Board of Advisors

Mark Anastasio, Ph.D.

​Scientific Advisor (Algorithms)

Professor and the Head of the Bioengineering Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Mark Anastasio of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign advises PhotoSound on imaging algorithms. He is an internationally recognized expert on tomographic image reconstruction, imaging physics, and the development of novel computed biomedical imaging systems.

Feby Abraham, Ph.D.

EVP, Chief Strategy Officer at Memorial Hermann Health System

 

Feby Abraham is the EVP, Chief Strategy Officer at Memorial Hermann Health System with a mandate to lead strategy & strategic planning for the system, to drive its strategic investments & corporate development, strategic market insights, and drive innovation efforts. Feby joined Memorial Hermann in January 2020. He has focused on several key strategic focus areas for Memorial Hermann such as how to transition the system to value-based care & reducing the total cost of healthcare, expanding the footprint in alternative sites of care (through the care at home continuum, ambulatory, urgent care centers), drive physician alignment strategies, leverage data & analytics for value creation across the system, orchestrate strategic partnerships/ JVs & strategic direct equity investments across the continuum of care. Abraham brings with him 20 years of experience in the healthcare sector. Most recently, he served as a partner at McKinsey & Co., where he worked for nearly 12 years advising private equity funds across sectors, including health care. He has also worked closely with healthcare companies across the value chain, including bio-pharma, medical products, and health systems and services. His work has included growth strategy in a disruptive environment, digital strategy, and business value creation topics. Before joining McKinsey in early 2008, Feby worked as a research investigator with a focus on data analytics and mathematical modeling at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Prior to GSK, Feby was a post-doctoral research scientist/engineer at the University of Pennsylvania working in medical imaging and robotic-assisted surgery. Feby received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, with a focus on applied mathematics from Rice University, and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.

Wolfgang Albers

Financial/Growth Advisor

Wolfgang holds degrees in Business Administration and Information Science. During his career, he served as a consultant for different industries on how to manage change in a competitive environment. He is a founder of ConVista Consulting, a consulting company which is based in Germany and has subsidiaries all over the world. He and his team managed to grow the company from the ground to a $100 million per year operation with 700 employees. In 2017, the founders sold ConVista to an investment company. Since then Wolfgang has helped other founders on how to grow business and also acts as an investor of Photosound Technologies.