Keith Elliston

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Co-founder and Executive Chairman and CEO @ EthioNexis
Bedford, MA, US
Keith Elliston's Location
Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, United States
About Keith Elliston

Keith Elliston is an accomplished executive who designs, builds and leads high-performing scientific, technical, and business teams. He has founded bioinformatics and genomics departments in Big Pharma, directed a $15M public-private partnership that first identified over 90% of expressed human genes, founded the Systems Biology efforts of the Huntington's Disease Foundation, and co-founded two open-source software foundations. As an entrepreneur, he founded and led two Venture funded companies and a precision medicine company.Keith is the Executive Chairman of Axiomedix and Ingentium, and the Managing Director of Seneca Creek Research/Seneca Creek Ventures. He is also the CIO of the Open Source Pharma Foundation and a member of the i2b2-tranSMART Foundation. In his past roles, he was Vice President of Systems Biology at the CHDI Foundation, SVP R&D and CSO of Gene Logic, and Founder and Section Head of Genomics and the World-wide Head of Bioinformatics at Bayer Pharmaceuticals.Keith has a PhD in Molecular Genetics, an MS in Genetics, and a BA in Biology & Environmental Studies. He has served on various scientific advisory boards and has over 40 scientific publications and four issued patents. Keith's expertise includes Systems Biology, Drug Discovery, Genomics, Data Science, Machine Learning, AI, Computational Biology, Molecular Biology, Translational Medicine, Startups, Executive Management, Life Sciences, Biomarker Discovery, Fund-raising, Strategic Planning, and Due Diligence. He is always looking for worthy scientific and technology challenges where he can contribute, develop effective strategies and infrastructure, and build and lead teams to achieve the defined goals.

Keith Elliston's Current Company Details
EthioNexis

Ethionexis

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Co-founder and Executive Chairman and CEO
Bedford, MA, US
Keith Elliston Work Experience Details
  • Ethionexis
    Co-Founder And Executive Chairman And Ceo
    Ethionexis
    Bedford, Ma, Us
  • Axiomedix, Inc.
    Co-Founder And Executive Chairman
    Axiomedix, Inc. Dec 2017 - Present
    Bedford, Massachusetts, Us
    I co-founded and lead Axiomedix, which was formed to provide a commercial support and hosting platform for the open source tools of the i2b2 tranSMART foundation, and to build on these platforms to establish a large-scale federation capability to support precision medicine. Axiomedix provides a hosted, open-source platform for precision medicine, and contributes a share of its revenues to the i2b2 tranSMART Foundation.
  • Seneca Creek Ventures
    Managing Director
    Seneca Creek Ventures Nov 2017 - Present
    Seneca Creek Ventures is a small venture studio that builds new companies in the biotech, pharma, health and AI spaces.
  • Seneca Creek Research
    Managing Director
    Seneca Creek Research Jan 1999 - Present
    Bedford, Massachusetts, Us
    Systems Biology, Data Science, Drug Discovery and Startup launchpad, serving partners in the biotech, pharmaceutical, venture capital and non-profit foundation arenas. Specializing in the application of information technologies, data science and genomics to drug discovery and patient care. Clients have included: Hewlett Packard, Atlas Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Adams Capital, Quaker Ventures, Spotfire, RadiantSage, Impact Corelab, Coelacanth(Lexicon Pharmaceuticals), Cambridge Biomedical, GNS Healthcare, Curoverse, Open Source Pharma Foundation and many others.
  • Open Source Pharma Foundation
    Chief Informatics Officer
    Open Source Pharma Foundation Apr 2018 - Present
    Bangalore, In
    I am working with the Open Source Pharma Foundation to develop a new paradigm and methods for open and collaborative drug discovery. Our efforts are focused on discovering new and affordable treatments for third world diseases, and developing a new, open and collaborative approach to drug discovery.
  • Ingentium Inc
    Co-Founder And Executive Chairman
    Ingentium Inc Jan 2015 - Present
    Bedford, Ma, Us
    Ingentium is a scientific and medical media company using an artificial intelligence based platform to digest huge volumes of healthcare media and data into tractable medically actionable deliverables. These include deep dynamic disease-focused knowlegebases (D3K), disease and mechanism specific scientific and medical journals and newsfeeds, and content-driven patient and physician engagement platforms, and disease focused knowledge graphs. Our products offer up-to-date information on disease research, drug and diagnostic advanced and related information for the patient, scientist and physician.
  • Phemi Systems
    Chief Executive Officer
    Phemi Systems Mar 2020 - Jan 2022
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca
    Repositioned the company into a health data as as service, pivoted the platform to a cloud native solution, and successfully marketed and sold the business.
  • I2B2 Transmart Foundation
    Co-Founder & Executive Director
    I2B2 Transmart Foundation May 2017 - Nov 2017
    Wakefield, Ma, Us
    I was the Executive Director of the i2b2 tranSMART Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit open-source, open-data foundation focused on enabling the promise of precision medicine. I led the merger between the tranSMART Foundation and the i2b2 Foundation. The i2b2 tranSMART Foundation was formed by merging the i2b2 Foundation, an open-source software foundation focused on clinical research and healthcare, with the tranSMART Foundation. I left to form Axiomedix, which provides commercial support for the Foundation platforms.
  • Transmart Foundation
    Chief Executive Officer
    Transmart Foundation Dec 2013 - May 2017
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Responsible for overall direction and leadership for the open-source, open-data tranSMART Foundation. Established the membership program, led the development and delivery of v1.2 of the platform, and established and lead the management team.
  • Transmart Foundation
    Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer
    Transmart Foundation Feb 2013 - Dec 2013
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Co-founded the successor tranSMART Foundation with Brian Athey, Kevin Smith, Yike Guo, and Michael Braxenthaler. Led the project management for v1.1, development and implementation of the membership program, business development, and management of the content committee, as well as serving as a key business advisor.
  • Transmart Foundation
    Board Member
    Transmart Foundation Feb 2012 - Apr 2013
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Served as a board member of the predecessor tranSMART Foundation, which was established as a 501c6 (trade organization) to coordinate the initial contribution of tranSMART to the open-source community. The current tranSMART Foundation was established as a successor 501c3 non-profit charity, to expand the mission of the Foundation and to establish a vibrant open-source community around the platform.
  • Chdi Foundation
    Vice President, Systems Biology
    Chdi Foundation Apr 2011 - Jan 2013
    New York, Ny, Us
    I led the preclinical, early discovery efforts of the CHDI foundation's drug discovery R&D, implementing systems biology as the platform to define and model Huntington's disease in order to effectively and efficiently find treatments for the disease. My responsibilities included developing and managing 5 platform teams (Computational and Wet Biology), 7 Mechanism teams (disease mechanism-focused efforts), 21 Foundation staff and consultants, managing a virtual pharma program of over 300 dedicated external scientists and engineers, encompassing ~$60M in annual research spending.Key Accomplishments: - Reorganized 3 disparate teams into a fully integrated systems biology program- Reorganized cross-disciplinary discovery teams into 7 integrated mechanism teams- Implemented a rigorous scientific review process for all new programs- Realigned academic collaborators and CRO's to the systems strategy- Designed and implemented a deep bioinformatics program for HD- Implemented an NGS platform for expression profiling of HD materials- Commissioned 5 large, coherent datasets for the systems modeling of HD- Built collaborations with 3 commercial and 1 academic systems modeling efforts- Delivered first data-driven systems model of Huntington's disease
  • Radiant Sage Ventures
    Executive Chairman
    Radiant Sage Ventures Aug 2010 - Sep 2011
    Hyderabad, In
    Contributed to the development of a virtual imaging corelab using a cloud computing infrastructure. Spun off a dedicated core lab through a strategic partnership with a lead Radiology practice.
  • Genstruct
    Co-Founder, President & Ceo
    Genstruct Jul 2002 - Jul 2010
    Cambridge, Ma, Us
    Founded successful Systems Biology company, developed an Artificial Intelligence platform to model biological systems, and drove the business to cash flow breakeven in 2006 and cash flow positive for FY2008 and 2009 on a $6.5 Venture Capital investment.
  • Viaken Systems, Inc.
    Co-Founder, Chairman, President & Ceo
    Viaken Systems, Inc. Mar 1999 - Jun 2002
    Co-founder of a discovery informatics application service provider. Developed proprietary platform offering secure applications to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and academic centers. Led the successful sale of the company to an investor group.
  • Spotfire
    Founding Advisor
    Spotfire 2000 - 2002
    Developed the strategy for the pharmaceutical business efforts of the company, and advised the management team and board on financing and business development strategies.
  • Gene Logic Inc.
    Sr. Vp Research & Development, Cso
    Gene Logic Inc. Jan 1997 - Sep 1998
    Gaithersburg, Md, Us
    Developed company from early stage through IPO, closed and managed 6 corporate discovery partnerships worth ~$350M in potential revenues. Founded and was President of the bioinformatics systems division.
  • Bayer Pharmaceuticals
    Section Head, Genomics.
    Bayer Pharmaceuticals 1996 - 1997
    Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De
    Founding head of Genomics and World Wide head of Bioinformatics at Bayer AG. Developed the strategy for bioinformatics and genomics efforts in the pharmaceutical division, and delivered 5 novel targets for high throughput screening.
  • Merck Research Laboratories
    Scientific Director - Merck Gene Index
    Merck Research Laboratories 1993 - 1996
    Rahway, New Jersey, Us
    I co-founded, directed and managed the Merck Gene Index project, a privately funded public genome project that published the first sequence characterization of over 85% of the transcribed human genome. These data became the framework for the first assembly of the human genome by the Human Genome Project.
  • Merck Research Laboratories
    Director Of Bioinformatics
    Merck Research Laboratories 1986 - 1996
    Rahway, New Jersey, Us
    Founded and directed the department of bioinformatics. Founded and directed the Merck Gene Index Project. Proposed and managed the implementation of Merck's connectivity to the Internet (1993).

Keith Elliston Skills

Computational Biology Clinical Trials Systems Biology Data Science Cro Cell Biology Executive Management Proteomics Neuroscience Genomics Infectious Diseases Start Ups Biomedical Engineering Commercialization Assay Development Biotechnology Immunology Life Sciences Fundraising Strategic Planning Medical Devices Drug Discovery Molecular Biology Lifesciences Entrepreneurship Program Management Oncology Bioinformatics Drug Development Clinical Development Start Up Operations Vaccines Cancer Pharmacology Microbiology Informatics Genetics Biochemistry Pharmaceutical Industry Science Technology Transfer Open Source Software Venture Capital Patent Law Patents Biomarkers Biomarker Discovery R&d Protein Chemistry Biopharmaceuticals

Keith Elliston Education Details

  • Rutgers University
    Rutgers University
    Molecular Genetics
  • Mindshare Program
    Mindshare Program
  • University Of Minnesota
    University Of Minnesota
    Genetics
  • Saint Mary'S University Of Minnesota
    Saint Mary'S University Of Minnesota
    Biology / Environmental Studies

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