Team (Archive) - Light AI

We are an experienced leadership team with expertise in data management, imaging, healthcare analytics, artificial intelligence, deep learning, convolutional neural network architecture, predictive modelling, global healthcare analytics and user experience design

Peter Whitehead

CEO

24+ years of experience in healthcare innovation
Inventor and company builder of the VELscope, a market dominant oral cancer and oral disease imaging tool

Thomas Scarnecchia

COO

30+ years as a technology executive and consultant within the life science industry
Brings deep expertise in building data science and computational science teams as well as regulated systems for medical research to Light AI

Raymond Ng

Data Science / Machine Learning
Strategic Advisor

Ph.D Computer Science
University of British Columbia (UBC) – Director Data Science Institute

Sarbjit Sarkaria

Data Science (Acting)

PH.D Computer Science
Neural network and Machine Learning (ML) specialist with 22+ years in software engineering for complex distributed systems

Udit Gupta

ML Development Team

MSc Computer Science
Data scientist and deep learning specialist

Steve Rebiffe

UX / UCD
EMR Integration
Data Science

25+ years experience designing, developing and managing complex, user-centric solutions for Electronic Medical Records (EMR), analytics, administrative and financial management

Steve Semmelmayer

Global Business Develpment
Strategic Advisor
Board Member

37+ years in the healthcare industry

Calum McAuley

Strategic Advisor

BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) – Head of Intergrative Oncology
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC

David Bell

Public Health
Strategic Advisor
Clinical Development Leader

MBBS. MTH, PhD, FRCP(UK) FAFPHM(Aust)
Public health and internal physician, previously coordinating malaria diagnostics at the WHO
Programme Head of Malaria and Acute Febrile Disease at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
Director of Global Health Technologies at Intellectual Ventures Global Good Fund

David Talan

CMO (Acting)
Clinical Development Leader

UCLA Emergency Department MD, Infectious Disease
Principle investigator for the CDC’s national sentinel network in the United Stated (EMERGEncy ID NET)