Leadership

Mir Hashim brings more than 30 years of pharmaceutical research and development experience to InCube Labs, including leadership and management of a multi-laboratory, multi-group, pharmacology section. His breadth of knowledge and experience in pharmacology and physiology spans a variety of therapeutic areas including CNS, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, anesthesia, and metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Prior to InCube, Mir spent 18 years at Glaxo Smith Kline where he most recently served as the head of Pharmacology. Mir has deep experience in drug discovery and development, international regulatory submissions, international product development, as well as in-licensing and out-licensing of drug candidates. Mir holds a B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from Osmania University, India; an M.S. in Biology from Central University of Hyderabad, India, as well as a PhD in Medicine/Pharmacology from Memorial University, St. John’s, Canada.

Stephanie has more than 25 years of marketing, communications and business management experience. In her role, Stephanie is responsible for business development, including negotiations of collaborations and licensing deals and managing ongoing partner relationships.  In addition to her business development role, Stephanie manages communications and marketing programs for InCube and its portfolio companies. Prior to joining InCube in 2009, Stephanie was a founder and Executive Vice President for Greenough Communications, a nationally-recognized marketing services firm, where she managed client service operations, new business and staff development.  Stephanie graduated from the College of the Holy Cross with a BA in English.

Bob brings over 25 years of experience in the medical-device arena.  He has experience in operations, product development, business development and quality with minimally invasive, implantable and diagnostic products.  Bob’s previous experience includes key management positions in several start-ups as well as established companies, including Cordis Corp., Ventritex, St. Jude Medical, Avocet Medical and Satiety.

Prior to joining InCube, Bob was Chief Operating Officer at Spinal Modulation and helped direct a successful acquisition by St. Jude Medical.  Bob has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Phil Morgan brings more than 25 years of pharmaceutical research and development experience to InCube Labs and has extensive experience in drug development and the regulatory approval process.

He was the pre-clinical pharmacology expert for several drugs including Wellbutrin SR and Zyban. Prior to joining InCube Labs, Phil co-founded several successful life science companies and served as the president and CEO of Cytospect, Cytoscan and Neurotherapeutics.

Before that, he was the Head of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and a Senior Scientist at GlaxoSmithKline and a Visiting Fellow and Scientist at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Phil has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and holds a PhD from London University and an MBA from Duke University.

Angela brings more than fifteen years of experience in engineering and eight years of experience in the legal profession to InCube. Angela has experience in patent prosecution and litigation across various technologies, such as medical devices and systems, robots and robotic systems, optics, signal processing and circuitry, wireless power transfer devices and systems, and control systems, to name a few. Prior to entering the field of law, Angela was a hardware engineer and project lead for electronics control units; a project lead for a power stage integrated circuit; a core system engineering design and support specialist; a microcontroller specialist; and an engineering specialist in an advanced electrical architecture group. In the space industry, Angela was responsible for various analog and digital electronics on the space shuttle solid rocket booster. Angela earned her law degree, cum laude, at Wayne State University Law School where she served on the Wayne Law Review, was a Dean’s Scholar and Lombard Fellow, and was elected by faculty to the Order of the Coif. Angela holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Michigan State University. She is a member of Tau Beta Pi engineering honor fraternity and Eta Kappa Nu electrical engineering honor fraternity. Angela is a licensed attorney in the state of California and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Pratap has more than 30 years of experience as a serial medtech entrepreneur.  Pratap has founded eight companies and has several patents to his name.  Prior to joining InCube, Pratap was the founding Coulter Program Director, Professor and Executive-In-Residence at the University of Pittsburgh.  There he led the [email protected] Research program to become one of the most productive and emulated in the country.

Pratap leads InCube’s product development, including engineering, manufacturing development and quality assurance, and helps develop and implement pre-clinical and clinical studies. He also promotes the growth and evolution of InCube’s San Antonio facilities, including related University and Community relations. Pratap received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, and his graduate degrees (MS, PhD in Bioengineering, MBA) are from the University of Utah. He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering.

Betsy Gutierrez has over 18 years of experience in areas of Quality Systems, Regulatory Compliance and Engineering in large organizations as well as in start-up environments. Prior to joining Rani, Betsy was the Sr. Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs at Oraya Therapeutics.  She has also held leadership positions of increasing responsibilities at Auxogy Inc., LuMend (a J&J company) and Edwards Lifesciences.

She has extensive experience in managing all aspects of the Quality Management Systems, Quality Engineering, Regulatory Compliance and Product Development support under US (FDA) and International (ISO) Regulations.  Betsy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic.  

Syed is an industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience in accounting, HR and operations.

In his role at InCube, Syed has been instrumental in launching and running operations for more than a dozen start-ups in the last 15 years.

Syed received his MBA from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India.