Team

Kirtland Poss

President & CEO

Mr. Poss is co-founder, President and CEO of BioAnalytix. Previously, Mr. Poss founded and ran the molecular imaging company VisEn Medical as President and CEO from its early technology platform formation in 2000 through product development, worldwide commercialization, pharmaceutical partnerships, and M&A with PerkinElmer in 2010. In his role with VisEn, Mr. Poss led the development, launch and commercialization of multiple molecular imaging systems and agent product lines, and also ran several of VisEn’s strategic partnerships with leading pharmaceutical companies and clinical research centers in applying VisEn’s molecular imaging agents in pharmaceutical development pipelines and clinical trials. Before VisEn, Mr. Poss worked in healthcare business strategy consulting for Kendall Strategies in Cambridge, MA, and prior to that he worked in scientific research at the Center for Molecular Imaging Research at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He is a co-author on several scientific publications and multiple patents in the fields of biomarker imaging and pharmaceutical development.

Shiaw-Lin (Billy) Wu, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

Dr. Wu is Chief Scientific Officer of BioAnalytix. Dr. Wu developed his expertise in advanced analytics and biologic drug development with Genentech, where he spent nine years in areas of protein chemistry and advanced analytical methods for complex characterizations of biologic pharmaceuticals. After that, he further developed his analytic expertise with ThermoFisher Scientific where he worked in developing methods and applications of hybrid mass spectrometry in proteomics. During his time at the Barnett Institute, Dr. Wu focused on various advanced analytical techniques and methods for complex protein analysis and biologic drug characterization, including ETD for complicated disulfide characterization, LC-MS for biosimilar comparison mapping, and protein PK/PD characterization analyses using unique sample preparation techniques combined with hybrid mass spectrometry. Dr. Wu’s primary focus has been in applying these advanced analytical approaches in biologic drug development and regulatory strategies with multiple pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the US and abroad. He has published more than 70 scientific papers in these areas.

John Ziolkowski

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Ziolkowski is Chief Financial Officer at BioAnalytix. He brings more than 20 years of financial and operational management experience to BioAnalytix. Most recently, he served as CFO of SiOnyx, a CMOS image sensor company. Prior to SiOnyx, John was CFO at VisEn Medical, a leading biomarker imaging company acquired by PerkinElmer in 2010. In these roles, John oversaw all aspects of finance, operations, IT, legal compliance and human resource management. Previously, Mr. Ziolkowski served as CFO at Axsun Technologies, a market-leading optoelectronic instrumentation manufacturer. Mr. Ziolkowski joined Axsun from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he advised a cross section of public and private technology companies as a manager in the Technology Practice of the Audit and Business Advisory Services Group. Mr. Ziolkowski holds a B.A. in Economics/Accounting from the College of the Holy Cross and is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Jennifer S. Chadwick, PhD

Vice President of Analytical Development

Dr. Chadwick is Vice President of Analytical Development at BioAnalytix. She is an expert in biologics development, with extensive experience in analytical characterization, stability and formulation applied to diverse biologic molecules and systems. Prior to joining BioAnalytix, Dr. Chadwick was a tenured Professor and Louise Byrd Graduate Educator in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Kansas. Her academic research focused on understanding molecular mechanisms of underlying instability of proteins and their stabilization by exogenous compounds. During her twelve years at KU, Prof. Chadwick also engaged in biologic drug development and collaborated and consulted with numerous pharma/biotech companies to investigate stability problems and related formulations in therapeutic proteins. She has published approximately 70 peer-reviewed publications, 13 patents and four book chapters, demonstrating her expertise and deep understanding of biologics and drug development. Dr. Chadwick serves as an Associate Director of CASSS and a member of the Steering Committee for academic industry relations at Massachusetts Biotechnology Council. She is also a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern University. She received her PhD from Purdue University, Department of Chemistry.

William Rash

Executive Director of Business Development

Mr. Rash serves as Executive Director of Business Development at BioAnalytix. He is a commercial leader with more than 30 years of experience focused on complex biologics characterization and method development. Mr. Rash began his career in the lab as a protein scientist and progressed to global leadership roles in corporate and business development. His expertise ranges from characterization and QC technologies application for pre-clinical and clinical development of recombinant protein biologics, to facilities and laboratory operational management, to Global sales and marketing. With an established career in complex biologics, Mr. Rash is adept at identifying opportunities and working with partners to tap into exciting areas in the Biopharmaceutical industry. Before joining BioAnalytix, Mr. Rash worked for Tektagen, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Wyeth, Charles River Laboratories, Ascent Biotechnology Recruiters, Essenix Pharmaceuticals, and Blue Stream Laboratories. Mr. Rash is a serial entrepreneur where he has played pivotal roles in four companies in the biotechnology space. Mr. Rash holds a B.S. in Microbiology from West Chester.

Lily Li, PhD

Senior Director of Lab Process and Platform Development

Dr. Li is the Senior Director of Process and Platform Development of BioAnalytix. Previously, Dr. Li was Laboratory Director at Tandem Labs, New England, where she oversaw operations and built quality systems to support pharmaceutical DMPK and biomarker R&D from early discovery through clinical development. Before joining Tandem Labs, Dr. Li was the Director of Analytics, Mass Spectrometry and the Founding Scientist at Cantata Pharmaceuticals, where she launched a biomarker-based CLIA certified laboratory. As High Throughput Analytics Lead at Monsanto, she led teams and built biochemical profiling platforms which were used to support Monsanto company-wide Genomics pipeline and Biotech research projects. Dr. Li is a co-author on several patents in methods and processes of small and large molecules analysis. Dr. Li was an NIH post-doctoral fellow in Drug Testing and Toxicology and received her Ph.D. in Food Chemistry at Cornell University. She earned her M.S. in Nutritional Biochemistry at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Mary Bowen

Senior Director of Strategic & Digital Marketing

As Senior Director of Strategic and Digital Marketing, Mary Bowen drives the marketing strategy to create growth, awareness, and demand for BioAnalytix. She brings over a decade of digital marketing, web development, and branding experience to the company. Before joining BioAnalytix, Mary served as the Head of Digital Marketing and Creative at RainDance Technologies, which was acquired by Bio-Rad Laboratories. She spearheaded the company's global marketing campaigns to promote the cancer detection instruments to hospitals, academic institutions, and worldwide cancer centers. Prior to RainDance Technologies, Mary oversaw the marketing programs for an eCommerce recruiting platform and SaaS provider for career centers, Experience.com, now owned by Symplicity. The audience consisted of 1.2 million college students, Fortune 500 Companies, and 3,500 prestigious Colleges and Universities nationwide. Over the past decade, Mary has also served as an advisor to young innovative startups and non-profits to help them get started with their branding, digital marketing strategies, and their web and mobile app development. Mary holds a BSBA in Entrepreneurship at Suffolk University and a User Experience Certificate at Bentley University.

Kirtland Poss

President & CEO

Mr. Poss is co-founder, President and CEO of BioAnalytix. Previously, Mr. Poss founded and ran the molecular imaging company VisEn Medical as President and CEO from its early technology platform formation in 2000 through product development, worldwide commercialization, pharmaceutical partnerships, and M&A with PerkinElmer in 2010. In his role with VisEn, Mr. Poss led the development, launch and commercialization of multiple molecular imaging systems and agent product lines, and also ran several of VisEn’s strategic partnerships with leading pharmaceutical companies and clinical research centers in applying VisEn’s molecular imaging agents in pharmaceutical development pipelines and clinical trials. Before VisEn, Mr. Poss worked in healthcare business strategy consulting for Kendall Strategies in Cambridge, MA, and prior to that he worked in scientific research at the Center for Molecular Imaging Research at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He is a co-author on several scientific publications and multiple patents in the fields of biomarker imaging and pharmaceutical development.

Martin Blüggel

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Protagen Protein Services

Martin Blüggel is a graduate in chemistry (Dipl.-Chem) and an expert in Protein Analytics, Bioinformatics and Biosimilars. Since 1997, he has been active in R&D, Business Development and Management at Protagen Protein Services GmbH. He is co-founder of Protagen in 1997.

Pedro Schuermann

Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Protagen Protein Services

Pedro Schuermann studied economics and business administration. His international career spans positions in investment banking, private equity, financial management and corporate development across several service industries, notably in the life sciences/laboratory services area.