The Axiomedix Team

Brought to you by team members who founded and ran the i2b2 tranSMART Foundation, Axiomedix offers more than 100 years of collective experience in the software and clinical and translational science worlds.
Keith Elliston
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

Keith is a scientist/entrepreneur in the for-profit and non-profit biomedical space, and has co-founded more than a dozen companies. He was a founder and Executive Director of the i2b2 tranSMART Foundation, he founded the Systems Biology program at CHDI Foundation, and he was Chief Commercial Officer at Curoverse. He has also been the founder and CEO or CSO of biotechnology companies in the areas of biomedical computing, artificial intelligence, systems biology, and genomics. He has spent his career in the pharmaceutical (Merck and Bayer) and biotechnology (Gene Logic, Viaken, Genstruct/Selventa) industries, and in the non-profit (CHDI, tranSMART, i2b2 tranSMART Foundations) space.

Kendra Elliston
CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

Kendra is an ambitious new talent with a background in claims data (Data Science at OmniClaim, Inc.), physics research, and the leadership and financial management of small organizations. She began working with graphic and web design in 2004.

Rudy Potenzone
CHIEF MARKETER

Rudy is an accomplished executive with a proven track record of developing product roadmaps, corporate strategies, open-source communities, and sales and marketing programs. He has a reputation for delivering quality, profitable, and customer-focused products and services. He has served as the head of Community and Marketing for the tranSMART and i2b2 tranSMART Foundations, Health Technology Strategist for Microsoft, VP Product Marketing for Perkin Elmer, Head of Marketing for Curoverse, and VP Business Development for Ingenuity Sytsems (now Qiagen).

Steve Johnson
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Steve is an experienced finance and strategy executive, and has served as VP of Finance and/or CFO for numerous public and private companies. He also has extensive experience with non-profit foundations, and serves on the Finance Committee of the Autism Foundation.

Peter Rice
DIRECTOR, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Peter has been developing and supporting bioinformatics software for over 30 years. He created the EMBOSS suite, served as a project leader of the eTRIKS Project, and has worked at EMBL, Sanger Institute, EBI, and Imperial College London. Peter continues to manage tranSMART releases for the i2b2 tranSMART Foundation.

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