Our Team

Meet our Interdisciplinary Team

Our team combines expertise from various disciplines including machine learning and artificial intelligence, data science, biochemistry and software engineering. Through collaboration and knowledge sharing we have cultivated a unique ecosystem of experts that all speak the same “language”.

Lionel Bisschoff

Lionel Bisschoff

Founder

Lionel has over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur, consultant and director in the technology space. Lionel has assisted startups and designed, directed and delivered multi-million corporate programmes across a broad range of industries.

Fred Senekal

Fred Senekal

Founder

Fred has worked in the fields of AI, machine learning and pattern recognition for 20 years. He founded various companies and authored various papers. He holds an M.Eng. with specialisation in Bioinformatics.

Dean Sherry

Dean Sherry

Chief Biochemist

Dean is a structural biologist with experience in molecular biology, computational biology and drug discovery. He has a PhD in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and a background in biotechnology.

Mechiel Nieuwoudt

Mechiel Nieuwoudt

Machine Learning Engineer

Mechiel is a ML engineer with a Master’s degree in Bioengineering from Trinity College Dublin as well as a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Ghent University. He has experience in product development in the biotech industry.

Claudio Jardim

Claudio Jardim

Data Scientist

Claudio is a data engineer & data scientist with experience in machine learning and statistical techniques. He has a Master’s degree in Advanced Data Analytics.

Ronald Conco

Ronald Conco

AWS Software Architect

Ronald is a software architect and developer. He has been working in software development for over 17 years across various industries and technologies.

Advisory Board

Experts helping us bring the best biologics to you

We actively seek insights from leaders in industry and academia in order to make informed decisions that serve to further our vision for the future of drug discovery.

Ian Wilkinson

Ian Wilkinson

Scientific Advisor

Ian is a protein biochemist with an interest in protein and antibody engineering. Ian has previously acted as the CSO of Absolute Antibody and mAbsolve (which he co-founded) and is the founder of mAbvice consulting services.

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