Hans-Christian Lüdemann, CEO and Founder
Hans developed Meniscense's technology and founded the company in 2014.
Before founding Meniscense, Hans worked as a risk consultant to large institutional investors and developed custom instrumentation in the Process Technology group at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, MA.
Earlier in his career, Hans was a Research Fellow at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and worked on mass spectrometry instrumentation and applications at the Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics of the University of Münster in Germany.
Hans holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Münster and an MBA from Babson College.
Richard Kent Berger, General Counsel and VP, Business Development
Ricky has over 20 years of experience advising early stage technology companies and has acted as General Counsel to various companies engaged in the development and manufacture of electronic and optical components for aerospace, telecom and military applications as well as nanotechnology research and development. Ricky has served on the Executive Committee of the WPI Venture Forum and was chair of that organization's Program Committee. Additionally, Ricky has served as CEO or in other C-level positions in startups he either founded or co-founded.
Ricky holds a B.A. in Philosophy from UMass Amherst and a J.D. from New England Law.
Rita Vicaire, Application Development
Rita has 20 years of experience as a bench scientist and liquid handling specialist in life science laboratories. Since 2007, Rita has operated The Robot Whisperer, LLC, a liquid handling automation consultancy she founded. Prior to that, she was a Lab Automation Manager at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, MA and a Field Automation Specialist for Tecan.
In her practice at The Robot Whisperer, Rita supports big pharma as well as biotech and diagnostics companies in the transfer of assays onto automated liquid handlers of various manufacturers, in the subsequent verification of the performance of these liquid handlers, as well as configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of liquid handling equipment.
Rita holds a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology from Worcester State University.
Hugh Douglas, COO, West Coast Operations
Hugh has 35 years of experience in Operations and Business Development roles in the research tools space, including C-level roles. He has worked at Hoefer Scientific, Pharmacia, and Amersham Biosciences. Most recently, he was COO and Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances at BioCision. He is the President of Bridge4Bio.
Hugh holds an MBA from Golden Gate University, and a BS from UC Berkeley.
Ramana Tadepalli, VP, Strategic Alliances
Ramana has 20 years of experience in Marketing, Business Development, and Product Management in research tools.
He has held roles at Amersham Biosciences and Axygen. Most recently, he was Business Director, Genomics at Corning Life Sciences. He is the President of 3S Ventures.
Ramana holds an MBA from Madras University and an MS in Biotechnology from Bharathidasan University.
Hans developed Meniscense's technology and founded the company in 2014.
Before founding Meniscense, Hans worked as a risk consultant to large institutional investors and developed custom instrumentation in the Process Technology group at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, MA.
Earlier in his career, Hans was a Research Fellow at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and worked on mass spectrometry instrumentation and applications at the Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics of the University of Münster in Germany.
Hans holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Münster and an MBA from Babson College.
Richard Kent Berger, General Counsel and VP, Business Development
Ricky has over 20 years of experience advising early stage technology companies and has acted as General Counsel to various companies engaged in the development and manufacture of electronic and optical components for aerospace, telecom and military applications as well as nanotechnology research and development. Ricky has served on the Executive Committee of the WPI Venture Forum and was chair of that organization's Program Committee. Additionally, Ricky has served as CEO or in other C-level positions in startups he either founded or co-founded.
Ricky holds a B.A. in Philosophy from UMass Amherst and a J.D. from New England Law.
Rita Vicaire, Application Development
Rita has 20 years of experience as a bench scientist and liquid handling specialist in life science laboratories. Since 2007, Rita has operated The Robot Whisperer, LLC, a liquid handling automation consultancy she founded. Prior to that, she was a Lab Automation Manager at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, MA and a Field Automation Specialist for Tecan.
In her practice at The Robot Whisperer, Rita supports big pharma as well as biotech and diagnostics companies in the transfer of assays onto automated liquid handlers of various manufacturers, in the subsequent verification of the performance of these liquid handlers, as well as configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of liquid handling equipment.
Rita holds a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology from Worcester State University.
Hugh Douglas, COO, West Coast Operations
Hugh has 35 years of experience in Operations and Business Development roles in the research tools space, including C-level roles. He has worked at Hoefer Scientific, Pharmacia, and Amersham Biosciences. Most recently, he was COO and Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances at BioCision. He is the President of Bridge4Bio.
Hugh holds an MBA from Golden Gate University, and a BS from UC Berkeley.
Ramana Tadepalli, VP, Strategic Alliances
Ramana has 20 years of experience in Marketing, Business Development, and Product Management in research tools.
He has held roles at Amersham Biosciences and Axygen. Most recently, he was Business Director, Genomics at Corning Life Sciences. He is the President of 3S Ventures.
Ramana holds an MBA from Madras University and an MS in Biotechnology from Bharathidasan University.