BigOmics Team & Board

Core Team

Our core team has day-to-day responsibility for maintaining key business functions and focusing on the company’s mission while following our core values.

PhD in Artificial Intelligence. BSc in Management. Expert on graph algorithms in biology.

Murodzhon Akhmedov

CEO, co-founder, algorithms guru

PhD in Medical Physics. Former head of bioinformatics at IOR and IRB. Sixteen years professional experience.

Ivo Kwee

CTO, co-founder, data guru

PhD in Biology. MSc in Immunology and Bioinformatics. Expert on parasitology and malariology.

Axel Martinelli

Head of Biology, technology evangelist

MSc in Management with a minor in Socially Responsible Management at USI, Lugano, Switzerland.

Gabriela Scorici

Marketing Specialist

MBA at the University of St. Gallen. Master in Neuroscience at ETH Zürich.

Anastasija Nufer

Account Executive

PhD in Systems Biology, ETH Zürich.

Mauro Masiero

Software engineer

Nicholas Cullens

Software engineer

Extended Team

Members of our extended team have an important role in bringing expertise and skills on a consultancy or project basis.

Author of ‘Javascript for R’. 9 years of working experience in data analytics, 5 in tech companies in China and 3 in Switzerland at the WEF.

John Coene

Software Engineer, R/Shiny guru (at Opifex)

Over 20 years experience as a designer, specialising in user research, UX, UI, product and service design.

Matt Leech

UX/UI Design Consultant (at Matt Leech Design)

Software Engineer at RStudio. Developer and maintainer of Shiny, R Markdown, Flexdashboard, Plotly, bslib, thematic, shinymeta.

Carson Sievert

Software Engineering (consultant)

PhD in Bioinformatics. MSc in Aerospace Engineering.

Xavier Escribà Montagut

Software engineer

Advisory Board

Advisory Board members are instrumental resources and consultants for the Company’s strategic and operational guidance. Our advisors act as an extension of our team and bring unique knowledge, experience and skills to the corporate governance of our Company. The board provides us with guidance on company vision, innovation, risk management, and profitability.

Serial entrepreneur and founder of 6 biomedical companies. PhD in biochemistry. Former Assistant Professor at UCSD.

Lorenzo Leoni, PhD

Managing director of TiVenture (board member)

Eppendorf Innovation Company (EpIC).

Dr. Jochen Müller-Ibeler

Board member

Head Human Immunology Program at INGM, Italy. SVP at VIR Biotechnology. Scientific founder of Humabs BioMed (acquired by VIR).

Prof. Dr. Antonio Lanzavecchia, MD

Scientific advisor

Professor of Oncological Proteome Research at the University of Lübeck, Clinic for Surgery.

Prof. Dr. Timo Gemoll

Scientific advisor

CEO & Founder EDUX. Helping to plan and implement digital strategies for success in a digital world. Former CEO of Oracle Switzerland.

Markus Gröninger

Digital strategy advisor