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Cytovale’s Mission and Vision
Mission Statement
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Our Vision
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The History Behind the Science and the Instrument
Cytovale originated in academia in 2007 and was officially founded in 2013. Since then, we have remained dedicated to developing and launching technologies that interrogate the innate immune response.

Our Team
Leadership Team

Ajay Shah, PhD
Co-founder & CEO
Ajay is an expert in cell-based diagnostic technologies, as well as an experienced entrepreneur, having previously co-founded two life science companies (one acquired in 2012). Ajay received his PhD from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, where he developed a novel platform for circulating tumor cell isolation under the supervision of Mehmet Toner and Daniel Haber at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Henry Tse, PhD
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer
Henry leads research and development efforts to commercialize the microfluidic deformability cytometry technology. His science and engineering expertise spans microfluidics, cancer biology, image processing, and application proof-of-concept clinical studies. Henry is the co-inventor of the deformability cytometry platform, which has resulted in peer-reviewed publications of the technology, as well an accompanying suite of issued patents. Henry holds a BS in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering from the University of California San Diego and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California Los Angeles.

Bill Blackledge
Chief Financial Officer
Bill is a tenured medtech executive with broad experience across finance and general management. Over the past twenty years, Bill was an auditor at KPMG, served in a variety of roles at CareFusion/Becton Dickinson, and most recently led finance at Pfenex Biopharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: PFNX) until its acquisition in late 2020. Notably, in addition to several accounting and finance roles, Bill has operations experience (including serving as VP Global Business Operations, Dispensing Technologies at BD). In these operating roles, Bill has helped secure several large health system technology agreements, led a business model transformation of BD’s Pyxis Enterprise Solution business, managed efforts in the federal government segment, and restructured the product release and product lifecycle management processes.

Eric Khairy
Chief Marketing Officer
Eric Khairy is a mission-driven strategic executive with deep experience in operations and commercial execution over his 20+ year career in MedTech. Eric joined Cytovale from Inari Medical where he served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Commercial Operations, helping to fuel the company’s growth from $6 million to $600 million in annual revenue over his seven-year tenure, from startup through a $1 billion IPO and subsequent $4.9 billion acquisition by Stryker. Prior to Inari, he held commercial and strategy leadership roles at Philips, Volcano, Corindus Vascular Robotics, and Minogue Medical. Eric holds an MBA from MIT, an M.A.Sc. in biomedical engineering from the University of Montreal, and a B.Eng. in computer engineering from McGill University.

Fe Batara
EVP, People
Fe is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Human Resources, its practices and operations for Cytovale. Her role will have a focus on providing strategy, thought leadership and execution related to the People strategy, organizational effectiveness and culture in support of key business outcomes. She brings over 25 years of successful Human Resources expertise in the biopharmaceuticals and diagnostics industry. During her career, Fe has served as a trusted advisor and coach to senior leadership with an emphasis in the areas of Talent Acquisition, HR operations, Workforce Planning and Organizational Design. Prior to joining Cytovale, Fe most recently served as Vice President, Head of Human Resources for HUYABIO International. She has also held several key leadership positions within Human Resources at Genoptix, Celgene, Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp. Fe is passionate about working in a purpose and mission driven, fast-paced environment where she can build and champion a strong company culture, rooted in ownership and accountability that will prepare Cytovale to deliver its strategic plan.




















