Shaun R. Bagai
Chief Executive Officer
Shaun R. Bagai
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Bagai has served as our Chief Executive Officer and director since June 2014. Prior to joining us, Mr. Bagai led Global Market Development for HeartFlow, Inc. from 2011 to 2014, which included directing Japanese market research, regulatory/payer collaboration, and Key Opinion Leader development to create value resulting in a company investment to form HeartFlow-Japan. During his tenure at HeartFlow, he successfully orchestrated their largest clinical trial to date and contracted HeartFlow’s first global customers. In addition, Mr. Bagai has launched innovative technologies into regional and global marketplaces in both large corporations and growth-phase novel technology companies. He was instrumental in developing the European market for renal denervation for the treatment of hypertension leading to the acquisition of the first renal denervation company — Ardian, Inc. by Medtronic in 2011. Mr. Bagai is a graduate from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a BSc. in Biology/Pre-Med.
Ramtin Agah, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Founder
Ramtin Agah, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Founder
Dr. Agah has served as our Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder since December 2009, and as Chairman of the Board since May 2018. Dr. Agah is currently an Interventional Cardiologist at El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, a role he began in September 2005. He also has acted as a physician consultant for Abbott Vascular since July 2012. Previously, Dr. Agah was an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine with the Division of Cardiology, University of Utah. Dr. Agah completed a Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology with Cleveland Clinic Foundation, a Residency in Internal Medicine with Baylor College of Medicine and a Fellowship in Cardiology with University of California, San Francisco. He received his MD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.
Leesa Gentry
Chief Clinical Officer
Leesa Gentry
Chief Clinical Officer
Ms. Gentry brings 29 years of experience focused on improving clinical research programs in Contract Research Organization (CRO), pharmaceutical, and biotech industries. Past employers include IQVIA (Quintiles), PPD, OmnicareCR and Otsuka. Prior to RenovoRx, she was Senior Vice President (SVP) of Clinical Operations at Evotec. (NASDAQ: EVO). At PPD, Ms. Gentry was Global Project Manager and Senior Research Specialist for Clinical Systems where her team developed one of the pharmaceutical industry’s first clinical trial management systems.
At Omnicare, Ms. Gentry grew the clinical research site network within long-term care; her work was featured in the Good Clinical Practice Journal. During her tenure at Otsuka, Ms. Gentry developed novel methods for improved, streamlined trial implementation in clinical operations, data management and third-party collaboration. Her work on registration trial implementation within resource-constrained environments was featured in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Ms. Gentry holds a B.A. in Psychology and M.S. in Gerontology from the University of Central Missouri, and an M.A. of Psychology from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Robert Strasser
VP of Operations and R&D
Robert Strasser
VP of Operations and R&D
Mr. Strasser is an experienced, results-oriented strategic business leader with a proven track record for operations and product commercialization management. He has extensive operations and quality system management expertise in diverse manufacturing environments, driving highly effective and rapid scale ups, efficient product manufacturing transfers, and improved gross margins. Prior to joining RenovoRx, Mr. Strasser was Vice President of Operations and Quality Systems at SentreHeart/AtriCure and has held Sr Management positions in Operations and R&D at Boston Scientific and Cordis/Johnson & Johnson. He holds a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota.
Ronald B. Kocak, CPA
VP Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
Ronald B. Kocak, CPA
VP Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
Mr. Kocak is a seasoned financial reporting and accounting professional with extensive public company experience in the life sciences industry. Mr. Kocak has served as RenovoRx’s interim controller in a consulting capacity since October 2021. Prior to joining RenovoRx, Mr. Kocak was Controller and Senior Director of Finance at Sensei Biotherapeutics, Inc., where he successfully led the finance and accounting activities, including the IT operations. He holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Duquesne University and a CPA license in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Mr. Kocak is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Association of Bioscience Financial Officers, and a Chartered Global Management Accountant.
Ryan Witt
Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Strategy and Partnerships
Ryan Witt
Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Strategy and Partnerships
Mr. Witt has a strong track record, backed by 15 years’ experience, in successfully leading corporate strategy in both medical technology and biopharmaceutical companies. Mr. Witt’s leadership in corporate strategy and operational experience includes sourcing, nurturing, negotiating, closing, and managing partnerships across top 25 global biopharma. Formerly, he was Chief Business Officer for Spinogenix, a series B funded, clinical-stage neuroregenerative biopharmaceutical company. Previously, Mr. Witt served as Chief Operating Officer at Immix Biopharma (NASDAQ: IMMX), Head of the Med Program at StartX, Medtech & Digital Health Innovation Hub Director at UCLA Biodesign, and Director of Product & Client Success at a health technology company funded by Novartis. In his spare time, Mr. Witt serves on Biocom’s Capital Development Committee where the team hosts Partnering Days with large multinational healthcare companies including Baxter, Bristol Myers Squibb, Daiichi-Sankyo, GSK, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. He holds a BA in business economics from UC Irvine with a minor in biological sciences.