
Carlos A. Ferrer Director
Carlos A. Ferrer is a founding member of Ferrer Freeman & Company, LLC.Prior to creating FFC, Mr. Ferrer was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston. From 1982 through 1995, he developed and served as Head of CSFB’s Global Health Care Investment Banking Group. He is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cancer Research Institute, and a member of the Board of Directors of Ardent Health Services, LLC, GeneraMedix Pharmaceuticals Inc., OrthoRx, Inc., Preferred Care Partners Holding, Corp., and Viant Holdings, Inc. He graduated from Princeton University.
Sridhar Iyengar, Ph.D. Director, Chief Technical Officer
Sridhar drives the innovation behind the technology used by AgaMatrix that forms the foundation of WaveSense™. Combining his background in electrical engineering and biological sciences, Sridhar conceived of and pioneered the concept of using Dynamic Electrochemistry™ coupled with an advanced DSP approach to enhance biosensor performance. His work in the years following his Ph.D. research is the cornerstone for AgaMatrix’s intellectual property; he has several key patents filed under his name and several others under development. Sridhar obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar.
Jeffrey B. Kindler Director
Jeff Kindler is a Director at AgaMatrix and a member of President Obama’s Management Advisory Board. Kindler was formerly the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer, the world’s largest research-based biopharmaceutical company, which he retired from in December 2010.
Kindler earned his BA in 1977 from Tufts University summa cum laude and his JD in 1980 from Harvard magna cum laude, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He also served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
In 1990, Kindler joined the General Electric Company, where he was Vice President of Litigation and Legal Policy. In 1996, he joined McDonald’s Corporation as Executive Vice President and General Counsel, responsible for both legal and corporate affairs, and then moved into line management as President of Partner Brands, which included several restaurant brands such as Boston Market and Chipotle Mexican Grill. Full Bio
Vinay S. Kolla Director
Vinay S. Kolla is the COO/CFO of Start Media LLC, a privately held media company based in New York. Vinay is also a Managing Director of Observer Capital, an alternative investment vehicle primarily focused on real estate. Prior to founding Start Media, Vinay was a Principal at Cloverleaf Ventures and began his career in the technology, media and telecommunications group at Lazard Freres. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Start Media, Start Media/Digiplex, Wayfare Entertainment and Identitas, Inc. He is a graduate of Duke University and has an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Walter Winshall Director
Walt is a principal in Collaborative Seed and Growth Partners, LLC, an investment firm specializing in the commercialization of early-stage technology. Previously, he was a co-founder and Chairman of SilverPlatter International, NV, a company providing information services for libraries, which was acquired by the Dutch publishing company Wolters Kluwer in 2001. He graduated from MIT in electrical engineering and from the Harvard Law School. At AgaMatrix, Walt provides guidance in corporate development strategy.
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