Former Board Members of THE GENESIS PROJECT foundation
Richard Postrel
Richard Postrel is an entrepreneur, the CEO and co-founder of ViaGenetics. He also co-founded The Genesis Project and served as the CEO and President of the Foundations’ Board of Directors from 2014-2017.
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Michael Ristori
Michael Ristori is a business manager. He co-founded The Genesis Project and served as Secretary of the Board from 2014-2017. He was responsible for Foundation’ accounting.
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George Baccash
George Baccash is a certified public accountant (CPA). He served as the first Chief Financial Officer of The Genesis Project.
Former Key Contributors
Rafael Acosta
Rafael Acosta is an expert programmer and was a key developer for GEM.app and the GENESIS software platform.
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Michael Gonzalez, PhD
Dr. Michael Gonzalez is a world class bioinformatician with PhD training in Dr. Züchner's lab. He currently works at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). He significantly contributed to GEM.app and GENESIS development.
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Nickolas Kelly
Nickolas 'Nick' Kelly is a talented programmer who has made significant contributions to the development of GENESIS.
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Paul Heynen
Paul Heynen is a senior programmer with expertise in .net and C# and has contributed significantly to the development of GENESIS.
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Fiorella Speziani
Fiorella Speziani is a nurse practioner, her work was essential in organizing the patient populations and addressing compliance issues around GEM.app and GENESIS.
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Nicholas Bradley
Nick Bradley was the project manager for GENESIS development in its early phase and kept the development team organized.
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