About Me

I began my professional journey in the world of clinical research, grounded in a doctorate in cell biology and a deep respect for scientific inquiry. Over two decades, I built expertise in medical device innovation, regulatory strategy, and clinical excellence — not as a consultant, but as a founder, mentor, and builder of systems that hold.

In 2022, the company I founded, AKRN Scientific Consulting, was acquired by NAMSA, one of the largest global Contract Research Organizations. But the real story is not the acquisition. It is the quiet discipline, the years of leading high-performing teams, and the ability to translate complex science into meaningful progress. That is what shaped me.

Today, I work across several frontiers:

As an entrepreneur, I support mission-driven ventures and serve as an advisor and investor in early-stage MedTech and AI startups.

As a speaker and trainer, I translate regulatory knowledge, ethical insight, and future-facing strategy into tools for transformation.

As a writer and thinker, I explore the deeper patterns shaping our systems, in governance, technology, medicine, and meaning.

In an era captivated by artificial intelligence, I am drawn to a deeper question: what is intelligence? Not just as computation or prediction, but as coherence with the ability to hold complexity, to act ethically within systems, and to remain attuned to meaning.

I believe we are being called to define a new kind of intelligence. One that is not only systemic but spiritual, not only scientific but symbolic. This intelligence cannot be outsourced to machines. It must be cultivated — in ourselves, in our institutions, and in the ways we relate to the world.

My work now is to integrate these dimensions and to bridge science and soul, regulation and relation — and to support others who are doing the same.

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