Josh Wulf is the CEO of Magikcraft.io – the world’s #1 platform for teaching kids to code in Minecraft. Josh lives in Brisbane, Australia, with his wife Param and their teenage son Prahlad, dx T1D in 2010. They use Magikcraft to build an experience of T1D in Minecraft, to teach children about their condition when diagnosed, and to empower them in the conversation with their community of support. he is committed to empowering children and families living with Type 1 Diabetes globally.

Bio to come.CEO and Co-founder of DIABNEXT, Laurent is a serial entrepreneur in Healthcare. Diagnosed T1D at 28 years old, he is passionate about creating digital health solution to help patients better manage their disease, winning several prestigious innovation awards in 2017.
Laurent also co-founded Boston Life Labs LLC in 2009, a smart vital signs medical devices company that was acquired by Nanthealth LLC in 2012. He previously co-founded and ran Assisteo Healthcare in 2006, one of France’s largest private home healthcare companies then acquired by DomusVi. Laurent graduted from ENSAM Paris and HEC Paris MBA.

Linh Le is a chemical engineer by training, he has published multiple papers, international conference proceedings and currently holds six US patent. He later found Bonbouton, a technology platform for preventative diabetic healthcare. Prior to that, he got his MS in Chemical Engineering at Columbia University and BS in Chemistry at Vietnam National University. As a vivid distance runner, he recently acquired ultra-marathoner title and plans to run all the World Marathon Major.

Steve has led teams delivering numerous best in class systems in both medical devices and industrial automation. Some examples are nuclear basis weight, x-ray and infrared absorption sensors, and a unique miniature therapeutic x-ray radiation source. He worked as a director at Measurex- Honeywell for 15 years and in 2003 entered the medical device field.

Steve became CEO of G-Tech Medical in November 2011. This work combines his experience leading high performance R&D teams and expertise in creating sophisticated measurement systems. G-Tech Medical is developing an “EKG for the gut,” a wireless, wearable patch-based system that reads electrical signals from the digestive tract. His enduring passion for the work comes from his daughter Lindsay, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at age 13.

Danny has suffered from GI disorders including Crohn’s disease and IBS since his early teens. He was motivated to create change because of his experience in knowing how painful and disruptive IBD can be. His personal IBD experience and drive, together with his diverse background in architecture, children’s computer game design, management of consumer-oriented software projects, and entrepreneurship made him well-qualified to lead a digital therapeutic company. He is the founder and CEO of metaMe Health, a company that develops and delivers digital therapeutics to manage and treat IBD symptoms.

Cindy is an innovative and entrepreneurial leader with almost 25 years of business management experience, spanning digital marketing, television production and internet services. Cindy helped raise almost $10 million dollars in venture capital and founded a digital media firm, How2TV.

Inspired by her son Caleb who has Crohn’s disease, Caleb’s Cooking Company creates frozen meals for children based on The Specific Carbohydrate Diet, which has helped millions of people with various forms of inflammatory bowl disease. Their products are all grain, gluten, sugar and preservative-free.

PJ has held executive management positions for over 20 years in sales, IT and health care with prestigious companies. Following her entrepreneurial spirit, she began her career by founding Computer Resource International, Inc. which sold hardware and software solutions to the federal government.

Her experience with her son, Dane, and his fight with Crohn’s disease convinced her to combine her business skills with her passion to help others. She began the Crohn’s & Colitis Nutrition Foundation to help heal chronic disease using financial technology. The foundation provides matching tax-exempt donations for patients who desire to utilize alternative medical options to fight chronic disease.

Jon Margalit, a startup entrepreneur, is one of millions who suffers from IBD. Jon set out to discover a convenient, nutritious solution made from real food that would both fill and settle his stomach. Jon is leveraging his expertise in business and sales, along with his success from prior startups to share his discovery with the world. Complete Start was founded in 2017 and is experiencing ongoing growth.

Prior to founding Complete Start, Jon launched and sold a multi-million dollar finance company, invented and patented a sport towel line, and revived a software company.

Kishore Pardasani is CEO and Founder of OstoBuddy, a simple, but powerful and convenient mobile platform for managing ostomy supplies, usage, output and health. Diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis 20 years ago, Kishore has since undergone numerous surgeries including removal of his colon in 2009.  He was underwhelmed with the lack of technology solutions available to help ostomates manage their condition and devoted his time to develop OstoBuddy. The app has received accolades from high-profile bloggers as well as medical institutions and is being used globally to empower patients after life-changing surgery. Kishore is thrilled to have had the opportunity to donate his time to help the kids’ ostomy clinic in Kenya.

Kishore earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami in Computer Engineering and has over a decade of experience in Enterprise Customer Experience software sales. He is originally a native of Barbados where he met his wife and has since settled in Florida. In his free time, Kishore enjoys playing sports, traveling, volunteering, and spending time with family.

Marc is a biomedical engineer with a 23-year career in medical device R&D. He has led multiple product development programs at both large companies and startups including stents, stent grafts, cerebrovascular coils, synthetic heart valves, and laparoscopic surgical devices, among others.

Marc’s immediate and extended family suffer from IBD, including his father, his son, and himself. He invented Regentys’ core technology and founded the company in an effort to leverage an existing, proven technology to the treatment of IBD. Marc founded Regentys to commercialize ExtraCellular Matrix Hydrogel, a product that creates a favorable environment for the body to grow new tissue in place of diseased or damaged tissue. He has eight US patents, including one for Regentys’ core technology, several publications, and a history of speaking engagements at conferences and universities.