LEADERSHIP

Chris Ochner, PhD, MBA, FACHE, HCISPP, is an NIH-trained clinical research administrator, and CEO of a consulting firm for clinical trials and healthcare companies. He is a former clinical trial Principal Investigator, faculty member at Columbia University and CEO of a $55M medical research organization. He has 20 years of clinical trials, healthcare, data management and regulatory experience.

Christopher Ochner

Co-Founder & CEO

Alex Logsdon, DO, is a physician, military veteran, investor and entrepreneur with over 10 years of military leadership. He holds a degree in medicine and chemistry, and is the creator of a patent-pending medical device. He originated Modern Trials in response to first-hand experience with patients struggling to find clinical trials.

Alexander Logsdon

Co-Founder & CMO

Gary Schwartz has > 20 years of experience in executive IT positions, Gary is recognized as a change leader in the healthcare tech space. He has served as CIO and Advisor for several multi-billion dollar corporations, integrating healthcare acquisitions and operations for AvMed, Meridian Healthplan, MEDNAX, Vista Healthplan, HealthSun and Memorial Hospital System.

Gary Schwartz

Chief Technology Officer

Larry Birch, CPA, MBA, has >30 y experience (Baxter, EDS), and/or Board Chairman of multiple publicly-traded and privately-held companies (Neopharm, Datatrak, Evolve Audiology) from startup to Fortune 50 in the Life Science/Healthcare and SaaS Tech space. He also serves on several life science and tech boards (Molecula, Prenosis, IV Diagnostics) and serves as a mentor at Matter and NSF.

Laurence Birch

Chief Operating Officer

TEAM

Faisal Sayed has 15+ years of experience as full-stack developer and architect in healthcare IT, and is overseeing development of our proof of concept platform. He also serves as the Executive Director of the MASS clinic in Florida, with whom we will be completing our initial POC.

Faisal Sayed

Director, Product Development

Rizwan Shaikh is a strategic IT specialist (Executive International MBA and Data Scientist) with over 20 years of experience in IT Service Management, Program/Project Management, Vendor Management, Risk and Audit in different sectors of IT, with specialization in Banking & Healthcare.

Rizwan Shaikh

Lead, India Development Team

Cassandra Nosal has 10 years of experience in medical device sales and owns a medical device distributorship. Her prior experience includes device sales for Medline Unite and sales consulting for Integra Life Sciences. Her consulting work focused on deal closing with larger clients (e.g., hospital systems, large physician-owned practices).

Cassandra Nosal

Lead, Sales

Tony Aguilera, MD, is a physician, healthcare consultant, and corporate growth strategist, with degrees in medicine and public health. His participation in numerous interdisciplinary tumor boards has provided him valuable clinical trial experience from the patient-access and provider standpoints. He leverages deep industry connections to bring new partnership opportunities.

Tony Aguilera

Director, Business Development

Rahul Bhala, MBA, MPH, is a seasoned association veteran with 10+ years experience in collaborations, research management, and health policy. He currently serves as the Public Affairs and Health Policy Strategy Officer at the American Society of Neuroradiology.

Rahul Bhala

Manager, Business Development

Simin Modak is a staff member at the MASS Clinic in Jacksonville, FL and was brought in to the Modern Trials team after proving to be a rockstar

Simin Modak

Co Chief of Staff

Danielle Polow graduated from Florida International University and was brought in to the Modern Trials team after spending several months as the first volunteer Enrollment Specialist

Danielle Polow

Co Chief of Staff

Makenna Allen is a medical student at St. George’s University and a volunteer Enrollment Specialist

Makenna Allen

Enrollment Specialist

Andrea Obando is a pre-medical student at Florida International University and a volunteer Enrollment Specialist

Andrea Obando

Enrollment Specialist

ADVISORS

Jyotishman Pathak, PhD, FACME, is Professor of Medical Informatics, Chief of the Division of Health Informatics, and Vice Chair of Entrepreneurship at the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University. He is PI of multiple NIH R01 projects that are developing novel informatics methods for early detection of pathology from EHR data using advanced machine learning methods. Prior roles include Founder at Iris OB Health, and Director of Biomedical & Clinical Informatics at Mayo Clinic.

Jyotishman Pathak

Health Informatics Advisor

Wendy Chapman, PhD is a leading expert in the use of natural language processing (NLP) to extract specific information from narrative clinical reports. She is current Director of the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health at the University of Melbourne, and former chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Utah School of Medicine and head of the American Medical Informatics Association NLP Working Group.

Wendy Chapman

Natural Language Processing Advisor

Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc, FACP, FACMI, FHIMSS, FIAHSI is former Chair of HIMSS, AMIA and CPRI, CMIO at Stanford University Medical Center, CMO at Medscape, Corporate Director of Clinical Informatics at Mass General Brigham, CIO at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Professor of biomedical informatics at Stanford and Harvard. Blackford was appointed by US Secretary of HHS to serve on the National Committee of Vital and Health Statistics (NCHVS) and collaborated in developing the HL7 Computable Practice Guideline on FHIR standard.

Blackford Middleton

Biomedical Informatics Advisor

Doug Williams, MBA is a serial entrepreneur, Founder of a strategic consultancy for tech companies, Coordinator for HL7’s Gravity Project and Product Lead for MIT’s digital entrepreneurship platform. He has a BSEE in Elec Engineering & Comp Sci from Princeton and an MBA w/emphasis in product innovation from Harvard. Prior roles include Chief Product Officer at 1upHealth, CTO at iSpecimen, VP Engineering & Info Tech at Zipcar and EiR at Matrix Partners and 3i Venture Partners.

Doug Williams

Health Info Tech Advisor

Scott Treiber, PhD, MBA, currently services as the Executive Vice President of Strategic Development at ERGOMED. Prior roles include VP at Syneos Health, VP of Strategic Development at Synteract, COO and Advisory Board Chair for Elligo Health Research, President of Treiber BioPharma Consulting and Executive Vice President at Chiltern.

Scott Treiber

LifeScience Advisor

Eugene Chang, MSEE, is the Founder of Extension Technology and serves as a Strategic Advisor at Nexiwave. He earned BSEE and MSEE degrees in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from MIT. Eugene’s experience includes roles as Technical Leader at Cisco Systems and Principal Consultant at Integrated Strategies & Tactics, as well as executive positions in marketing and sales at companies such as WAAV Inc, Proteon, and OpenRoute Networks.

Eugene Chang

Tech and Bus Dev Advisor

Carolina Hernandez, MD, MBA, is a healthcare entrepreneur, serving as Founder & CEO of Colorchain. She is former VP of Corporate Development & Scientific Affairs at Innoplexus, Chief Strategy Officer for Merck Latin America, Oncology Medical Director for Mundipharma Colombia and Oncology Medical Science Liason for Janssen Pharmaceutical.

Carolina Hernandez

LifeScience Advisor

Mahesh Kulkarni, MS, MBA, currently serves as Associate Director of Information Technology at Biogen. He is a T-shaped technology leader with 15+ years of experience in enterprise-scale digital transformations, cyber security risk mitigation, drug launch enablement, and M&A support. Prior roles include Global IT Business Partner, Senior Program Manager, and Information Systems Solution Lead at Sanofi.

Mahesh Kulkarni

Health Info Management Advisor

Michael Ross, MD, MHA. Mike is Founder of Holisticos, a JV with Access Health, and Connected Health Strategies, a leading digital health consultancy. Past roles include CMO and Chief Strategy Officer at Cureatr, CMO at RxAnte, NaviNet, Prematics and HealthOnline, VP of Healthcare at Varolii Corp, VP of Strategic Business at Univ of Sciences and VP of Medical Affairs at MetLife of South Florida.

Michael Ross

Health Info Management Advisor

Marcie Goodale currently serves as VP of Strategic Accounts at Continuum Clinical. Prior roles include VP of Patient Recruitment at JL Shapiro Associate, Assoc Director of Patient Experience and Engagement at IQVIA and Director of Site & Patient Engagement at Continuum Clinical.

Who We Are

LEADERSHIP

Christopher Ochner

Co-Founder & CEO

Alexander Logsdon

Co-Founder & CMO

Gary Schwartz

Chief Technology Officer

Laurence Birch

Chief Operating Officer

TEAM

Faisal Sayed

Director, Product Development

Rizwan Shaikh

Lead, India Development Team

Cassandra Nosal

Lead, Sales

Tony Aguilera

Director, Business Development

Rahul Bhala

Manager, Business Development

Simin Modak

Co Chief of Staff

Danielle Polow

Co Chief of Staff

Makenna Allen

Enrollment Specialist

Andrea Obando

Enrollment Specialist

ADVISORS

Jyotishman Pathak

Health Informatics Advisor

Wendy Chapman

Natural Language Processing Advisor

Blackford Middleton

Biomedical Informatics Advisor

Doug Williams

Health Info Tech Advisor

Scott Treiber

LifeScience Advisor

Eugene Chang

Tech and Bus Dev Advisor

Carolina Hernandez

LifeScience Advisor

Mahesh Kulkarni

Health Info Management Advisor

Michael Ross

Health Info Management Advisor

Marcie Goodale

Recruitment Advisor