Dr. Fornari, co-founder of BioMech, brings more than 35 years of research, scientific and executive experience to this biotechnology group. Previously Dr. Fornari co-founded and was the CEO and medical director of Dominion Diagnostics, one of the country’s leading pharmaceutical monitoring laboratories and served there from 1997 to 2011.

Prior to Dominion, Dr. Fornari was a research scientist and consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. He has extensive experience in basic scientific research, clinical medicine, toxicology, chemistry, teaching and drug development and has managed several academic, industrial and clinical laboratories and research facilities. Dr. Fornari has authored numerous scientific publications, has regularly presented at national scientific meetings, has been a member of many scientific societies, holds several patents and is a frequent speaker and industry expert in molecular genetics and pharmacology.

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Fornari earned a B.S. degree in Biology from St. Vincent College, received Master’s training in Neurophysiology at Ohio University and holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology with postdoctoral training in medicinal and analytical chemistry, biophysics, drug design, and molecular genetics from the Medical College of Virginia.

Dan Neuwirth has extensive entrepreneurial, executive, and M&A experience in the healthcare
industry most recently providing strategic and financial advisory services to healthcare
technology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies as the founder and managing partner
of Realize Health Ventures. He is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer.

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Dan brings a unique combination of experiences in M&A having navigated multiple successful
exits as an entrepreneur, board member, advisor, and corporate executive.

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Prior to leading Realize Health, Dan founded multiple healthcare businesses gaining deep
experience in raising capital and M&A transactions. He is the Founder of Envera Health, a leader
in patient engagement services focused on improving the experience of healthcare that was sold
to Access Healthcare. Dan also founded Clareto, a spin-off company from Envera that connects
life insurers with healthcare data, which was acquired by MunichRe, the largest global
reinsurance company.

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Prior to founding Envera, he helped launch and grow medCPU, a clinical decision support
company, acquired by Merck and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He co-founded and
led Agility Healthcare Solutions, a pioneer in process improvement and real-time location
technology for hospitals, which was acquired by GE Healthcare. He joined GE Healthcare as a
business development executive focused on partnerships and acquisitions. Dan’s executive
experience includes leading a 2,600-person operations organization for McKesson’s $3B
medical-surgical business.

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Dan serves on the board of the VCU College of Engineering Foundation. He is a graduate of the
University of Minnesota with a BS in Business and Economics and earned an MBA at the
University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Alex brings more than 20 years of technology and software development experience focusing on enterprise cloud systems, electronic records management, mobile application development, healthcare imaging as well as applications performance and stability.

Before joining the BioMech team, he worked at Aderant and was responsible for multiple products including enterprise search and document management, office integration, and case management system and later at TractManager Inc, managing data interchange technology and advanced search technologies. Mr. Maslennikov also worked for the National Institute of Health, where he enhanced the world’s biggest biomedical library, and at the National Naval Medical Center he developed innovative algorithms to improve medical image quality.

Mr. Maslennikov earned his B.S. degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and also studied at the Technical University in St. Petersburg, Russia majoring in cybernetics, computer science and mathematics. Alex enjoys playing soccer and ice hockey as well as co-coaching his son’s youth soccer team. Alex resides in North Potomac, MD with his wife and two children.

Dr. Bauer, co-founder of BioMech, brings more than 35 years of research, scientific and executive experience to venture. Previously, Dr. Bauer co-founded and was the Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Dominion Diagnostics, a nationally recognized clinical laboratory with locations in Rhode Island, Vermont and North Carolina, serving there from 1997 to 2011.

Prior to Dominion, Dr. Bauer was an assistant professor at the Medical College of Virginia. She held a position at Stanford University Hospital and has designed, built, staffed and managed several research and clinical laboratories while holding director certificates in several states, including but not limited to: New York, Florida, California, and Maryland. She has extensive research experience, has authored numerous publications and has presented at many national meetings.

Dr. Bauer is originally from San Francisco, California. She earned a B.S. degree in Clinical Science from San Francisco State University and a holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology with postdoctoral training in medicinal and analytical chemistry, biophysics, drug design, and molecular genetics from the Medical College of Virginia.

Mr. Ferens was a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers front office for nearly 35 years until his retirement in 2022. Dan was appointed to BioMech’s board of managers in 2021 to steer the organization’s vision, mission, and strategic planning goals.

Mr. Ferens began with the Steelers in 1981 and was one of the NFL’s original capologists. He had a long career as the club’s chief negotiator/business coordinator, with the exception of seven years away from the franchise. Dan was Vice President of Football Operations for the Houston Texans from 2000 – 2006. He was a key part of the franchise since their return to Houston in 2001. Ferens also spent one year as vice president for McCormack Advisors International in Cleveland, the financial arm of International Management Group (IMG), one of the world’s largest athlete management and sports marketing agencies.

A Pittsburgh native now living in Atlanta, Dan played college football at Kent State University for two years before transferring to St. Vincent College in Latrobe, PA. Ferens earned a B.A. from St. Vincent College and later received an MBA from Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh.

Jim Trovato is the Senior Vice President of Sales and leads the BioMech national sales team, providing leadership, direction and resource stewardship to the organization. With his 30-plus years of experience creating business strategies that drive growth, operational performance and profitability, Trovato’s background showcases his expertise for aligning sales goals and objectives with the firm’s business strategy.

Trovato has extensive experience leading heavily regulated companies as they navigated transactions including start-up financing, industry roll-up, mergers and acquisitions, rapid growth, turnaround and post-acquisition integration. With an emphasis on the healthcare industry, Jim’s passion and gregarious personality has led him to develop contacts worldwide and grow multiple successful companies.

A Pennsylvania native, Trovato earned his bachelor’s degree from Clarion University in business administration and marketing. In his spare time, Jim enjoys golfing and giving back to the youth in his community by coaching and mentoring student-athletes in football and basketball. Trovato is married and has three daughters and a son and lives in Sewickley, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River.

Jeff has been designing and supporting wireless hardware and firmware platforms for more than a decade. His roles have comprised the entire manufacturing process, from initial schematic design all the way through final assembly, testing, and certification, including firmware development on the assembled hardware. His personal focus has been body-worn designs incorporating motion detection and control.

Prior to BioMech Sensor, Mr. Rowberg worked as a Principal Software Engineer at Cypress Semiconductor to create a flexible turn-key communication platform for a major line of Bluetooth wireless modules. He also created detailed reference documentation, example projects, and test software for this platform. Prior to Cypress Semiconductor, Mr. Rowberg worked as a Senior Applications Engineer at Bluegiga Technologies (later acquired by Silicon Labs) providing design support and troubleshooting for all US-based customers using Bluegiga’s wireless module products. He also published knowledge base articles and dozens of example projects to help shorten customer design timelines.

Mr. Rowberg graduated from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, CA with a B.S. in Computer Science, with additional studies in Mathematics and Physics.

John Cunningham has been an integral member of BioMech’s growth from its inception in 2014 and was appointed to BioMech’s board of managers in 2021. As EVP, Mr. Cunningham oversees business development, cultivates relationships, manages accounts and ensures partnership and customer needs are exceeded.

Prior to joining BioMech, John was in sports and entertainment management at Bingham McHale LLP. A former professional golfer himself, John managed a variety of athletes and musicians. John earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University. While attending Indiana University, John was also a part of the Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity.