Team
Neta Kela - Madar, PhD
CEO,
Dr. Neta Kela has more 11 years of experience in global business development in the healthcare industry. Dr. Kela has extensive experience in developing innovation and disruptive technologies in life science and healthcare industries. Dr. Kela has a strong and broad scientific and clinical background in personalized medicine, immunology, immunotherapy and drug development from the Stanford University (CA, USA) and The Weizmann Institute (Israel) and a long track record in scouting and analysis of life science technologies.
Dr. Kela holds a PhD in immunology from the Weizmann Institute of Science and Post Doctorate from Stanford University and won The McCormick Award from the Stanford University.
Dr. Kela is the head of technology innovation and entrepreneurship center in SCE college
Sanja Tomovska - Baumann, PhD
Partner,
Strategic Development, VC and Private Equity Advisory
Dr. Sanja Tomovska- Baumann brings 22 years of experience in precision medicine and business leadership from Roche, Novartis & Abbott Health Care and background in cross-sector partnerships and alliances. She has a strong practice in product innovation, development & commercialization and combined scientific background with industry knowledge.
Dr. Tomovska successfully built and led global and regional therapeutic units and teams to develop and introduce new drugs & diagnostics. She has a vast amount of experience in a variety of roles across portfolio stages and P&L delivery: strategy, lifecycle, R&D, deal sourcing, due diligence, negotiations and change management.
Dr. Tomovska holds a PhD from University of Basel in Cancer Diagnostic Biomarkers and business education from INSEAD and Columbia Business School
Mark Dollinger, PhD
Partner,
Commercialization
Mark is an industry veteran with almost 40-years of business experience in the U.S. For the past ~20-years Mark has provided a broad range of services to Israel based companies including Business Development, Feasibility Studies, and Sales.
Mark’s educational background includes a Ph.D. in the Neurosciences.
Based in Silicon Valley, Ilene Adler helps global companies develop strong go-to-market strategies, and then communicate them clearly to the US market. After a successful exit from the company she founded, she focuses on helping companies that can make a difference, especially in MedTech.
As CEO and found award-winning Vantage PR, Ilene brings 25 years' experience working with hundreds of tech companies - from small startups to large enterprises like Microsoft and Samsung. Ilene is a Board Member of the California-Israel Chamber of Commerce and has recently joined the MedTech Committee.
Prior to founding Vantage, Ilene was President of RAD Data Communications (US). She has been recognized by various awards including prestigious Stevie Awards for Lifetime Achievement in Marketing, and Woman Executive of the Year. Ilene holds an MBA in International Business and Marketing from the Stern School of Business at NYU.