Team

DR. JACQUES ZANEVELD

President & Founder

Dr. Jacques Zaneveld is a professional scientist and entrepreneur. Half of his early life was spent on a boat in the South Pacific, while the other half was spent in Corvallis, Oregon. Traveling the world instilled him with a sense of wonder and curiosity fuels his work to this day. Trained as a scientist, Dr. Jacques Zaneveld has published numerous scientific papers, and obtained funding for his work from the National Eye Institute, National Library of Medicine, the CIBR center and the National Science Foundation. Originally, 3D printing was a hobby, but he quickly realized its potential to revolutionize medicine and science. Jacques founded Lazarus 3D to help scientists and clinicians by providing them with 3D printing tools and techniques.

DR. SMRITI ZANEVELD

Research Director & Founder

Dr. Smriti Zaneveld is the Director of Research who joined Lazarus 3D in 2018. Prior to joining Lazarus 3D, Dr. Smriti Zaneveld completed her Ph.D. at Baylor College of Medicine where her research focused on identifying the genetic causes of inherited eye diseases and developed novel therapeutic treatments for ocular disorders. She has a proven track record as a successful scientist with over a dozen scientific publications in the areas of human genetics and 3D printing and adds valuable depth to Lazarus 3D’s team. She has also mentored numerous trainees, presented at many international scientific/medical conferences, and has served as a reviewer for scientific peer-reviewed journals. Smriti is very passionate about development of innovative technologies in medicine using 3D printing that can improve patient care and surgery outcomes.

MEGAN MENDIETA

Lead Engineer

Megan Mendieta is a graduate of Arizona State University, where she studied Biomedical Engineering. There she participated in the Biomaterials Laboratory of Dr. Brent Vernon, conducting rheology of bio-gels used to clot wounds. She interned with Baylor College of Medicine during her junior year, learning the in's and out's of plastic surgery, in the role of a medical student. It was there that she found ways to apply her engineering education directly in the medical field, and began working on a Capstone project based upon her experiences. This included delving into aspects of 3D printing, segmentation and the human anatomy. Following working on this project, Megan did a small internship with Lazarus 3D and upon graduation, began working with the company as an Anatomy Engineer. Her position entails research, design, and manufacturing of the surgical rehearsal models.

JACK HESLIN

Head Of Business Development

Jack Heslin brings a unique combination of corporate, small business and entrepreneurial experience to Lazarus3D. Since entering the 3D Printing industry as an Enterprise Executive for MakerBot in 2013, Jack has worked with a variety of leading organizations including GE, Toyota, Northrop Grumman, The University of Maryland Engineering School and The Yale School of Architecture. Since joining Lazarus3D he has been instrumental in initiating and developing relationships with some of the best known medical device manufacturers including Olympus Corporation of America, KARL STORZ, Medtronic, Boston Scientific and Cooper Surgical. Jack has been a presenter and moderator for 3D Printing sessions at the MDM East, ADM Cleveland and MDM West conferences. He has a deep belief that Lazarus3D's unique capability in medical 3D Printing will substantially improve healthcare in the US through better physician education and training.

SEBASTIEN CADET

Global Marketing Executive

Sebastien Cadet spent a decade managing a broad portfolio of endoscopic and general surgery products, across the globe, developing unique skills and expertise in both clinical and technical aspects of the medical device business. He spent the last decade in various director positions for start-ups, mid-size and very large Med-tech corporations, focusing on novel procedures and innovative technologies associated with new clinical approaches.Through the design and execution of global marketing plans with physician training and adoption as key performance indicators, Sebastien has built a proven track record of double-digit growth for novel medical devices sales after implementing the proper support infrastructure and training programs.
Sebastien is a leader always favoring teamwork and talent development.

MOUNA TAROUA

Lead Anatomy Engineer

Mouna Taroua graduated from the University of Dallas at Texas, where she completed her studies in Biomedical Engineering. Through various collaborations at UTD on design and development of medical device projects, Mouna discovered her passion for medical innovation. Mouna's experiences at the Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy Laboratory and Baylor Institute of Metabolic Disease furthered her knowledge of cancer biology and patient care. In her free time, using her knowledge in Biomedical Engineering and Human Anatomy, she designs sketches of life-size human organs and systems to deeply learn the proportion and placement of each anatomy and uses 3D modeling tools to design accurate human anatomy models. She joined the Lazarus 3D team in 2019 as an Anatomy Engineer and is focused on developing a pipeline for management of large scale manufacturing of high-fidelity medical models.

JOHN HYATT

Engineering Consultant

John Hyatt has an over 20 years of experience in sales and marketing management in the energy and chemical sectors, in addition to having a strong background in engineering. John joined the Lazarus 3D team in 2019 as an engineering consultant, where his focus is on improving product design and quality control. His extensive background in both design and manufacturing adds exceptional value to our team. John works very closely with the engineering team to assure that all products are following optimal parameters to meet client expectations.

Salma Moncayo-Reyes

Anatomy Engineering Intern

Salma Moncayo-Reyes is an Honors Biomedical Engineering student at the University of Houston with an expected graduation in Spring 2020. She started an internship at Lazarus 3D in June 2019 and will continue to work with usthroughout her senior year. Salma has taken part and worked in designing anatomy models, creating finalized products, and handling customer relations. Some university projects Salma has worked on include, coding pertaining to robotics, wet lab research, MATLAB coding, engineering design projects on deep space survival, and simple circuitry setup. Salma plans on continuing on to a master’s degree program in Biomedical Engineering immediately after graduation.

ADVISORY BOARD

DR. JERRY TANG

Managing Partner at Minerva Capital Partners

DR. DANIEL OLVERA POSADA

Specialist in Endourology and Robotic Surgery

JENNIFER VONDRAN

Partner- Keystone Scientific, Inc.

Jerry has spent over a decade managing healthcare portfolios and analyzing healthcare companies, including with Minerva Capital Partners, Roth Capital, and Rodman & Renshaw. Most recently, Jerry has set up and managed industry-focused private equity funds, including the Helix Healthcare fund which focuses on medical devices and biotechnology, with over a dozen Chinese portfolio companies. Jerry learned about Lazarus 3D while looking for investment opportunities in healthcare. Impressed with Lazarus 3D's technology and growth potential, Jerry quickly agreed to both to help fund the expansion of Lazarus 3D and to assist in designing and implementing a financial strategy for the company.

DR. LARRY CISCON

President and CTO, Northworks Automation

Larry is a successful entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience starting and growing companies. His most recent position was Chief Executive Officer at Trelligence, Inc., a Texas based company focused on design software for the construction market. Prior to that, he was founder of Modulus, a software company focused on the message-oriented middleware market. Modulus had several Fortune 500 companies as customers, and was sold to a network firm. Larry has received several awards including the Rice Young Engineer’s award and NASA innovation award. He has a BA in Computer Science, and BS, MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Rice University.

Daniel trained in Mexico city with a masters in Surgical Education and a sub-specialty in Robotic surgery. Daniel now works as a Urologist specializing in Endourology, minimally invasive and Robotic surgery. He is heavily involved in resident training at Zambrano Hellion Medical center where he has used Lazarus 3D models to train residents in tumor enucleation, cystoscopy, and is planning a study on kidney stone removal.

DR. RON ZANEVELD

Serial Entrepreneur and Scientist

Dr. J. Ronald V. Zaneveld is professor emeritus at the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences of Oregon State University. He is co-founder of SeaTech, Inc. and Wet Labs, Inc, companies that produce underwater measurement devices primarily based on optical technologies. Wet Labs, with some 60 employees was acquired by Sea Bird, Inc., a subsidiary of Danaher, Inc . Dr Zaneveld has published more than 125 articles in the peer reviewed literature. He is recipient of the prestigious Jerlov award for excellence in Ocean Optics.

Jennifer Vondran is a biomedical and materials science engineer by training. She is an experienced (10+ years) life sciences and health care technology and management consultant. Her objective is to safeguard the commercial success of new products and technologies. She is passionate about helping teams mitigate program risks and achieve critical milestones. Jennifer is currently a Partner at Keystone Scientific Inc. Jennifer’s clients (from start-ups to emerging/mid-size to multi-tier/global, spanning multiple sectors) value the tools and techniques she employs to solve problems and ensure successful outcomes. She actively coaches and empowers teams and individuals to realize their ultimate potential.

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