Daniel Townsend, PhD
Daniel's career spans health technology, global health policy, and data science. He has advised WHO, the Global Fund, and multiple governments on digital health strategy, and previously worked at Boston Consulting Group. At Loretta, he leads the company's mission to make health AI deployable and compliant across Europe.
Kya Blackstone, JD
Kya holds a Juris Doctor from The George Washington University and spent nearly a decade in finance at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, leading cross-functional compliance and operational initiatives. At Loretta, she aligns people, process, and product to scale institutional partnerships responsibly.
Utkarsh Upadhyay, PhD
Utkarsh holds a PhD from MPI-SWS and an MS from EPFL. He was previously CTO and co-founder at Reason.al and has published in Nature, PNAS, and NeurIPS. At Loretta, he leads the development of the federated learning and causal AI systems that power the platform.
Amita Singh, PhD
Amita has an engineering background with an interdisciplinary master's in IoT and is completing her PhD in Production and Operations Management. She previously founded Thread, an AI-powered translation startup. At Loretta, she drives product strategy and user-centred design.
Michael Albrecht
Michael has held senior leadership roles at Louis Vuitton, IWC Schaffhausen, and Meissen, and supported startups at the Berlin Chamber of Commerce (IHK). At Loretta, he connects the company with institutional partners across the German health sector.
Zhasheken de Guia
Zhasheken studied data management, AI algorithms, and software development at the University of Alberta. At Loretta, she builds the full-stack software that shapes the platform's core functionality and user experience.
Michael Kummer
Michael holds degrees in Psychology and Economics from the University of Alberta, with experience in demographic research and actuarial modelling. At Loretta, he applies this analytical background to healthcare data challenges.
Piper Rome
Piper is a Life Sciences (Honours) student at Queen's University whose research spans biomedical data analysis and AI-enabled disease modelling. At Loretta, she supports evidence-based chronic disease prevention research.