David Novo, President
and Founder
David received his PhD in Biophysics from UCLA. His research
concentrated on developing novel optical and mathematical techniques
for measurements and analysis of localized fluorescent Calcium
transients from a microdomain within a muscle cell. David also built
several confocal microscopes, as well as writing the data acquisition
and data analysis systems. Prior to commencing his PhD, David worked
with Dr. Howard Shapiro, one of the leaders in the field of flow
cytometry, performing research on membrane potential determination in
bacteria using flow cytometry. During the course of this research they
built several flow cytometers custom made for bacterial measurements.
Two papers were published on the subject. David still maintains close
ties to the flow cytometry community through his appointment to the
Data Standards Committee of the International Society of Analytical
Cytometry. This committee maintains the flow cytometry data file
standard and deals with issues standardizing all sorts of flow
cytometry related data storage and analysis issues. David frequently
consults on data analysis issues related to flow cytometry and
collaborates in many projects involving novel data analysis
requirements.
Tanya Tolmachoff, Director of Sales and Marketing
Tanya brings many years of cytometry based experience with her to De Novo Software.
She learned flow cytometry at
Daniel Zimmerman, Computer Software Engineer, Applications
Daniel worked at IBM for four years as a developer and test leader in
the VisualAge for Java IDE project. He has extensive experience
developing in Java and Delphi throughout his career. He performed
research at Simon Fraser University in computational linguistics,
employing machine learning techniques such as transformation-based
error-driven learning, and has several years experience designing and
writing flow cytometry data analysis software with De Novo Software. In
addition, he has spent time volunteering and training with Netcorps, a
volunteer coalition dedicated to enhancing technological infrastructure
and skills throughout the developing world.
Michael Sjaastad, PhD., Director, Imaging Business Development
Michael has a decade of experience in High Content Screening technology and business development. He has launched multiple hardware platforms, software products, and reagent technologies into the life science market. Michael comes to De Novo Software from his previous role as Director of Marketing for the Cellular Imaging products at Molecular Devices. There, he was responsible for global strategic and tactical management of the HCS systems and software. He received his B.A. in Biopsychology from Swarthmore College, and his Ph.D. in Cell Physiology from UC Berkeley in 1992. He conducted postdoctoral studies at Stanford University in cell biology, developing high-speed live-cell imaging techniques just prior to joining Universal Imaging Corporation. which launched his career in High Content Screening technology development.
Vlad Kryvokobylsky, Systems Analyst
Vlad has over 9 years of experience in software development. He
obtained his Masters degree in Computer Science from Dnipropetrovsk
State University in Ukraine and began his career as a systems analyst
for one of the largest financial institutions in Ukraine (Privatbank).
He was helped design Privatbank's credit card processing system which
issued the first credit cards in Ukraine.
Since coming to the United States he has worked as a software consultant on different projects mostly in the Financial, Telecomunication and Healthcare industries. He is specializes in the Microsoft Windows platform and has a wide range of experience developing different types of applications: Windows GUI applications, Client/Server Mult-tier systems, Web Applications. Among the products and technologies he used for software development are Delphi, C#, ASP.NET, COM+, SQL Server, Oracle, etc.
Mike Dixon, Systems Analyst
Mike adds to the international flavour of De Novo Software, bringing an
English accent to the office whenever he wants to yell at someone and
not be understood. He has studied Computer Science for several years at
CalTech and is an expert in the fields of designing software plug-ins
and user-friendly interfaces.
Juan Luis Almará, Systems Analyst
Juan holds a Master degree in Applied Informatics. He has many years of
experience in software development, working on genetic algorithms,
optimizations and computational geometry, and has published several
papers about data visualization and matrix processing. He is especially
skilled at building C++/Delphi/Kylix applications and components,
digital signal processing, communication protocols and device access.
Mirela Martin, Systems Analyst
Mirela has a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from
Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj Napoca. She has experience teaching
math and programming in Delphi all over Europe, and has worked as a
programmer for many years.
Sean received his M.S. degree in Biology from New York University. At NYU he utilized flow cytometry to study interactions between multiple HIV-1 viruses within single cells and acted as operator of the College of Dentistry Flow Cytometry Core facility. Prior to NYU he worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer center developing methods for automated microscopic analysis of tissue sections at the single cell level. Over the years he has acquired vast experience with image analysis and flow cytometry techniques.
David Izada Rodriguez, Systems Analyst
Gabriel Forner, Systems Analyst