Jan D’Alvise

Jan is a seasoned life science executive with more than 30 years of experience in diagnostics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and drug discovery research tools. Prior to joining Pediatric Bioscience, Jan was the CEO of Gish Biomedical, a cardiopulmonary medical device company in Orange County that she turned around and then sold it to the Sorin Group. Prior to Gish, Jan was the CEO of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, where she completed a successful acquisition by the Sanford-Burnham Institute in 2009. Prior to SKCC, Jan was also the Co-Founder, President/CEO/Chairman of NuGEN, Inc, and the Co-Founder and Executive VP/COO of Metrika Inc. Jan built both companies from technology concept through to successful regulatory approvals, product introduction and sustainable revenue growth. She has raised more than $80M through Venture Capital, and has completed dozens of strategic deals to fund both companies.