The HyperSpectral.ai Team

 

► Broad experience in taking ideas to reality, forged by taking multiple startups to successful exits

► Groundbreaking inventors, scientists, clinical, HealthTech and data systems consultants and advisors

► Relationships with major research universities and corporations

► Dozens of patents and hundreds of peer reviewed publications

Leadership

HARRY HOPPER

CEO/Co-Founder

Harry is a serial entrepreneur with deep venture capital and management experience. His playbook is to combine technology and regulatory changes to create new business models and  applications to forge  successful companies. 

MATT THEURER

CTO/Co-Founder

Matt is a global technology executive and co-founder of the enterprise-class cloud company, Virtustream. Matt has leveraged big data marketplaces and other  groundbreaking technology to address real world business and financial challenges.

LAUREN STACK

COO/Co-Founder

Lauren is an entrepreneur with experience in growing companies through to successful exit. She’s an expert in federal contracting operations and project management. Lauren’s led organizations through all aspects of strategy, development, growth, and sale.

EUAN MOWAT

VP Product

Euan is an engineer focused on optical systems, hardware design, product development, manufacturing and supply chain.  With many years experience at DellEMC Enterprise Storage he holds multiple patents focused on optical systems, thermal mitigation, and automation. 

Consultants and Advisors

Optical Physics, Image Processing and Materials Science

David Strasfeld, PhD is a primary innovation collaborator on the HyperSpectral.ai team. As a healthcare product leader and serial entrepreneur with expertise in medical software and devices and optical systems innovation and development he takes ideas from the bench-top to the clinic using his data science and analysis, quality systems, and FDA regulation expertise.
Paolo Masini is Chief Engineer and Senior Engineering Fellow at Raytheon Vision Systems specializing in sophisticated image and digital signal processing.
David Palacios, Ph.D. has been involved with HyperSpectral.ai from the start. David’s focus has been on signal-to-noise ratio enhancement techniques and image processing enabling the study of previously undetectable planets.
Peter Vallianos brings extensive experience in the analysis, design, and development of multispectral sensor and imaging systems for military and commercial applications.
Larry Ziegler, Ph.D. is Professor of Chemistry at Boston University where he is also an Associate Division Head of the BU Materials Science & Engineering program and a member of the BU Photonics Center.
David Strasfeld, PhD is a primary innovation collaborator on the HyperSpectral.ai team. As a healthcare product leader and serial entrepreneur with expertise in medical software and devices and optical systems innovation and development he takes ideas from the bench-top to the clinic using his data science and analysis, quality systems, and FDA regulation expertise.
Paolo Masini is Chief Engineer and Senior Engineering Fellow at Raytheon Vision Systems specializing in sophisticated image and digital signal processing.
David Palacios, Ph.D. has been involved with HyperSpectral.ai from the start. David’s focus has been on signal-to-noise ratio enhancement techniques and image processing enabling the study of previously undetectable planets.
Peter Vallianos brings extensive experience in the analysis, design, and development of multispectral sensor and imaging systems for military and commercial applications.
Larry Ziegler, Ph.D. is Professor of Chemistry at Boston University where he is also an Associate Division Head of the BU Materials Science & Engineering program and a member of the BU Photonics Center.

Clinical

Erik Avaniss Aghajani, Ph.D. has over 25 years in diagnostics and bioscience. Erik is co-owner and Director of Molecular Diagnostics at Primex Clinical Laboratories, the largest independently owned CLIA laboratory in California.

Dr. Henry Boom has spent more than 40 years studying infectious diseases – from flu to hospital acquired infections to pneumonia.  He serves as Division Chief of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine at UH Cleveland Medical Center, a professor of Molecular Biology at Case Western Medical School, and Director of Case Western’s Tuberculosis Research Unit.

Dr. Abigail Garvey Wilson has a Ph.D. in epidemiology and teaches biostatistics and epidemiology to graduate students at the George Washington University School of Public Health.

Food Safety

Jeannie Shaughnessy works with food processor leaders including well known brands, regulatory agencies, government stakeholders and private sector influencers. Known as a connector and collaborator she focuses on food industry safety, education, trends, supply chain, and other robust current industry-wide matters.
Akiko Kumagai has spent her career in nutrition and food science helping to deliver products which improve customers quality of life and communicate credible nutritional information.
Erik Avaniss Aghajani, Ph.D. has over 25 years in diagnostics and bioscience. Erik is co-owner and Director of Molecular Diagnostics at Primex Clinical Laboratories, the largest independently owned CLIA laboratory in California.

Dr. Henry Boom has spent more than 40 years studying infectious diseases – from flu to hospital acquired infections to pneumonia.  He serves as Division Chief of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine at UH Cleveland Medical Center, a professor of Molecular Biology at Case Western Medical School, and Director of Case Western’s Tuberculosis Research Unit.

Dr. Abigail Garvey Wilson has a Ph.D. in epidemiology and teaches biostatistics and epidemiology to graduate students at the George Washington University School of Public Health.
Jeannie Shaughnessy works with food processor leaders including well known brands, regulatory agencies, government stakeholders and private sector influencers. Known as a connector and collaborator she focuses on food industry safety, education, trends, supply chain, and other robust current industry-wide matters.
Akiko Kumagai has spent her career in nutrition and food science helping to deliver products which improve customers quality of life and communicate credible nutritional information.