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Mark Wesson MPH FACHE

HealthTech Innovator, Venture Builder, and Startup Advisor

San Mateo, California

Education

Work Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

    2023

    SCI Americas accelerates innovation from concept to market through collaborative alignment between thinkers and doers. We offer a uniquely capable and sequenced bridge between the scientific and commercial worlds, astronomically increasing the chance that timely, affordable, and accessible HealthTech innovations make it where they should go…to patients everywhere. We seek project and consultative collaborations as well as long-term technology discovery, validation, development, and growth projects in traditional and in silico Biopharmaceuticals, HealthTech Big Data and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, and Sustainable Materials and Energy Sources.

  • Mentor

    2023

    Founder Institute Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way. In addition, through our Equity Collective, Mentors are invested in the success of your company both during and after the program. See the list of current and past mentors for the Health Tech program at https://fi.co/mentors/10782.

  • Advisor

    2023

  • Startup Mentor

    2022

    Whether you are a Founder or Mentor, you may learn more here: https://thecenter.nasdaq.org/mentor-makers/#

  • Consultant

    2021

    Cansulta is the bridge between businesses and vetted consultants. Whether you need marketing, business planning or HR and management advice, our e-consultancy platform seamlessly connects you to the right expert for the job, so you get exactly what you need, when you need it. Better business decisions await at Cansulta. You may book a free initial consult with a Cansulta concierge at https://bit.ly/cansultaconcierge and find the right Cansultant in any industry.

  • Startup Mentor

    2020

VitaX Ventures

2022

  • Managing Director

    2022

    Founding and organizing member of HealthTech venture scouting and builder based in San Mateo, California.

  • Vice-President, Business Development

    2022 - 2023

    I am the Vice President, Business Development and am a seasoned biotechnology Business Development professional with a thorough understanding of early-stage Drug Discovery and Development. Equipped with this understanding, I am proud to seek out and establish partnerships for Presude Lifesciences that advance our science with traditional chemistry-based drug formulation and delivery, custom discovery targets and validation, and through to alignment for later pre-clinical development. Presude Lifesciences is a premier growth-stage drug discovery, and pre-clinical validation partner who offers skilled Medicinal chemistry, Library synthesis, Process research, DMPK and Drug Safety evaluation capabilities, so critically key to early phase optimization. To Presude Lifesciences I bring a decade of health services and clinical research experience with progressive clinical study and development of next-generation therapeutics and treatment approaches. I am proud to bring my international landscape view to Presude Lifesciences for corporate, business development, marketing, strategic planning, and alliance formation and success. My specialties at Presude Lifesciences include partnership identification, contract drafting and negotiation, deal advisory, market intelligence, and networking with interested potential partners.

  • Principal Consultant

    2017 - 2023

    At HDC, I provided consulting services to help healthcare companies improve the quality of their care programs, services, and products. I conducted complete business analytics to identify areas that impact quality and operational excellence. I also advised startups on product, market strategy, ways of Integrating emerging technologies and innovative problem-solving methods to assure strategic success.

  • Advisor

    2021 - 2023

    CUBIO advisors will assist project teams with establishing and polishing business plans, marketing materials, and fundraising strategies based on the business needs for successful investment and collaboration. I support CUBIO Innovation Center's health technology-related startups with business planning, innovation adoption, and market planning services.