Dr Michelle Perugini

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Director of Research Translation and Commercialisation @ Adelaide University
Adelaide, SA, AU
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Australia
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About Dr Michelle Perugini

Dr. Michelle Perugini is an entrepreneur with extensive experience in healthcare and advanced AI technologies. Michelle is an avid supporter of the AI and women’s health sectors globally, and Winner of the 2021 Women in AI (WAI) Healthcare and Telstra Brilliant Women in Digital Health Awards. She has a PhD in Medicine and was a post-doctoral research fellow in Oncology for a decade. She has founded 2 global AI tech companies, the first of which was acquired by EY in 2015. Michelle was most recently the Co-Founder and CEO of Presagen, an AI healthcare company that has developed a novel Decentralized Federated AI platform that can safely train on medical data distributed all around the world, without the need to physically move (centralized) or manually view private patient data. Presagen’s flagship product suite, Life Whisperer, uses AI to assess images of embryos and eggs (oocytes) to improve IVF outcomes for couples struggling with fertility. Life Whisperer was authorized for sale in 47 countries prior to being acquired by global IVF manufacturer Astec in 2024. In 2024, Presagen merged with Qubist to form Qubigen, an company focused on AI driven drug design, where Michelle is a Co-Founder and Board Chair. Currently Michelle works with the University of South Australia as Head of Commercialisation and CEO of UniSA Ventures.

Dr Michelle Perugini's Current Company Details
Adelaide University

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Director of Research Translation and Commercialisation
Adelaide, SA, AU
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Dr Michelle Perugini Work Experience Details
  • Adelaide University
    Director Of Research Translation And Commercialisation
    Adelaide University
    Adelaide, Sa, Au
  • University Of South Australia
    Head Of Commercialisation, Ceo Unisa Ventures
    University Of South Australia Nov 2024 - Present
    Adelaide, South Australia, Au
  • Qubigen
    Board Chair
    Qubigen Nov 2024 - Present
    Qubigen is an exciting new venture that merges Presagen’s Federated AI technology and Qubist’s virtual screening and AI drug design capability. Qubigen’s mission is to create the largest global federated proprietary dataset and computational toolbox for the AI driven drug design.
  • Presagen
    Director
    Presagen Dec 2016 - Present
    San Francisco, Us
    Presagen is an AI healthcare company that is changing the way clinics, patients, and medical data from around the world are connected through AI. Its federated AI platform enables collaboration and data sharing in a privacy secure way to create scalable AI healthcare products that are affordable and accessible for all. The decentralized network democratizes the creation of AI products, promotes collaboration through incentives, and protects data privacy and ownership.With a focus on improving Women’s Health outcomes globally, Presagen’s first product suite Life Whisperer, was commercialised in 48 countries, and is being used by IVF clinics globally to improve pregnancy outcomes for couples struggling with fertility. The Life Whisperer technology was acquired by Astec Co. in 2024. With a vision of creating the largest network of clinics, patients, and medical data from around the world, Presagen is driving the future of AI Enhanced Healthcare.See Presagen.com and LifeWhisperer.com for more information.
  • Australian Government
    Member Of The 2021 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Expert Working Group
    Australian Government May 2021 - May 2022
    Canberra, Act, Au
  • Department For Business, Innovation And Skills
    Member Research And Development Incentives Committee (Rdic) Of Innovation And Science Australia
    Department For Business, Innovation And Skills Oct 2019 - Aug 2021
    London, Gb
    Research and Development Incentives Committee (RDIC) of Innovation and Science Australia at Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
  • Csiro
    Mentor For Csiro On Prime
    Csiro Feb 2017 - Mar 2020
    Acton, Act, Au
    CSIRO ON Prime is an entry level, part-time pre-accelerator that helps research teams validate their research and discover a real world application for it. All teams who participate in ON Prime will have access to our experienced Facilitators and 80+ strong ON Mentor network of business leaders, entrepreneurs who've been there and done it before.
  • University Of South Australia
    Advisory Board Member, University Of South Australia Business School
    University Of South Australia Aug 2017 - Jan 2020
    Adelaide, South Australia, Au
    The Advisory Board will work to advance the mission of the UniSA Business School. The UniSA Business School develops graduates for global professional careers in business and in law,and champions business growth, success and sustainable economic development, through highquality education and applied research that is inspired by the contemporary challenges of our region.The UniSA Business School’s Advisory Board provides high level advice to the Pro Vice Chancellor: UniSA Business School on the business environment and economic trends; on developing industriesand career opportunities for both students and graduates; on the graduate qualities required byemployers and the community; on research trends and strategic opportunities for research.
  • Praxis Aeronautics
    Advisory Board, Praxis Aeronautics
    Praxis Aeronautics Aug 2017 - Feb 2019
    Port Adelaide, South Australia, Au
    Praxis Aeronautics has the composite technology set to revolutionise the aviation industry. Encapsulating solar cells directly inside composite material, Praxis’s technology enables unrivalled benefits in increased flight duration, toughness and price for the future of UAV and electric aircraft across all industries.
  • Fastercapital
    Mentor For Faster Capital
    Fastercapital Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
    Dubai, Ae
    Faster Capitals mission is to find, fund and develop a sustainable tech startup ecosystem in which tech startups can develop their ideas, refine their products and scale their ideas to the next level. They go to extreme lengths to help find the next generation of ground-breaking, disruptive and high-impact start-ups and then we build their capabilities. Faster Capital provides startups with technical expertise and technical development on equity basis. The incubator is also ready to invest in the startup from early stage (seed funding) on co-funding basis by matching whatever a co-investor is ready with equivalent amount from our side. In addition, they will help start-up candidates with all the key resources, connect them with seasoned mentors and consultants, provide business connections and strive our best to help them make substantial improvements in their entrepreneurial journey, so that start-ups can build great businesses, products and services.
  • Link4 Cloud
    Advisor
    Link4 Cloud Jul 2016 - Jan 2019
    Adelaide, South Australia, Au
    Link4 delivers invoices electronically, from a customers cloud accounting software directly into a suppliers cloud accounting software.Link4 mitigates the need for manual data entry or error checking, and overcomes limitations with error prone character recognition (OCR) eInvoicing applications. This is true eInvoicing. eInvoicing can cut invoicing costs by as much as 80%, improve accuracy, and increase cashflow.See Link4.co for more information.
  • Australian Echallenge
    Mentor
    Australian Echallenge Sep 2016 - Sep 2018
    Adelaide, South Australia, Au
    The Australian eChallenge is run by the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) at the University of Adelaide. It is a competition based learning experience that develops strategic business thinking for early-stage entrepreneurial ventures.Michelle mentored the Life Whisperer team that won two eChallenge awards: Medical Innovation, and Research Commercialisation. See attached media release. This led to the incorporation of Life Whisperer where Michelle is now a Co-Founder and Managing Director.
  • Bioangels Inc - Supporting Life Sciences
    Member
    Bioangels Inc - Supporting Life Sciences Sep 2016 - Jul 2018
    BioAngels Inc is a not-for-profit association comprising of successful business executives, world class scientists and entrepreneurs from a wide range of backgrounds, all of who are interested in investing time as mentors as well as capital in promising high growth early-stage Life Sciences companies. BioAngels actively supports and mentors entrepreneurs and helps young and innovative companies grow locally, across Australia and worldwide.
  • Bioangels Inc - Supporting Life Sciences
    Board Member And Treasurer
    Bioangels Inc - Supporting Life Sciences Feb 2017 - Feb 2018
    BioAngels was established in 2002 by a group of founding members including, Dr. John Ballard, Mr. Paul Flavel, Mr. Ron Langman and Dr. Oliver Mayo. Since 2002, BioAngels members have invested ~$2.5M in ~20 life science companies across South Australia and Worldwide, further attracting significant follow-up funding by Venture Capital funds and other angel group co-investments.Visit bioangels.org for more details
  • Southstart Ltd
    Mentor
    Southstart Ltd Jul 2016 - Jul 2018
    Adelaide, Sa, Au
    Michelle is part of the mentor network for SouthStart Accelerate. SouthStart Accelerate is a group of successful technology entrepreneurs with a strong connection to South Australia, who have partnered together to fund and deliver a mentor driven startup accelerator in Adelaide, South Australia.
  • Techinsa
    Member Of The Independent Assessment Panel For Saecf
    Techinsa Feb 2017 - Feb 2018
    The South Australian Early Commercialisation Fund (SAECF) is a new SA State Government grant program established to assist South Australia’s entrepreneurs and innovative organisations looking to commercialise novel products and services. The SAECF will provide eligible companies and organisations with grants of up to a maximum of $500,000 + GST with matched funding required in most cases.
  • Mik Health
    Advisor
    Mik Health Nov 2016 - Feb 2018
    MIK Health uses groundbreaking analytics technology to allow businesses to monitor internal messaging apps (e.g. Slack) used by employees to accurately identify irregular patterns of behavior that indicate early signs of anxiety, stress or mental health conditions.MIK Health enable businesses to reduce absenteeism, increase productivity, and support early intervention programs and employee wellness, to ultimately reduce cost and disruption which has been estimated to cost US businesses more than $200 Billion per year for mental health alone.See mikhealth.com for more information.
  • Techstars
    Mentor
    Techstars Jan 2017 - Jan 2018
    New York City, New York, Us
    Techstars is a global mentorship-driven startup accelerator that is considered one of the best startup accelerators in the world. Michelle is a mentor of Techstars Adelaide, Australia, to support early-stage companies advancing applications in Internet of things (IoT), big data, sensors and robotics, with potential to develop and commercialize technologies related to the defense and security sectors.Techstars is a global ecosystem that empowers entrepreneurs to bring new technologies to market wherever they choose to live. With dozens of mentorship-driven accelerator programs and thousands of startup programs worldwide, Techstars exists to support the world’s most promising entrepreneurs throughout their lifelong journey, from inspiration to IPO.Adelaide is poised to become a global center of excellence for the defense sector with over $100 billion worth of major industry projects in the pipeline. Recent investment in innovation in South Australia includes a $230 million Center for Defense Industry Capability backed by the Australian Federal Government.
  • Ey
    Executive Director, Advanced Analytics And Modelling
    Ey Apr 2015 - Jul 2016
    London, Gb
    Dr Michelle Perugini was an Executive Director in the Asia-Pacific analytics centre of excellence EYC3, charged with managing the integration of the Simulait analytics product and team following acquisition of ISD Analytics, and to lead and grow the team and sales to support market expansion. Core responsibilities included sales and marketing, driving market engagement and education, developing thought-leadership whitepapers, oversight and design of technical implementations, project management.
  • Isd Analytics
    Founder
    Isd Analytics 2007 - Apr 2015
    Dr Michelle Perugini founded the global technology company ISD Analytics and led the commercialisation and development of its award-winning innovative product Simulait which is based on behavioural micro-simulation and enables organisations to accurately predict human behaviour of populations in disrupted consumer markets. Core responsibilities included managing finances, product development, funding applications, research and development, managing the growth and expansion of the core team and product, customer consultancy, strategy execution, and sales and marketing.
  • University Of South Australia
    Senior Research Fellow, Centre For Cancer Biology
    University Of South Australia 2013 - 2015
    Adelaide, South Australia, Au
    Dr Michelle Perugini held a prestigious fellowship position for research on Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Core skills included managing a team of students and junior staff on long-term grant funded research projects, fostering collaborations with national and international research groups, developing research publications, writing grant funding applications, communicating research at national and international conferences, bioinformatics analysis, and wet lab research.
  • Sa Pathology
    Post-Doctoral Fellow, Acute Leukaemia Program
    Sa Pathology 2006 - 2013
    Adelaide, Sa, Au
    Post-doctoral research position investigating genetic and epigenetic drivers in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Developed a broad skill base including: cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, bioinformatics, pharmacokinetics, genetics, epigenetics, and grant writing.

Dr Michelle Perugini Skills

Analysis Biotechnology Business Analysis Analytics Business Development Business Intelligence Business Planning Business Strategy Pre Sales Research Science Software Development Start Ups Strategy Venture Capital

Dr Michelle Perugini Education Details

  • University Of Adelaide
    University Of Adelaide
    Medicine
  • University Of South Australia
    University Of South Australia
    Bachelor Of Medical And Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Honours)

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