About — CoVerified

Getting to the New Normal

At CoVerified, we believe there is a healthy and productive middle ground between full-scale quarantine and the old normal. There are risks associated with re-opening society, but effective tools can create a way forward that works.

Approaching the problem from a clinical and public health perspective uniquely positions CoVerified to design and implement technologies that move the needle on pandemic management and outbreak prevention. We’re passionate about maintaining a platform that enables the safest return possible.

Meet the Team

CoVerified brings together an elite group of seasoned healthcare system designers, technologists, public health and policy experts from Harvard & MIT. The founding team is comprised of practicing physicians, engineers and business executives with decades of experience designing digital health products and services at scale.

The COVID-19 pandemic demands fresh thinking and nimble innovation, and that’s exactly what we’re delivering.

**Brandon C. Busuito, MD**
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Emergency Medicine Physician and digital health entrepreneur. Previously served as a Healthcare Policy Advisor to the Governor of Colorado. On program sabbatical from dual graduate degrees at MIT & Harvard.

**Trey Villafane**
Chief Technology Officer
Experienced project manager and mobile developer. Founder and CEO of Big Trizzy Studios, a freelance web and mobile development firm. Co-founder of several previous ventures in the mobile media and privacy sectors. Degree in mathematics from Rice University.

**Alexandre de Villiers**
Chief Operating Officer
Former M&A Analyst at Council Capital. Previously led Client Relationship Management for the ION Group, a large financial technology firm. Broad experience in corporate development, strategy and consulting. On program sabbatical from an MBA at MIT.

**Frank Calise**
Senior Software Architect
Experienced software engineer, most recently part of Vitralogy, a software platform designed to enhance facility operations intelligence and environmental compliance. Earned a degree in computer engineering at Virginia Tech.

**Justin Ratra**
Lead Web Developer
Full stack web developer with experience building scalable applications for start-ups, multi-billion dollar corporations, and everything in between.

**Ronnie Gilkey**
Senior DevOps Engineer
Seasoned DevOps Engineer and Computer Scientist with experience architecting and implementing highly-available, fault-tolerant, and cost-effective infrastructure solutions.

**Cody Ng**
Senior Software Developer
Experienced full-stack engineer with previous experience in enterprise anti-malware. Most recently, at an environmental compliance startup called Vitralogy.

**Tatiana Moore**
Business Analyst
Media manager and small business marketing consultant and entrepreneur. Post-graduate training at the Suffolk University Sawyer School of Business.

**Todd Compbell**
Sales Associate
Todd holds a Masters of Science in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship and previous experience as the Head of Sales for a COVID-19 diagnostics provider.

Advisory Board

Simon Johnson, PhD - Former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund. Professor of Global Economics & Management at MIT Sloan. Co-Chair of the MIT COVID-19 Policy Alliance.

Zen Chu - Managing Director of AccelMed Ventures. Senior Lecturer in Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Strategic Management at MIT.

Jessica S. Whittle, MD PhD - Director of Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Tennessee. PhD in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis from Emory University. Conducted research focused on vaccine development in the Respiratory Pathogens Section of the CDC.

Christopher Tinsley - Founder and CEO of Shop My Shelf, a consumer-to-consumer shopping platform. Previously an Associate Investment Director at Cambridge Associates. Earned an MBA at MIT.

Peter Antkowiak, MD - Emergency Medicine Physician at Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians and Chief of Emergency Services at Harrington Healthcare. Previous digital healthcare startup founder. Currently pursuing an MPH at the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health.

Pridvi Kandagatla, MD - Physician and General Surgery Resident at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI. Previous experience advising medical technology startups at the Henry Ford Innovation Institute.

Matthew Lanchantin - Former Senior Staff Bioengineer at Genocea, Commercial Systems Development Engineer at T2 Biosystems.

Yunus Sevimli - Co-Founder of Almond Finance, a mobile-first finance platform focused on serving rural populations in developing nations. Former Director of Research and Development at Fusiform. Computational sensing research experience at Johns Hopkins.

Marissa Konstadt - Extensive experience in the administration of large-scale academic medicine. Focused on process improvement, health policy and communication science for private and public audiences. Actively researching advances in health system design.

Jay Schmakel, MD - Emergency Medicine Physician at US Acute Care Solutions and previously at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. Naval Architect and Marine Engineer.

Jay Yarlagadda, MD - Served as a Health Policy Advisor for US Senator Dianne Feinstein. Developed national defense pharmaceuticals at Walter Reed. Attending Physician in the Kaiser Permanente Healthcare System.

David Morris, MD - Board certified Emergency Medicine Physician and EMS Director at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, MA. Trained at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center where he served as a Chief Resident. Holds an undergraduate degree and Masters in Public Health and Epidemiology from Columbia University.

James A. Sirleaf, MD - Former Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. Health Advisor to the President of Liberia during the Ebola epidemic.