team

Edoceo's Scientific Advisors

DR. JAMES HOTALING
MD, SM, FECSM
UTI ADVISOR 

Dr. Hotaling is a fellowship-trained urologist specializing in Male Infertility and Men’s Health. He completed his undergraduate work at Dartmouth, graduating magna cum laude with a double major in history and biophysical chemistry. He has been on the faculty at the University of Utah since 2013 and is currently the medical director of the fertility integrated practice unit, the director of the Men’s Health program and a co-director of the fellowship in reconstructive urology and men’s health. 

  DR. ANNE LO 
BSc, BVM&S, Phd
Animal Health ADVISOR 

Dr. Anne Lo trained as a veterinary surgeon and worked in a number of clinical positions. She subsequently joined management consulting firm Bain & Co in London, before moving to a strategy role with WorldPay. Dr. Lo is now with Horizons Ventures based in Hong Kong, where she primarily covered science and healthcare investments. Dr. Lo received her B.Sc. and BVM&S degrees from the University of Edinburgh and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.

  DR. ARISTOBULO LOAIZA 
MS, Phd
Aquaculture ADVISOR 

Dr. Loaiza is the former Sr. Manager of BASF New Business. He is known as a natural leader who leverages systems thinking and networking to drive business results. He has extensive chemicals, biotechnology and commercial training with deep knowledge and a solid network in various value chains including Biotech, Ag, and Nutrition and Food Safety. Dr. Loaiza received his M.S. in Bioinorganic Chemistry from UCLA and his Ph.D. in chemistry/ biochemistry from Purdue University.

DR. BRIAN HEINZE 
BSc, Phd
BIOSENSOR ENGINEERING ADVISOR 

Dr. Heinze is the R&D Director at OptiEnz Sensors, responsible for research, product development, and project management. He has been actively involved in researching and developing optical biosensors for more than eight years, receiving numerous awards including the National SMART Grant, NASA Space Grant, and a National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research Award. 

Dr. Heinze earned a B.S. degree in biology and a Ph.D. in biosystems engineering, both from the University of Arizona with honors.

DR. CHUCK HENRY
BS, Phd
CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING Advisor

Dr. Henry is a Professor of Chemistry with a joint appointment as Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering. He served as Chair of the Department of Chemistry from 2014 2018. Dr. Henry has published over 180 peer reviewed publications and generated eight issued patents. current research includes projects to develop low cost capillary flow driven diagnostic assays and biosensors for infectious diseases (bacterial and viral) and disease biomarkers, and the creation of new tissue on a chip systems that integrate living ex vivo tissue into microfluidic devices.

  DR. DAVID DANDY
BSc, MS, Phd
Advisor Microfluidics  

Dr. Dandy has been with Colorado State University since 1992. Dr. Dandy’s research in diagnostics focuses on developing and implementing microfluidic solutions for passive and active mixing strategies, passive pumping, automated flow control in microfluidic networks, and microparticle concentration and separation. He holds a total of five US patents on two label-free biosensing technologies, the first employing an integrated optical waveguide and the second an optical method based on enzymatic conversion of target analyte. He is currently Professor and Department Head of Chemical and Biological Engineering and has a joint appointment as Professor of Biomedical Engineering.  

  DR. BRIAN GEISS 
MS
Advisor Microbiology  

Dr. Geiss is Associate Professor in Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology at Colorado State University. Since 2005, he has studied RNA viruses including flaviviruses, alphaviruses, and coronaviruses. Dr. Geiss has been supported by the NIH since 2006 to develop novel antiviral targeting flavivirus RNA capping and define the mechanisms of viral RNA capping. He has focused on development of novel biosensors for the detection of infectious diseases, including pathogen nucleic acids, virus particles, intact bacterial cells, and pathogen specific antibody responses in a variety of sample matrices.  

Edoceo's Management Team

ROD REUM, CPA, CGA 

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, CEO

Mr. Reum has 40 years of senior executive leadership of both public and private companies. He has played many key management roles in  the financing of enterprises up to CAD $1.3 billion dollars for one project. He has been an officer and director of several public companies assisting several of them through the “going public” phase of their growth. He has also been instrumental in bringing innovative new technologies from the development stage to market in the alternative energy, military and law enforcement sectors.

  NICOLETTE KEITH, CPA, CGA 

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Ms. Keith has been a Chief Financial Officer for private and public companies listed on the TSX Venture and the Frankfurt exchanges. In addition, Ms. Keith held a senior accounting role for a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Nicolette speaks three languages fluently and has a passing knowledge of several others which has served her well in international business. Nicolette will provide strong leadership in the areas of regulatory reporting, capital management and international financial reporting standards.

ARNOLD PEINADO

ADVISOR LEGAL & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Mr. Peinado is a retired partner of the international law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. He was a senior partner in the Firm's Global Securities group and Transportation and Space Finance team. He joined the firm in 1982 having received a JD from Harvard Law School and an MBA Harvard Business School. He has been a member of the board of the UJC since 1995.and is also a trustee of the New Jersey Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, a leading conservation and environmentally focused NGO; a director of iCivics, the largest provider of on line civic education in the US; and a director of the Alleluia Fund, the grants making arm of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, N.J.

  KEARA SAUBER

ADVISOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 

Ms. Sauber began her career at GSK in a top sales role while winning multiple awards for running a $20M+ per quarter territory while performing an analyst role while on a rotation. After working in the healthcare space, Keara joined a fintech specialty lender backed by Goldman Sachs as Vice President. As an executive at a fast growth fintech company, Keara built strategic partnerships with companies in various verticals to build proprietary lending solutions, helping businesses achieve their financial goals. In 2017, Keara and her team originated more than $50 million in capital needs. 

MIRO CERNETIG

BRAND & COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR 

Mr. Cernetig is the founder of Catalytico. He has build brands for companies and projects measured in the billions of dollars. An award-winning journalist and filmmaker, Miro brings deep research and storytelling to brands and strategy, thanks to decades of travel throughout Canada, Asia, Europe and the United States. He has written for The Globe & Mail as bureau chief in Beijing, New York, Vancouver, Alberta and The Arctic. His writing has appeared in The International Herald Tribune, The Economist, and The Toronto Star, where he was Montreal bureau chief.

ROD TURNER

CROWDFUNDING ADVISOR 

Mr. Turner is the CEO of Manhattan Street Capital, specializing in Reg A+, Reg D and US STO advisory services. Rod was a senior executive for two IPOs to NASDAQ (Ashton Tate, Symantec). Rod Built a VC firm and was an angel investor in Ask Jeeves, INFN, AMRS, eASIC, Bloom Energy. Rod is a high energy strategic thinker and an engineer with skills in all areas of business. Rod is considered an expert and innovator and sought-after speaker in the areas of Reg A+, Reg D financings. 

ROD REUM, CPA, CGA 

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, CEO

Mr. Reum has 40 years of senior executive leadership of both public and private companies. He has played a key role in management of the financing of many enterprises up to CAD $1.3 billion dollars for one project. He has been an officer and director of several public companies assisting several of them through the “going public” phase of their growth. He has also been instrumental in bringing innovative new technologies from the development stage to market in the alternative energy, military and law enforcement sectors.

CYNTHIA EKBERG TSAI 


Ms. Tsai is known for her unique skills in working with executives from companies that desire strategic advice and hands on experience in partnering, investment and brand building in the US, Europe, South America, and Asia. Currently as CEO of Tana Systems, a global software and IT company based in the US and India. Tsai leads a team of 50 engineers in the US and 500 engineers in India. She is also the CEO of Healthquest, a global biotechnology and medical technologies advisory.

DAVID SMALLEY 

Mr. Smalley has nearly 30 years’ experience practicing corporate and securities law, providing legal services for financing private and public companies. Mr. Smalley has been and continues to be a director of several capital pool companies listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange. He has served as director and officer of numerous public and private companies.

LARRY DOAN 

Mr. Doan is a retired executive who was a director/founder and Vice President of Extreme CCTV (1999 2008), a company that he helped take public on the Toronto Stock Exchange and was part of the Directors committee that saw the takeover of the company in 2007. His focus had been on developing sales channels in North America and Europe.

EDWARD CHEUNG

Mr. Cheung has more than 20 years of experience in global investment banking at JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse, advising on equities and derivatives to institutions, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds. He is experienced in setting up new businesses, including a trading division at a U.S. bank, and has served as board member of several startups. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics from University College London and a Master’s degree in Property Valuation & Law from London Cass Business School.

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