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Meet the Team

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The Executive Team
The Executive Team

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

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Alvin Pyke

Executive Director

Alvin is a serial entrepreneur, experienced C-suite executive, team leader, certified management consultant, and a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors DEP program. He is a growth minded strategist who understands the importance of good corporate governance and builds sustainability through innovation and alignment of purpose.

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 Board of Directors

The BioDF Board of Directors are committed to the principles of good corporate governance.

Board of Directors
John R. McDougall
John R. McDougall

John McDougall (Chair)

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer

SynBioBlox Innovations Ltd.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Quinn Goretzky
Quinn Goretzky

Quinn Goretzky

Chief Executive Officer

Rogue7 Inc.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Dominic Sauvageau
Dominic Sauvageau

Dominic Sauvageau

Professor

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Geoffrey Shmigelsky
Geoffrey Shmigelsky

Geoff Shmigelsky

Chief Technology Officer and Director

OneCup AI

Vancouver, BC, Canada

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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