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Corvium Leadership

JEFF SWARTZ
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Jeff Swartz has launched, managed, and advised businesses in North America, Europe, and Asia and has diverse experience as an entrepreneur, executive, board member, and consultant in technology- and information-intensive businesses. Jeff served as CEO, Interim CEO, COO, and senior executive in businesses such as IT market research/analyst services, health care services and software, dispute resolution, software development outsourcing, biomass energy production, waste recycling, specialty food products, life sciences, marketing analytics software, consumer health food products, and education technology. Previous executive leadership positions include Senior Vice President of Giga Information Group; President and CEO of Current Analysis, Inc.; President of Hundsun Global Services; and President of Business Strategy Group. Jeff currently serves as Vice Chairman at Business Strategy Group and is a principal at Marlborough Street Partners.

Jeff Swartz
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER

Jeff Massa
CHIEF OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Jeff Massa is a serial entrepreneur, having successfully started and exited several venture-backed companies, such as YellowBrix were he served as President and CEO and as SVP of Technology of the Corporate Information Division of Infoseek Corporation. Most notably, Mr. Massa served three Presidents as the Manager of Information Systems and Deputy Director of Systems from 1987 – 1993 for the Executive Office of the President, National Security Council, The White House. Jeff is a principal at Marlborough Street Partners.

Jeff Massa
CHIEF OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

David Hatch
CHIEF GROWTH & COMMERCIAL OFFICER

David Hatch brings 30 years of technology marketing, sales and customer success leadership experience. He is the founder of CMO in Residence, a marketing and business development consulting firm. Formerly, David was CMO at IANS, an information security services firm, and was the EVP/GM of Harte Hanks Technology Market Solutions and Aberdeen Group, a Boston-based market research firm.

David Hatch
CHIEF GROWTH & COMMERCIAL OFFICER

Karen Shoemaker
VP FINANCE

Karen Shoemaker brings to Corvium more than 30 years of accounting, finance, and administration experience working with startups and emerging growth companies from fundraising through exit. Prior to joining Corvium, she served as VP of Finance at BioInformatics, Inc and as Director of F&A and Controller at BioTelemetry Research (fka Cardiocore Labs). As founder and principal of By the Numbers, Inc, Karen worked with venture capital firms to develop accounting systems and integrate acquisitions and mergers.

Karen Shoemaker
VICE PRESIDENT
OF FINANCE

Yianni Papadopoulos
SENIOR VP OF PRODUCT & ENGINEERING

Yianni Papadopoulos is a Senior Product & Technology leader with over 30 years of experience in defining, designing, and guiding the implementation of solutions within B2B and B2C organizations. As the Senior VP of Product & Engineering, Yianni is responsible for the build and execution of the current Corvium Platform. Prior to Corvium, Yianni worked with corporations across the globe including Bechtel, Time Warner, Microsoft, and more.

Yianni Papadopoulos
SENIOR VP OF PRODUCT &
ENGINEERING

TARA WILSON
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Tara Wilson is a creative quick study who loves to learn about business problems and solve them with technology. With over 10 years of experience across both technical and strategic roles, Tara continues to fine-tune the ability to help teams be collaborative, organized, and adaptable. Tara joined the Corvium team to build and launch Insights from ground zero and has since continued to grow with the Product Development team to help Corvium become a leader in food safety.

Tara Wilson
SR. DIRECTOR OF DATA & ANALYTICS

JAMES QUILL
DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER SUCCESS

James Quill is a curious minded individual with a knack for uncovering key client needs and helping to achieve their goals. With over 10 years of experience managing projects and software implementations, James is uniquely positioned to help organizations leverage and scale new technology. Serving as the Director of Customer Success, James and his team leverage Corvium’s technology suite to onboard and support customers through their own digital transformation.

James Quill
SR. DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT & CUSTOMER SUCCESS

Patricia Donahue
DIRECTOR OF SALES & MARKETING

Patricia Donahue brings 10 years of marketing and sales operations experience to Corvium. Her experience has spanned a variety of roles at information security technology and advisory organizations, as well as in food safety technology since 2018 with Corvium.
As the Director of Marketing & Sales Operations, Patricia is responsible for managing Corvium’s web and marketing tech stack as well as overseeing sales and marketing operations and channel partner engagement. Patricia is also responsible for setting data standards, reporting key metrics, KPIs, and vendor management.
Patricia received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Franklin Pierce University and an MS in Management from Lasell University.

Patricia McInerney
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & SALES OPERATIONS

Our Board of Directors

STEPHEN BLOCH, MD.
&nbsp CANAAN IX L.P.

Dr. Stephen Bloch is a general partner at Canaan Partners. A former entrepreneur and practicing physician, Steve’s mission is to make healthcare delivery more efficient. In addition to Corvium, he currently serves on the boards of companies in digital health (Genome Medical, Truveris and Ambra Health); biopharma (Envisia and Liquidia) and medical devices (Mitraspan, Onkos Surgical). Before joining Canaan, Steve founded multiple start-ups, including Radiology Management Sciences (RMS), a pioneer in managing radiology benefits for health plans, where he was CEO for 6 years.

Stephen Bloch, MD
CANAAN
IX L.P.

SAM KASS
&nbsp VENTURE PARTNER, ACRE VENTURE PARTNERS L.P.

Sam Kass is a food entrepreneur, former White House Chef and senior policy advisor for nutrition. Sam joined the White House kitchen staff in 2009 as assistant chef and, in 2010, became food initiative coordinator. During his White House tenure, he took on several additional roles including executive director of First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign and senior White House policy advisor for nutrition. In 2011, Fast Company included Sam in their list of 100 Most Creative People, and in 2012, he helped create the American Chef Corps, which is dedicated to promoting diplomacy through culinary initiatives. He is also the founder of TROVE and is an MIT Media lab fellow.

Sam Kass
VENTURE PARTNER,
ACRE VENTURE PARTNERS L.P.

MICHAEL KOERIS. PhD
&nbsp CO-FOUNDER, CORVIUM

Dr. Michael Koeris is co-founder of Sample6/Corvium and BiotechStart.org, a non-profit in the Biotech / Lifesciences arena. Michael specializes in development and innovation within biotechnology, startups, venture capital, technology transfer, management consulting, and is an avid basketball fan and master of the pick ‘n roll.

Michael Koeris, PhD
CO-FOUNDER
CORVIUM

TIMOTHY LU, PhD
&nbsp CO-FOUNDER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MIT

Dr. Timothy Lu is a pioneer in synthetic biology and an associate professor at MIT. He is a co-founder of Sample6/Corvium, Synlogic (NASDAQ: SYBX), Tango Therapeutics, Eligo, BiomX, and Engine Biosciences. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the NIH New Innovator Award, the US President Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and MIT Technology Review’s TR35.

Timothy Lu, PhD
CO-FOUNDER,
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MIT

RALPH RODRIGUEZ
&nbsp EXECUTIVE-IN-RESIDENCE, SUMMIT PARTNERS

Ralph Rodriguez is an Executive-in-Residence at Summit Partners. Prior to joining Summit, he was a research scientist at Facebook, where he led Applied Identity and Intelligence, and co-founder and CTO of Confirm.io, an ID authentication company, which Facebook acquired in March 2018. Prior to Confirm.io, Mr. Rodriguez founded Blue Hill Research, a global IT market research firm; cybersecurity companies Delfigo Security and Invenio; and NTA, a patent, copyright and trademark licensing and research firm. As the longest-serving ASP Fellow at the MIT, he pioneered research on artificial intelligence, cloud, mobile, neural science and security technologies. He currently serves on the Boards of Corvium, Neogen Corp., and Strategic Cyber Ventures.

Ralph Rodriguez
EXECUTIVE-IN-RESIDENCE,
SUMMIT PARTNERS

ANDY ZIOLKOWSKI
&nbsp MANAGING DIRECTOR, CULTIVIAN - SANDBOX VENTURE PARTNERS, LLC

Andy Ziolkowski is managing director of Cultivian Sandbox and co-founder and managing partner of Cultivian Ventures. Andy’s 30+ years of experience in investing and merchant banking span a broad range of industries and successful ventures, including DexCom, Biomimetic Pharmaceuticals, FutureHealth, Tessera, i-STAT and The Liposome Company.

Andy Ziolkowski
MANAGING DIRECTOR, CULTIVIAN
SANDBOX VENTURE PARTNERS, LLC

JEFF SWARTZ
&nbsp CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Jeff Swartz has launched, managed, and advised businesses in North America, Europe and Asia and has diverse experience as an entrepreneur, executive, board member, and consultant in technology- and information-intensive businesses. Jeff served as CEO, Interim CEO, COO, and senior executive in businesses such as IT market research/analyst services, health care services and software, dispute resolution, software development outsourcing, biomass energy production, waste recycling, specialty food products, life sciences, marketing analytics software, consumer health food products, and education technology. Previous executive leadership positions include Senior Vice President of Giga Information Group; President and CEO of Current Analysis, Inc.; President of Hundsun Global Services; and President of Business Strategy Group. Jeff currently serves as Vice Chairman at Business Strategy Group and is a principal at Marlborough Street Partners.

Jeff Swartz
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
CORVIUM

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Meet the Team. We empower food and beverage companies to protect their brand and customers.

Corvium Leadership

Jeff SwartzCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Jeff MassaCHIEF OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

David HatchCHIEF GROWTH & COMMERCIAL OFFICER

Karen ShoemakerVICE PRESIDENTOF FINANCE

Yianni PapadopoulosSENIOR VP OF PRODUCT & ENGINEERING

Tara WilsonSR. DIRECTOR OF DATA & ANALYTICS

James QuillSR. DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT & CUSTOMER SUCCESS

Patricia McInerneyDIRECTOR OF MARKETING & SALES OPERATIONS

Our Board of Directors

Stephen Bloch, MDCANAAN IX L.P.

Sam KassVENTURE PARTNER,ACRE VENTURE PARTNERS L.P.

Michael Koeris, PhDCO-FOUNDERCORVIUM

Timothy Lu, PhDCO-FOUNDER,ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MIT

Ralph RodriguezEXECUTIVE-IN-RESIDENCE,SUMMIT PARTNERS

Andy ZiolkowskiMANAGING DIRECTOR, CULTIVIANSANDBOX VENTURE PARTNERS, LLC

Jeff SwartzCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERCORVIUM

Meet the Team.

We empower food and beverage companies to protect their brand and customers.

Jeff Swartz
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER

Jeff Massa
CHIEF OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

David Hatch
CHIEF GROWTH & COMMERCIAL OFFICER

Karen Shoemaker
VICE PRESIDENT
OF FINANCE

Yianni Papadopoulos
SENIOR VP OF PRODUCT &
ENGINEERING

Tara Wilson
SR. DIRECTOR OF DATA & ANALYTICS

James Quill
SR. DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT & CUSTOMER SUCCESS

Patricia McInerney
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & SALES OPERATIONS

Stephen Bloch, MD
CANAAN
IX L.P.

Sam Kass
VENTURE PARTNER,
ACRE VENTURE PARTNERS L.P.

Michael Koeris, PhD
CO-FOUNDER
CORVIUM

Timothy Lu, PhD
CO-FOUNDER,
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MIT

Ralph Rodriguez
EXECUTIVE-IN-RESIDENCE,
SUMMIT PARTNERS

Andy Ziolkowski
MANAGING DIRECTOR, CULTIVIAN
SANDBOX VENTURE PARTNERS, LLC

Jeff Swartz
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
CORVIUM