Exploring Biotech, Data & Science: How Non-Traditional Companies Made It Happen
High Tech Regional Exchange (HTRE) Meeting
Join the Northern New Mexico community in a discussion around biotech successes, failures and how companies are making it happen right here in our community. Get ready to learn how Falling Colors, Flow Science and Pebble Labs are creating a path of growth and what next steps are on the horizon.
About The Panel
Moderator:
Deborah L. Breitfeld, CEcD
Executive Director
New Mexico Technology Council
Jorie Koster-Hale
Chief Data Officer
Falling Colors
Jorie is a native New Mexican (chopped green, please). After receiving a BA in linguistics, she got a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from MIT, where she studied the neural basis of human social reasoning. She continued that research as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. Before joining Falling Colors, Jorie lived in Paris, working as a lead data scientist for an enterprise AI software company. Leading the analytics and user experience teams, Jorie's primary goal at Falling Colors is to leverage data and technology to improve quality of care, efficacy of service delivery, and transparency of spending in behavioral health.
Amir Isfahani
President & CEO
Flow Science
Amir started at Flow Science as a scientist in the R&D team in early 2009 where he made significant contributions to the FLOW-3D solver. He then transitioned to business development, where he successfully deployed the software into the cloud for a more accessible high performance computing (HPC) solution. In 2015, he took over the North American sales which put the company on a new growth trajectory. In 2017, he led an acquisition of Flow Science and now serves as the company’s President & CEO. Amir holds a PhD degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, both from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Throughout his academic years, his research focused on computational physics, particularly CFD.
Tichafa Munyikwa
Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs
Pebble Labs
Dr. Tichafa “Tich” Munyikwa is VP of Regulatory at Pebble Labs. He has over twenty-three years’ experience working in major Ag- Biotechnology companies as a senior research scientist and a global regulatory expert. An inventor with granted worldwide scientific patents, and proven track record of international product development, registrations, and scientific publications on new biotechnologies. Dr. Munyikwa received his Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Wageningen University (The Netherlands).
About The High Tech Regional Exchange (HTRE)
The High Tech Regional Exchange, formerly known as the High Tech Round Table, is a quarterly event focused on supporting, engaging, and connecting new and existing high tech businesses in Northern New Mexico.
Sponsored by the Regional Development Corporation, the Richard P. Feynman Center for Innovation, City of Santa Fe, and New Mexico Technology Council, these events consist of an informational presentation/panel discussion around a topic of interest, networking, and drinks and hors d'oeuvres.
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