Leadership Team

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

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Carolyn Magill

Chief Executive Officer and Board Director

Carolyn is a health care technology executive with over 20 years of leadership experience in driving the transition from fee-for-service to value-based care.

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Jeremy Rassen, Sc.D.

Co-Founder, President, Chief Technology Officer and Board Director

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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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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James Salitan, J.D.

General Counsel, Legal & Compliance

James brings 25 years of experience leading legal and compliance teams at healthcare and technology companies. Prior to joining Aetion, James was the Chief Legal Officer at Crux Informatics, Inc., helping data-driven companies accelerate migration to the cloud.

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Julie Schiffman

Chief Delivery Officer

Julie is Chief Delivery Officer at Aetion and has 17 years of experience at Pfizer working to improve overall R&D productivity.

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Lowell Schiller, J.D.

Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer

Lowell is the Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer of Aetion. Previously, Lowell served in several senior leadership roles at the U.S. FDA, most recently as the Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.

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Sebastian Schneeweiss, M.D., Sc.D.

Co-Founder and Advisor

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

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David Vavrasek

Chief Business Officer and GM, Technology

David is Chief Business Officer and General Manager of Technology for Aetion, responsible for leading operations and initiatives that will accelerate Aetion’s international growth, the commercialization of its capabilities in new markets, and the Office of the CEO.

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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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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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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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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 is a general partner at NEA and heads the firm’s Healthcare Services & Healthcare IT investment practice.

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Cathy Polinsky

Board Director

Cathy Polinsky is the Vice President of Engineering at Shopify, where she leads the company’s efforts to build its e-commerce infrastructure and scale its engineering team. She previously served as CTO of StitchFix and held leadership roles at Salesforce.

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