Management Team
OncoMethylome Sciences was established by a management staff with extensive biotechnology industry experience.
Jan Groen, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Jan Groen, has more than 25 years of experience in the clinical diagnostic industry, with a focus on emerging technologies, product development and commercialization. Dr. Groen was previously the president of Agendia Inc. and COO of Agendia B.V. and was responsible for their United States and European diagnostic operations.
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Joseph Bigley, M.Sc., VP Clinical Development
Mr. Bigley is co-founder of OncoMethylome Sciences and has more than 25 years of industry experience including clinical research and development positions within Tibotec-Virco, Burroughs Wellcome, Glaxo Wellcome and Hoffmann-La Roche.
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DECOFI sprl, represented by Mr Philip Devine, MBA, CPA, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Devine is co-founder of OncoMethylome Sciences. Prior to joining OncoMethylome Mr. Devine served as CFO of Tibotec-Virco, as a manager at consulting firm McKinsey & Company, and as an auditor with Deloitte & Touche.
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Harry Schrickx, VP Business Development and Marketing
Mr. Schrickx joined OncoMethylome Sciences on May 2003 with 22 years experience in the biotech industry at Organon Teknika (AKZONOBEL) and bioMerieux.
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Wim Van Criekinge, Ph.D., prof., VP Biomarker and Pharmacogenomics Research
Prof. Van Criekinge is a leading specialist in bioinformatics. He was formerly a co-founder of Devgen and is currently part-time professor of computational genomics and bioinformatics at the molecular biotechnology department of the University of Ghent.
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Joost Louwagie, Ph.D., VP, Product Development
Dr. Louwagie joined OncoMethylome after ten years of experience at Innogenetics where he was group manager of diagnostic research and development activities. Dr. Louwagie holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Leuven (Belgium).
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Luc Segers, Senior Director Business Development
Mr. Segers joined OncoMethylome after 15 years of experience at Innogenetics, where he held senior management positions in sales and marketing. Mr. Segers holds a Master degree in Biochemical engineering from Antwerp University.
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Joseph Sollee, J.D., LLM, Group General Counsel
Mr. Sollee has provided legal counsel to OncoMethylome Sciences since its inception in 2003, and in April 2008 joined our management team as Group General Counsel. Mr. Sollee received a Juris Doctorate in Law and a Masters degree in International Law from Duke University, a BA degree from Harvard University, and has been awarded New York, Washington D.C. and North Carolina legal bar certifications.
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Gert-Jan Renardel de Lavalette, Chief Operations Officer
Prior to joining OncoMethylome in the beginning of 2009, Mr. Renardel de Lavalette held several management functions in the group of Pharma Companies of Akzo Nobel, both in diagnostics and pharmaceuticals, including General Management positions in several countries.
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Katelijne Matthys, MD, Ph.D., Medical Director
Dr Matthys joined OncoMethylome after having worked for 7 years in the Belgian subsidiary of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. During that time, she held several positions in Medical and Clinical, her last position being Head of Medical Affairs & Clinical Research for hospital products. Prior to Pfizer, Dr Matthys worked for 3 years at Devgen, a biotech start-up at the time, as Pharmacologist and Project Leader.
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