Varro is a life sciences company developing solutions to disrupt disease transmission. The company’s management and advisors are a team of science and technology-driven bioscientists, engineers, and regulatory experts.
We are ambitious and dedicated in our pursuit of solutions that provide safe environments, prevent future pandemics, and give people the confidence to move safely in the world.
Tom Cirrito, PhD
Dr. Cirrito is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, and founder of multiple companies in the life sciences. He was the second employee at Stemline Therapeutics (NASDAQ: STML; acquired by a private…
David Shuler
Dave was SVP and Chief of Staff at Goldman Sachs and NYSE, and managing director of CME Group Inc. and founder of Y2X. In those roles he developed, negotiated, and…
Jim Shapiro
Shapiro led the Tata Group North American offices and worked as a senior executive with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). At Tata, he…
Brad Theien
Brad joined Varro from Cellja Vu, Inc, where he served as CEO. Mr. Theien was previously the VP of Corporate and Commercial Development at Filament Biosolutions, and he worked in…
Maurizio Arienzo, PhD
Maurizio was CEO of Tesseract Health, where he led medical imaging product development and a $90M capital raise. He was President and CEO of SMaL Camera Technologies, which he successfully…
Patricia Olinger, JM
Patty is the founder and CEO of BEAMS, LLC Consulting and The Max List, as well as the Convener for ISO Technical Committee 212 Working Group 5, which developed ISO…
Benjamin Sumlin, PhD
Ben has over 10 years of experience developing novel aerosol instrumentation in the fields of atmospheric science, climatology, materials characterization, and bioaerosol devices. He is a former NASA Earth and…
Emmanuel Leon
Manny joined Varro from Y2X, Inc., where he has served as Controller since 2018, bringing 14 years of experience in accounting and finance. At Varro, he focuses on supporting various…
Addie Girouard
Addie is an open source advocate and community management expert with over 15 years of experience leading transformative initiatives across the globe. A member of the prestigious InnerSource Commons Foundation,…
Kevin McBrearty
Kevin was formerly a research and development specialist for Bayer Crop Science, specializing in plant transformation and process optimization. He assisted in translating the MIE in the Sars-CoV-2 biosensor while…
Our core biosensor technology has been in use for over a decade for medical research at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL). We have licensed the technology from the University and work closely with its inventors at the School of Medicine and the McKelvey School of Engineering.
John Cirrito, PhD
School of Medicine, Associate Professor, Neurology Developed and pioneered the prototype electrochemical micro-immuno electrodes (MIEs) to measure Alzheimer’s related proteins in real-time in the brain of an awake, behaving mouse
Carla Yuede, PhD
School of Medicine, Associate Professor, Psychiatry Optimized the MIE for use in vivo as well as translated the MIE in the SARS-CoV-2 biosensor
Rajan Chakrabarty, PhD
An associate professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, Dr. Chakrabarty leads the Complex Aerosol Systems Research Laboratory, focusing on aerosolized particulate matter pollutants and generation of atmospheric aerosol with…
Varro works with advisors with expertise in immunology, public policy, public health, and life sciences business development. They have been and will continue to play an important role in the growth of our company.
Hon. Richard Gephardt
Serving 28 years in the United States House of Representatives from 1976-2004, and emerging as one of the leading strategists of the Democratic Party’s platform, Gephardt was a chief architect…
Jared Shapiro
Dr. Shapiro is the Associate Vice President, Environmental Health & Safety with Montefiore Health System, where he is responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight for 15 hospitals, a research-intensive…
Donato Tramuto
Donato J. Tramuto is an American healthcare executive, global health activist, author and Former CEO of Tivity Health. Tramuto is focused on addressing the social determinants of health. In 2008,…
Bonnie Glick
Former Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the world's premier bilateral donor. She ran an agency of 11,000 staff located in over 100…
Rifat Atun, Ph.D.
Dr. Rifat Atun is Professor of Global Health Systems at Harvard University and the Faculty Chair for the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program. Prof. Atun has worked with more than 30…
David Elisofon
David is the former CFO of Volta Industries, an AI-powered pricing and promotions platform. He was also CFO of Apto Payments. David served as Equities Arbitrage MD at Goldman Sachs…