Gabriela Voskerician, Founder & CEO, Krikorjan Gabriela Voskerician is CEO and Founder of Krikorjan. The company's mobile platform, Prevent360, is being developed to revolutionize behavior change in preventing diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Previous to Krikorjan, Gabriela led the product development cycle, clinical, and regulatory path for Proxy Biomedical, a leader in implantable medical devices. In parallel, she taught Medical Device Innovation at University of Geneva (UG), National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). Presently Gabriela shares her time between establishing Krikorjan as a leader in diabetes prevention and contributing to the Biodesign Innovation Program at Stanford University in her Guest Professor capacity. Gabriela holds a BS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering awarded by CWRU and a BA in Art History from the same university. In her free time, Gabriela hangs-out with the Bandits (7-12 year-olds) at Sierra-at-Tahoe teaching them snowboard tricks in the park and pipe, while still working on her own hand plants. If you don't spot her helmet with blue flowers at Sierra, Gabriela must be X-Ray-ing a painting in the Uffizi with her friend Maurizio Seracini. She currently works as CEO at Optima Integrated Health. Gabriela is 2012 Fellow of the Startup Leadership Program of Silicon Valley.

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Nikhil Bhat, CoFounder, Vancel Corp Nikhil Bhat is the co-founder of Vancel Corporation, a startup focused on child safety products. He also works at Acclarent Inc developing innovative products to treat otitis media. Prior to Acclarent, he worked at Pavad Medical Inc, a venture funded medical device startup, developing implantable medical devices to treat obstructive sleep apnea. Nikhil is an experienced medical device professional with 4 issued patents and more than 14 patents pending. He holds a graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University. Nikhil is passionate about developing low-cost medical devices which improve people’s lives. He is a 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Silicon Valley Chapter.

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