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At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Alberta based VP’ operating in the Health Care space. If you think a VP’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Haili Wang
Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Metabolomic Technologies
Dr. Haili Wang is a colorectal surgeon and Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta Hospital, and has recently completed her Masters degree in Clinical Epidemiology. Her area of research expertise relates to urine metabolomics and colorectal cancer screening. Dr. Wang has presented at numerous clinical and scientific conferences and has an in-depth knowledge of metabolomics and colorectal cancer.
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About Metabolomic Technologies, Metabolomic Technologies, University of Alberta: Metabolomic Technologies develops patented, metabolomic-based, diagnostic tests to detect adenomatous polyps and colorectal cancer (CRC).
Jim LeTourneau
Vice President Marketing and Technology of Design.UX
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About Design.UX: Design.UX™ makes fitness trackers fashionable.
Ravi Jahagirdar
Vice President, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Safety of Zenith Epigenetics
Ravi is the Senior Director of Pharmacology. Ravi has a strong background in animal, lipid/lipoprotein physiology and manages all discovery in vivo pharmacology related to autoimmune and oncology programs at Zenith. Ravi has over 17 years of experience from both academia and industry in in-vivo pharmacology, animal physiology, drug discovery, early toxicology and pharmacokinetic studies, basic research, assay development and high throughput screening. He has been successful in recruiting scientists, building departments and managing projects from early discovery to pre-clinical development and business collaborations. Ravi has strong interpersonal and leadership skills developed through several years of teaching, training and management experience. Ravi received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in Bangalore and a MS in Molecular Biology/Microbiology from Health Sciences Center (MUN, Newfoundland). Prior to joining Zenith, Ravi was department head of Pharmacology at Resverlogix. Prior to Resverlogix Ravi held positions of increasing responsibility at University of Regina, and Tularik Inc. Ravi’s research has been published in many peer reviewed journals and has co-authored a text book chapter and has numerous abstract presentations.
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About Zenith Epigenetics: Zenith Epigenetics is a research and development biotechnology company focused on new and innovative drugs.
Henrik Hansen
Senior Vice President of Operations of Zenith Epigenetics
Henrik Hansen has more than 15 years of experience, from both academia and industry, in basic research, drug discovery, and drug development. His areas of expertise include medicinal chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry, high throughput synthesis, process development, and manufacturing of drug substances and drug products under Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for clinical use. Henrik has held a number of positions within Zenith and am currently Senior Vice President of Operations with responsibility for Project Management, Intellectual Property, CMC, Quality Assurance, and the Medicinal Chemistry Program. Henrik holds a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Lund University, Sweden. He has authored or co-authored more than 40 articles and meeting abstracts and is listed as an inventor of 9 patent families.
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About Zenith Epigenetics: Zenith Epigenetics is a research and development biotechnology company focused on new and innovative drugs.
Branko Jankovic
VP & CFO of Ceapro
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About Ceapro: Ceapro is into developing functionally active ingredients derived from oats and renewable plant resources for healthcare and cosmetic needs.
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