Our Team

Experts in optical engineering, our team at Michelson Diagnostics is leading the way in developing high resolution Optical Coherence Tomography for use in cancer diagnostics and biological research.

We are passionate about bringing advanced laser imaging technology into practical use, to the benefit of as many people as possible. We believe that Multi-Beam OCT will change the world for the better, and we are working as hard as we can to achieve this!

Our core team:

Details of our core team are listed below.

Executive members of the Board

Chief Executive:Jon Holmes
Director of Clinical Development:Gordon McKenzie
Operations Director:Martin Johns

Non-executive members of the Board

Chairman:John Knowles
Non-executive Director:Brian Howlett
Non-executive Director:Douglas Anderson

Operational team

Chief Technical Officer:Simon Hattersley
Principal Mechanical Engineer:Bill Gilkes
Sales and Marketing Manager, UK & Europe: Patrick Finnemore
Business Development Manager:Daniel Woods

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Vice President of Sales & Marketing and General Manager: Karen Miller Gillis

Short Biographies:

Executive members of the Board

Jon Holmes

Chief Executive Officer: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it MA CPhys CEng MinstP [Founder]
Tel: +44 (0)208 308 1695
Under Jon’s skilful and visionary leadership, Michelson Diagnostics Ltd has rapidly grown from a fledgling ‘start-up’ in 2006, to the thriving company it is today. He has masterminded five rounds of investment, and his strategy for growth has enabled the company to achieve all of its milestones to date on time and on budget. Jon was previously Business Director of the Biomedical Group at Sira, the instrumentation R&D company, and was Director of the Smart Optics Faraday Partnership.

Gordon McKenzie

Director of Clinical Development: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it BEng MEng PhD MIET [Founder]
Tel: +44 (0)121 288 8530 or USA +1 201 793 8480
Gordon has ten years’ experience in the field of biomedical optics, including a PhD in the interaction of laser light with tissue under Prof. Bryanston-Cross. He has established an extensive network of senior clinical and health sector contacts, and is an expert at working in the interface between clinicians and technologists. Gordon’s key role is to manage the clinical trials process that will prove the efficacy of OCT in disease management.

Martin Johns

Operations Director: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it BSc CEng MIET [Founder]
Tel: +44 (0)208 308 1695
Martin is very experienced project manager, with a CV that includes several large product developments at previous employers Image Automation Ltd and GEC. His planning skills and attention to quality have already been demonstrated through the successful development, CE mark and FDA 510(k) clearance of the VivoSight OCT topical product, and through the company obtaining its ISO13485 certificate.

Non-executive members of the Board

John Knowles

Chairman: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
John Knowles is an ex-Chairman ofDavin Optronics, the Watford-based optics manufacturer. He is a respected entrepreneur/investor with a track record in raising investment for high-tech start-ups, and is Chairman ofStratophase Ltd andNanosight Ltd. When Chairman of Davin, he arranged all financial and legal aspects of a management buy-out and later VC funding. He has also been responsible for several financing rounds at Stratophase and NanoSight.

Brian Howlett

Non-executive Director: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it MSc
Tel: +44 (0)1242 870 462
Brian was appointed to the Board of MDL as Non-Executive Director in March 2010. Prior to joining the Company he led Lombard Medical Technologies, an AIM listed British medtech business, for four years as CEO. During this period he took the Company from development stage to a viable commercial operation, raising £49 million in very challenging financial markets. His career spans several leadership roles in leading medical device corporations such as Boston Scientific and Gambro, inspiring change and developing profitable growth in revenues.

Douglas Anderson

Non-executive Director: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it OBE FRSE FRSA (Hon)PhD Eng (Hon)PhD BA
Founder & Vice President of Global Advocacy, Optos plc, Douglas has a 35 year business career yielding huge experience in almost every aspect, and at every level, of healthcare technology development and commercialisation; initially as a highly creative hands-on designer, then as a design manager and technology innovator, transitioning through sales and marketing, and finally into business leadership as a serial entrepreneur.

 

Operational team


Simon Hattersley

Chief Technical Officer: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it MA [Founder Director]
Simon comes from a Cambridge Physics background, and has more than 25 years experience designing systems and embedded software for advanced instruments. He has a detailed understanding of control systems, signal and image processing algorithms. Simon masterminds the development of the electronics, signal processing and software aspects of our products.

Bill Gilkes

Principal Mechanical Engineer: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it HND (Mech. Eng)[Founder Director]
Bill has skills and background concerning the design of practical instruments that perform reliably and consistently. Based on more than 25 years’ experience, he has in-depth knowledge of how to engineer and mount optics in robust yet compact designs. Bill is responsible for the mechanical design and integration of the Michelson Diagnostics OCT products.

Patrick Finnemore

Sales and Marketing Manager, UK & Europe: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it BSc
Tel: + 44 (0)7980 573260
Patrick brings 25 years sales and marketing experience in the medtech industry. During his career Patrick has launched and commercialized a wide range of innovative high technology products for both large organisations and start-ups. Before joining MDL, Patrick started his career in marketing at Smith and Nephew, and subsequently worked at Baxter, ConvaTec and a number of medtech start-ups in a range of business management and international marketing roles.

Daniel Woods

Business Development Manager: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it BSc PhD
Tel: +44 (0)208 144 9836
Dan previously worked in the University of Leiden Medical Center where he designed speckle flowmetry technologies for obstetric surgeries. He has eight years experience in the field of OCT, and received his PhD from the Biomedical Optics group at the University of Kent at Canterbury. The optical processing techniques he designed there are still generating new publications to this day.

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Karen Miller Gillis

Vice President of Sales & Marketing and General Manager: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it BA
Tel: +1 866 616 7860 x 802
Karen joined Michelson Diagnostics in April 2011. An award-winning senior sales and marketing executive, Karen brings over 16 years of experience in building revenue streams, customer base, and market presence for breakthrough technologies. Karen previously served as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Mpathy Medical Devices, a start-up company that developed and launched a range of innovative surgical solutions to restore pelvic health to women, and as Director of Marketing and Director of National Accounts at Optos, an innovative retinal imaging company that provides improved solutions for the screening and diagnosis of eye disease.

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