Jana Bobosikova
Dr. Renee Whynes
Dr. Renee Whynes holds a Doctorate degree in Biophysical Chemistry, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. She also holds a MBA with a concentration in Supply Chain Management and Marketing. Dr. Whynes has more than 12 years of progressively responsible experience directing many projects with budgets. Her experience includes finding innovative solutions in skin care and wet shaving; external partnership development with universities and other research organizations; technology scouting; new product development; new business development; assessment of near to long-term market opportunities; and identification of market disruptors.
Dr. Catja Prykop
Dr. Catja Prykop is Global Marketing Director with a strong passion for Personalization. Over the past 11 years at Beiersdorf, she contributed to building brands like NIVEA, Hansaplast and Eucerin, having been responsible for a strong insight-based innovation pipeline and global brand strategy development particularly for Face Care and Face Cleansing. Catja is a senior business leader, global marketeer and strategist, recognized for consumer closeness. Experienced in Cosmetics, Media and Finance, personalized consumer engagement is at her heart. Catja holds a PhD in economics. Together with Dr. Frank Schwanke, she is heading the Personalization Accelerator.
Josh Rider
Josh is the Chief Revenue Officer for [solidcore]. He oversees revenue management as well as marketing and data analytics. This is his third time living in the Washington, D.C. area. After joining the Marine Corps he spent time in Quantico, VA before stops to California, Iraq, Arlington, Va, Boston, New York, Dallas and now Alexandria.
Josh has over 16 years of experience leading teams across multiple industries encompassing the Marine Corps, Investment Banking and most recently Fitness. Prior to his new role at [solidcore] he served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Gold’s Gym International where he oversaw corporate strategy, corporate partnerships, brand innovation, business intelligence, operations support, revenue management across multiple lines of business as well as the member service center.
Prior to Gold’s Gym International, Josh was a Vice President in the Investment Banking Division of J.P. Morgan advising clients across multiple industries on mergers and acquisitions, activism defense and capital raise activities. Josh holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Baylor University and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management.
Josh lives in Alexandria with Rebecca, his wife of 15 years, and children Makaela and Daniel.
Prof. Newton C. Frateschi
Prof. Newton C. Frateschi is the Executive Director of the Inova-UNICAMP: Unicamp Innovation Agency. He was the director of the "Gleb Wataghin" Physics Institute (IFGW), University of Campinas – UNICAMP - Brazil from 2014 to 2017; the deputy director of this institute from 2010 to 2014. He was the director of the Center for Semiconductor Components and Nanotechnologies – UNICAMP from 2005 to 2010. From 2001 to 2003, he worked as a senior optoelectronic designer at T-Networks Inc., Pennsylvania, USA, in the advanced photonic device technology group. He obtained his Master’s and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California and his bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Physics from the IFGW - UNICAMP. He is a Brazilian National Research and Development Council (CNPq – Brasil) research fellow leading the device Research Laboratory (LPD – IFGW - UNICAMP) and the author and coauthor of over 100 scientific papers and several international patents primarily in the areas of optoelectronics and photonics.
Prof. Newton C. Frateschi
Prof. Newton C. Frateschi is the Executive Director of the Inova-UNICAMP: Unicamp Innovation Agency. He was the director of the "Gleb Wataghin" Physics Institute (IFGW), University of Campinas – UNICAMP - Brazil from 2014 to 2017; the deputy director of this institute from 2010 to 2014. He was the director of the Center for Semiconductor Components and Nanotechnologies – UNICAMP from 2005 to 2010. From 2001 to 2003, he worked as a senior optoelectronic designer at T-Networks Inc., Pennsylvania, USA, in the advanced photonic device technology group. He obtained his Master’s and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California and his bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Physics from the IFGW - UNICAMP. He is a Brazilian National Research and Development Council (CNPq – Brasil) research fellow leading the device Research Laboratory (LPD – IFGW - UNICAMP) and the author and coauthor of over 100 scientific papers and several international patents primarily in the areas of optoelectronics and photonics.
Adlai Goldberg
Keenly focused on capturing opportunities and managing impacts created by the digital megatrend for the life sciences clients.
As EY Global Life Sciences Digital, Social and Commercial Innovation Leader, Adlai is focused on developing the necessary digital infrastructure to support emerging, next-generation forms of individualized therapies to tackle cancer and rare diseases.
Having a keen interest in different cultures, he has chosen to spend his career living and working around the world in many markets including Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ukraine, Russia and Switzerland.
With more than 28 years of professional experience in media, communications and consulting to his credit, Adlai helped establish EY global social media services and analytics hub. Additionally, he has also helped launch the world’s first interactive television platform in Hong Kong.
Adlai earned an MBA in Marketing and Real Estate from Southern Methodist University and a BS in Accounting from Metropolitan State College. How Adlai is building a better working world “I have been blessed with two opportunities to make important contributions to this world. First, I helped directly support the reconstruction and rehabilitation of communities affected by the tsunami in 2004 that hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
For three years, I worked with donors and helped nongovernmental organizations manage their financial resources in order to provide the greatest support possible. I also design and help manage a tsunami commemoration program on behalf of the Republic of Indonesia.
Second, I helped design the necessary digital infrastructure needed to support emerging individualized therapies that may, one day, help cure cancer and rare diseases.”