Our Masterminds
Leadership Team
Rohan (Ro) F. Hastie, Ph.D.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Gerald (Gerry) M. Haines II
Chief Financial Officer
Karl Bradshaw, Ph.D.
Chief Business Officer
Florina Krawchick
Chief People Officer
Sean Iverson, MBA, MA
Vice President, Global Marketing
Tom Houseman
Vice President, Operations
Board of Directors
John Fletcher, MBA | Board Chair
Mr. Fletcher is managing partner of Fletcher Spaght Ventures, a venture capital fund. He is also the founder and CEO of Fletcher Spaght, Inc., a consulting firm that provides growth-focused strategy assistance to client companies. He has more than 30 years’ experience providing strategy and financing assistance to companies seeking to maximize the value of their innovation. Before launching FSI in 1983, Mr. Fletcher was a senior manager at The Boston Consulting Group. Previously, he was a Ph.D. candidate and instructor in international business at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to Wharton, he was a Captain and jet pilot in the US Air Force.
Mr. Fletcher is a current or past board member for many companies, including Spectranetics, Axcelis, AutoImmune, GlycoFi, NMT Medical, Quick Study Radiology, Alimed, Fischer Imaging and Panacos Pharmaceuticals. He also is or has been, a board member of many non-profit organizations including Board of Overseers of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, The Cardiology Council, Board of Overseers of Children’s Hospital of Boston and the Board of Advisors of the Boston University Photonics Center. His current and past board memberships also include various academic institutions – the Whitehead Institute at MIT, the Masters in Engineering Management program at Thayer School of Engineering and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and the School of Government and Business at George Washington University. He holds an MBA from Southern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from George Washington University.
Scott Barry, MBA
Mr. Barry has more than 20 years of experience in investment banking and the healthcare industry. He joined EW Healthcare Partners (formerly Essex Woodlands) as principal in the New York office in 2006 and was quickly promoted to partner in 2008, then to managing director in 2012. Before that, Mr. Barry served as the global head of pharmaceutical M&A and collaborations at Novartis Pharma AG and was responsible for global acquisitions, equity investments, and corporate partnerships across all therapeutic areas. He joined Novartis in 2002 and held positions in the business development and licensing and mergers and acquisitions groups. Before joining Novartis, Mr. Barry was a director for Century Capital Associates LLC, a boutique healthcare investment bank and consulting firm, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnering and financing transactions. He also has held positions at KPMG LLP in their healthcare corporate finance and assurance services groups.
Mr. Barry previously served on the Board of Directors of Orthovita, Inc. (NASDAQ: VITA) acquired by Stryker Corporation; Victory Pharma, Inc., acquired by Shionogi, Inc., and Velcera, acquired by Perrigo Company. He is currently on the Board of Directors for Breg/United Orthopedic Group and Encore Dermatology. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University and an MBA from New York University.
Rohan F. Hastie, Ph.D. | President & Chief Executive Officer, Metabolon
Dr. Hastie has served as president and CEO at Metabolon since May 2018. He leads the company’s vision to harness the power of its metabolomics platform to provide biological insights of disease state and physiological reactions in the present time. As the global leader in metabolomics, Metabolon offers the world’s most extensive – and continuously growing – metabolomics knowledge base. The company’s deep metabolomic insights are addressing some of the most challenging and pressing questions in the life sciences, helping to advance success in the biopharma, consumer products, and academic research sectors.
Before joining Metabolon, he was president of Arrow Life Sciences & Healthcare, a consulting firm specializing in commercialization and operational excellence for life sciences companies. He also held various senior leadership positions in diagnostics and corporate development at Hologic, Inc., including president of Hologic Diagnostics where he grew the business into one of the world’s leading diagnostics companies with more than 1800 employees and $1.25 billion in annual revenue. Earlier in his career, Dr. Hastie worked at the strategy consulting company PA Consulting Group in their Life Sciences and Technology group, consulting for a wide range of companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostics industries. He earned his doctorate in molecular genetics from Queen Elizabeth Medical School in Birmingham, England and a degree in biological sciences from the University of Birmingham.
Jan Lundberg, Ph.D.
Dr. Lundberg has two decades of executive leadership experience in the pharmaceutical sector and held c-suite positions with leading companies, including Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca. Through his leadership, he has overseen the development of more than 200 candidate drugs, with 22 approved products across multiple therapeutic areas. Before joining AstraZeneca, Dr. Lundberg held the position of Professor of Pharmacology at the Karolinska Institute in Solna, Sweden.
In addition to his significant industry experience, Dr. Lundberg is the co-founder of Aerocrine AB and currently serves on the boards of Ardelyx, Betagenon Image Analysis Group, and TB Alliance. He has also been a member of several government committees in both the European Union and the United States.
Dr. Lundberg completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Gothenburg, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in medicine, and his doctorate at the Karolinska Institute.
John Oxaal, MBA
Mr. Oxaal is a general partner at Sevin Rosen Funds, where he focuses on the areas of imaging, computing, photonics, RF communications, and semiconductors. Before joining Sevin Rosen Funds in 1999, he co-founded and was CEO of Volumetrics Medical Imaging, Inc., a developer of three-dimensional ultrasound technology, and was on the founding team of the digital signal processing division of Analog Devices, Inc.
Mr. Oxaal holds several patents in the field of real-time volumetric ultrasound imaging. In addition to continuing as the chairman of the Volumetrics Board, he serves on the boards of Airwavz Solutions, Inc., Ethertronics, Inc., Luxtera, Inc., and Scintera Networks, Inc.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering from Duke University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Mr. Oxaal is on the Board of Visitors at the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago.
Todd Schermerhorn, MBA
Mr. Schermerhorn is the retired senior vice president and chief financial officer of C. R. Bard, Inc. He joined Bard in 1985 as a cost analyst and progressed through a series of management positions including controller, vascular division; vice president and controller, USCI division; vice president and group controller, cardiology division. He was elected vice president and treasurer of Bard in 1998 and later was appointed the senior vice president and CFO, a position held for 10 years until his retirement from the company.
Mr. Schermerhorn previously served on the boards of Thoratec Corporation, which was acquired by St. Jude Medical, Inc., and The Spectranetics Corporation, which was acquired by Royal Philips. He currently serves on the board of The Travelers Companies, Inc. In addition, he has served on the board of several non-profits including Somerset Medical Center, Cornerstone Family Programs and the Sean Reilly TBI Fund.
Mr. Schermerhorn holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and an MBA in finance from Babson College. He is a Certified Management Accountant.
Robert A. Cascella
Over more than 30 years, Mr. Cascella’s impressive track record has supported value creation in the healthcare industry, with a strong focus on innovation and integrated solutions. Mr. Cascella joined Philips in 2015 and is currently an Executive Vice President and Strategic Business Development Leader at Royal Philips. He is also a member of the company’s Executive Committee.
Prior to his current role Mr. Cascella was the Chief Business Leader for the Precision Diagnosis Segment, responsible for the integration of smart systems, software, informatics and services dedicated to delivering on the promise of precision medicine. Prior to this leadership position, Mr. Cascella was the Chief Business Leader of the Diagnosis and Treatment Segment, where he was responsible for the development and growth of modality based diagnostics and interventional treatment and therapy.
Before joining Philips, Mr. Cascella spent 11 years at Hologic, a global leader in Women’s Health, as its president and later CEO. Under his leadership Hologic broadly diversified its product portfolio and substantially grew revenues through a combination of innovative product development and acquisition, as well as the building of strong customer relationships. His philosophy is that customers should always come first and be at the core of every business.
Mr. Cascella holds a Bachelor of Arts in accounting from Fairfield University.
