Our Team
KEVIN WONG | Chief executive officer, Co-Founder
Kevin has 18+ years of experience in the life sciences industry. He was most recently a senior sales consultant for Thermo Fisher Scientific,
a Fortune 500 company leading the market in the manufacture of innovative scientific instruments, providing an extensive sales distribution network, enterprise laboratory management solutions
and pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing.
He has a proven track record of success selling consumables and capital equipment into the biotechnology, healthcare and pharmaceutical sector. Using a consultative approach to optimize workflow, Kevin has facilitated the set-up of laboratories in a diverse spectrum ranging from academic research to large scale pharmaceutical production. He is experienced in managing customer relationships with CRM software such as Salesforce.com. His time in the industry has given him a deep understanding of the supply chain from manufacture and distribution to service and support at the retail level. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Therapy/Exercise Science from Ithaca College
and has been trained on Practical Process Improvement (PPI).
ROBERT PERVERE | Chief Operating Officer, Co-Founder
Rob has 18+ years of experience working in the field of In-Vitro Laboratory Diagnostics. He was most recently a Senior Staff Applications Engineer at Siemens Healthcare, a Fortune 500
company in the Life Science industry. In his most recent position, he
served as a Customer Service Life-cycle Project Manager for the
ADVIA Centaur & IMMULITE product lines used in the development
of diagnostic kits for identifying infectious diseases. Upon joining Siemens (formerly Bayer Diagnostics), Rob spent 10 years in R&D developing Immunoassay reagents. He was the co-recipient of the 2013 Siemens Excellence Award for Healthcare Innovation and was granted
a patent (us 61/934,111) for his contributions towards the development
of assay paramagnetic supports in 2016. He has significant experience ensuring proper product development and international regulatory compliance through the creation of stringent cGMP-based SOPs. His familiarity with FDA audits arms him with deep laboratory management capabilities and a proven track record of successfully transitioning products from the R&D phase to production scale. Rob holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Anthropology from Ithaca College and is Six-Sigma Green Belt (SSGB) certified.
TYMOFEY WOWK, PH.D. | Chief Strategy Officer, Co-founder
Tym was most recently employed as a social science research consultant at the Office of Institutional Advancement at the
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and the College
of Engineering and Information Technology Dean’s Office at UMBC
on both quantitative and mixed-methods research projects. He has extensive experience in data management and statistical analyses using nationally representative federal datasets such as the ECLS-k, BPS, IPEDS, ELS/NELS, and has presented findings from these projects at the American Education Research Association national conferences. Tym was also a professor for 13+ years at both public and private universities. For his doctoral studies, Tym’s dissertation research consisted of advanced quantitative data analysis using a dataset he merged from the BPS and IPEDS, and theory from the fields of education, sociology, psychology, and economics. His research focused on factors facilitating the persistence of racial/ethnic minority and low-income community college students. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology from Ithaca College, a Master of Arts in International Policy Studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from UMBC, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Language, Literacy, and Culture with
a social science specialization from UMBC.
Cyson Wong | Chief Finance Officer
Cyson has 12+ years of professional experience in commercial real estate as a private equity investor, lender, developer, broker and has overseen the deployment and management of $500MM+ in asset value. He has executed roles in both small entrepreneurial companies as well as a public REIT. Currently, he heads a family office, focusing on acquisitions as well as managing its existing real estate portfolio. His network and breadth of experience has given him a comprehensive perspective of real estate finance and an ability to identify and take advantage of unique investment opportunities in New York City, an extremely competitive market. Prior to his career in real estate, Cyson was a software developer and has built back-end software, database applications, and graphical user interfaces for both startups and Fortune 500 companies. Cyson holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a dual major in Finance and Real Estate.