Meet the team
Simon Arkell
Co-Founder and CEO
Simon is a hi tech entrepreneur and investor with a focus on AI and healthcare technology. Co-founder of 7 venture backed companies, including Deep Lens, Predixion Software and Versifi, which together raised over $100M in venture backing. All three were acquired.
Johnny Crupi
Co-Founder and CTO
Prior to co-founding Synthetica Bio, Johnny Crupi was CTO at Predixion and JackBe. Mr. Crupi brings three decades of experience building enterprise scale applications for real-time systems. He has been awarded as a Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer and is a three-time Washingtonian Tech Titan. Mr. Crupi has a M.S. in Engineering Administration with a sub-focus in AI from the George Washington University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering for the University of Maryland.
Alex Dickinson
Co-Founder and Chairman
Co-founder/Chair/CEO: ChromaCode (COVID XPrize winner); Helixis (acquired by Illumina) and Luxtera (acquired by Cisco). Board member Gencove (low pass sequencing) and previously PRA Health Sciences (public, acquired by ICON). Seven year Illumina SVP (led BaseSpace and PopSeq businesses). Began career in research at Bell Labs; co-inventor of the CMOS fingerprint sensor.
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Chadi Nabhan
Chief Medical Officer & Head of Strategy
Dr. Chadi Nabhan is the Chief Medical Officer and Head of Strategy at Ryght, bringing over 20 years of oncology and leadership experience to drive innovation and strategic vision.
His past roles include SVP and Chairman of the POA at Caris Life Sciences, VP and CMO at Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions, and EVP and CMO at Aptitude Health. Academically, he has served as an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Director of Outpatient Cancer Clinics at the University of Chicago, and before that, Chief of Oncology and Cancer Institute Medical Director at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL. Dr. Nabhan is an esteemed author, podcaster, and speaker, recognized for his contributions to medical oncology and clinical research.
Sara Dada
Product Manager
Sara Dada is a Product Manager based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has previously served on the product team of a B2B SaaS company, consulted for various startups, and worked as a data analyst for a venture fund. She studied Business Administration and Technology Ethics at Cal Poly SLO.
Investors
Ryght's initial funding is supported by leading investors with a shared vision to improve healthcare by leveraging advances in AI technology. The initial round was led by Virtue with participation from AIX Ventures, Iaso Ventures, Page One Ventures, Top Harvest Capital, and additional strategic angel investors.
Partners
We understand that the foundation of transformative life sciences solutions rests on cutting-edge technology, robust security, and infinite scalability. To ensure our customers experience unparalleled success, we strategically partner with the industry’s leading technology and cloud service providers. Our meticulously selected network of partners empowers us to deliver secure, scalable, and cutting-edge AI-driven solutions tailored for the unique challenges of the life sciences sector.
