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Meet the Team

The Executive Team
The Executive Team

The Bio-Conversion Databank Foundation is built upon a shared vision of business and technical leaders.

John R. McDougall
John R. McDougall

John R. McDougall

President

John spent almost 20 years as President of the Alberta and National Research Councils after 30 years in private business. His background includes MNEs, SMEs, start-ups, fix-ups, academia, and government.

Dominic Sauvageau
Dominic Sauvageau

Dominic Sauvageau

Engineering Biology Lead

Dominic has focused his research efforts on two main themes within the field of Bioengineering: 1) developing bioprocessing strategies for improved production and conversion in microbial systems, and 2) understanding and modifying host-bacteriophage infection mechanisms.

Geoffrey Shmigelsky
Geoffrey Shmigelsky

Geoffrey Shmigelsky

AI Evangelist

Geoffrey is an accomplished entrepreneur with 20 years of experience and several successful exits. He created CADVision Internet, is an associate founder of Singularity University, and holds a Masters in Computer Science specializing in Artificial Intelligence.

William H. Smith
William H. Smith

William H. Smith

Foundation Secretary

Bill is a director, executive, investor, and advisor with a focus on effective governance, corporate finance, and strategy in very diverse domestic and international businesses including innovative approaches to reducing GHG impacts through capture/use strategies or emissions reduction through efficiency.

Quinn Goretzky
Quinn Goretzky

Quinn Goretzky

VP Outreach

Quinn is an entrepreneur that brings over 20 years of experience in technology development, international business, finance, stakeholder engagement in an extensive career with the Government of Alberta and the Alberta Research Council.

The Developmet Team
The Development Team

Our amazing team of developers is building an engaging and intuitive experience to revolutionize bio-engineering and synthetic biology.

Drishti Mannan

Drishti Mannan

Machine Learning Developer

Drishti Mannan
Fabini Orata

Fabini Orata

Technical Lead - Bioinformatics

Fabini Orata
Nandini Parekh

Nandini Parekh

Front End/

AWS Engineer

Nandini Parekh
Shawn Xie

Shawn Xie

Front End/

AWS Engineer

Shawn Xie
Eric Xiong

Eric Xiong

Front End/

AWS Engineer

Eric Xiong
Alumni

BioDF is dedicated to training the next generation of software developers.

Shubh Bhalla

Shubh Bhalla

Front End/

AWS Engineer

Shubh Bhalla
Alex Carbo

Alex Carbo

Front End/

AWS Engineer

Alex Carbo
Kenny He Chen

Kenny He Chen

Front End/

AWS Engineer

Kenny He Chen
Kevin Dang

Kevin Dang

Front End/

AWS Engineer

Kevin Dang
Kevin Lam

Kevin Lam

Front End/

AWS Engineer

Kevin Lam
Aaron Lin

Aaron Lin

Front End/

AWS Engineer

Aaron Lin
Lallit Narang

Lallit Narang

Front End/

AWS Engineer

Lallit Narang
Dimas Sudjito

Dimas Sudjito

Front End/

AWS Engineer

Dimas Sudjito
Zeyu Zhao

Zeyu Zhao

Front End/

AWS Engineer

Zeyu Zhao
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