Leadership Team

We are an experienced and optimistic team, deeply committed to a data-driven transformation of health care.

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Jeremy Rassen, Sc.D.

Co-founder & Interim CEO

Jeremy is an epidemiologist and computer scientist with nearly 25 years of experience in the science and technology of big data.

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Kevin Riley

President

Kevin Riley is a senior executive with 25+ years of healthcare and life sciences technology experience. He is a proven CEO and product leader, launching many businesses to market with competitive differentiation and authentic customer value.

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Nicolle Gatto, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Chief Science Officer

Nicolle is an epidemiologist with 20 years of industry experience. She serves as a senior scientific voice ensuring appropriate and principled use of RWD and RWE, designing and communicating scientific frameworks, standards, and methodologies, and collaborating with stakeholders globally.

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Richard Jenkins

Chief Growth Officer

Richard is Chief Growth Officer to Aetion and has led business development for several health care technology companies serving the life sciences industry.

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Sebastian Schneeweiss, M.D., Sc.D.

Co-Founder and Senior Advisor

Sebastian is a physician and pharmacoepidemiologist with 25 years of experience in analyzing health care databases.

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Wendy Turenne

Chief Data Officer

Wendy Turenne is a healthcare analytics specialist with over 20 years of experience building bridges between data, analytics and business strategy.

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David Vavrasek

Chief Business Officer

David is Chief Business Officer to Aetion, responsible for leading enterprisewide initiatives and operations that accelerate Aetion’s growth and efficiency.

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Ken Watson

Chief Technology Officer

Ken Watson is the Chief Technology Officer at Aetion, where he leads Product, Engineering, Information Security, and Data Operations.

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Tom Wright

Chief Financial Officer

Tom serves as Aetion’s CFO. He brings deep expertise from his previous roles in both public and private equity owned companies.

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Jessica Allen

VP, Finance

Jessica is Vice President of Finance at Aetion, where she is a key leader in driving Aetion’s financial strategy and performance.

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Michael Brownfield

SVP, Marketing and Commercial Operations

Michael Brownfield is the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Commercial Operations at Aetion. He and his team are responsible for ensuring Aetion’s story connects with stakeholders in the healthcare and life sciences industry, especially since Aetion’s technology and services are second to none.

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Ulka Campbell

Head of Scientific Strategy

Ulka Campbell is the Head of Scientific Strategy at Aetion and provides methodological and regulatory expertise on studies across therapeutic areas and leads research to inform regulatory RWE best practices.

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Mervyn Hall

SVP, Sales and Sales Operations

Mervyn Hall is the Senior Vice President of Sales & Sales Operations at Aetion, where he oversees all day-to-day sales activities, Customer Success, and Solution Engineering teams.

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Sara Livengood

SVP, Product

Sara is a seasoned product leader with over 15 years of experience across NYC technology start ups. She currently serves as our SVP of Product overseeing product development, product operations, support and data ingestion.

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Jennifer Polinski, Sc.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.

SVP, Science

Jennifer Polinski is the Senior Vice President of Science and Head of Scientific Consulting at Aetion. Dr. Polinski is an epidemiologist with more than 25 years of experience in scientific consulting, healthcare delivery, medical insurance, and academic settings.

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Ben Taylor, Ph.D., M.Sc.

VP, Science

Ben Taylor is a pharmacoepidemiologist. He received his PhD in epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of Toronto and has over 12 years of experience leading RWE strategy and execution for products across therapeutic areas and development cycles.

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Our Directors

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Thomas Carella

Board Director

Thomas “TJ” Carella serves as a Managing Director and Head of the Healthcare Group at Warburg Pincus, based in New York.

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Bill Geary

Board Director

With more than a 20-year tenure investing in young and emerging healthcare technology companies, Bill Geary serves on boards of industry-leading companies, working closely with founders and management.

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Scott Gottlieb, M.D.

Board Director

Dr. Scott Gottlieb is a Special Partner on the NEA healthcare investment team; he was a Venture Partner at NEA from 2007 to 2017 until being appointed the 23rd Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where he served from 2017 to 2019.

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Mohamad Makhzoumi

Board Director

Mohamad Makhzoumi first joined NEA in 2000 and now serves as Co-CEO of the firm. He was previously NEA’s Co-President, prior to which Mohamad served as Managing General Partner, Healthcare, where he led and oversaw NEA’s global healthcare investing practice across digital health and life sciences.

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Tom Peterson

Board Director

Tom is an Executive, Investor and Advisor for several innovative healthcare technology businesses across the payor and provider segments.

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Cathy Polinsky

Board Director

Cathy Polinsky is the Chief Technology Officer of DataGrail, an enterprise technology company that partners with brands on their data privacy journey to minimize risk, stay a step ahead of consumer and employee expectations, and save increasingly scarce resources. Previously she was Vice President of Engineering at Shopify.

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