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Akonni Business and Scientific Advisory Board


Gail Cassell, Ph.D.

Dr. Gail H. Cassell is currently Vice President, Scientific Affairs and Distinguished Lilly Research Scholar for Infectious Diseases, Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Christopher Davis, O.B.E., M.D., Ph.D. F.F.P.M.
Dr. Davis is President and CEO of The Intuint Consultancy Ltd., a life sciences and defense consulting company. Formerly chief analyst for bioweapons issues in British Defense Intelligence, he is an internationally known expert in biodefense. Dr. Davis is a pharmaceutical physician with a background in drug discovery and medical device development. He holds an Adjunct Research Professorship in Microbiology & Immunology at The State University of New York at Buffalo and a Professor at George Mason University's Department of Public and International Affairs.

Peter Fitzsimmons
Pete is currently a Managing Director with a boutique technology and advisory firm serving the financial services industry located in McLean Virginia – Primatics Financial. He has extensive finance experience as a senior management executive and advisor and has played a key role in providing strategic direction to financial services firms nationally and internationally in enhancing performance, mitigating risk and managing all aspects of financial reporting.

William Gordon, Ph.D.
William Gordon is currently the President and CEO of Tetragenetics Inc. a producer of recombinant vaccines and biotherapeutics. He is also Vice Chairman of Pop!Tech a Camden, Maine-based annual conference accelerating the positive impact of world-changing people, projects, and ideas.

Tom Higgins
Mr. Higgins was formerly President of Business for Social Responsibility, and a Senior Vice President of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Maryland and Edison International. He has served in senior executive roles in health care at the local, state and federal government levels and is a co-founder of several early stage companies.

Vishwanath R. Lingappa, M.D., Ph.D.
An emeritus professor of Physiology at the University of California San Francisco, Dr. Lingappa is Chief Technology Officer and CoCEO of Prosetta Bioconformatics.

W. Ian Lipkin, M.D.
W. Ian Lipkin is the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology, and Professor of Neurology and Pathology at Columbia University; Scientific Director of the Northeast Biodefense Center; Principal Investigator of the 100,000 child Autism Birth Cohort; and member of the WHO Laboratory Surveillance Network.

Ronald Pion, M.D.
Ronald Pion is the founder of Hospital Satellite Network and co-founder of Medical Telecommunications, Inc. He is Clinical Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, a Fellow of the College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and served as a tenured Professor at the University of Washington and the University of Hawaii.

Richard Rosenblum
Dick Rosenblum is currently President and CEO of Hawaiian Electric Company. He has a 35 year career managing technical enterprises.