Don is one of the most successful and respected serial soware entrepreneurs in the Midwest. His first company was acquired by EDS in 1986. He founded Soware Artistry in 1988 which became the first soware company in Indiana ever to go public and was later acquired by IBM for $200 million. Don then founded and served as CEO of Interactive Intelligence which went public in 1999 and was acquired by Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories in 2016 for $1.4 billion. After the sale of Interactive Intelligence, Don founded LifeOmic, a company focused on precision medicine, especially oncology. LifeOmic was acquired by Fountain Life in late 2023. He founded Bioscope.AI in 2025 where he currently serves as CEO.

Don is also an active technology and business advisor, investor, and philanthropist. In 2016, he donated $30 million for the establishment of the Brown Immunotherapy Center at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Don received a bachelor’s in physics and a master’s in computer science from Indiana University. He earned an MD from the Indiana University School of Medicine and most recently a master’s in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University in 2017. Don is a compulsive learner who is highly proficient in French, Spanish, and Italian while also being an instrument-rated pilot.

Don is an avid outdoorsman who loves hiking, rock climbing, snowshoeing, and ice climbing with his eight children – especially in and around Park City, Utah. He was named Sagamore of the Wabash by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels in 2012 and is author of the book Understanding Life published in 2022.

Todd Pedersen has spent his career in both the tech and life sciences industries.  He has served roles in marketing, finance, corporate affairs and economic/workforce development, and has been a part of tech successes such as Interactive Intelligence (acquired by Genesys) and more recently Authenticx.  Beforeentering the tech industry, he worked in life sciences companies such as AIT Laboratories, IQVIA and the Cook Medical Group. 

Todd has always had a passion for fostering collaboration and growth in the tech and life sciences sectors, particularly in his home state of Indiana.  He worked as the Director of Life Sciences at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation(Governor Mitch Daniels Administration, 2005-2007).  He has served on boards for the Interactive Intelligence Foundation(Chair), Indiana University Kelley School of Business Life Sciences Advisory Board, the Economic Club of Indiana, Techpoint, the Indiana Finance Authority Small Business Loan Administration, Develop Indy (Chair), the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, BioCrossroads BioPharma Advisory Board, the Indianapolis Private Industry Council, the Indiana Health Industry Forum and the Eiteljorg Museum.  

Todd earned his BA in History from Indiana University and an MBA at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

Todd’s greatest enjoyment in life is being a husband and thefather of his four children.  Todd’s wife, Katie, practices pediatric medicine.  He and Katie can often be found cheering on their children at baseball, ice hockey or horseback riding events.  Todd and his family love being outdoors and especially by bodies of water.

Alex Luebbehusen is a full-stack software engineer with 10 years of professional experience—eight of them spent building products at healthcare startups. From individual contributor to CTO, he has architected cloud-native systems that transform messy EHR feeds, medical faxes, and other unstructured clinical data into clear, actionable insights and engaging patient-data visualizations.

A graduate of the University of Evansville, Alex thrives on turning complexity into simplicity. His deep knowledge of healthcare data standards, paired with a product-first mindset, helps teams deliver reliable, secure, and scalable solutions that streamline clinical workflows and improve patient outcomes.

Based in Indianapolis, Alex unwinds by exploring local parks, solving puzzles, and chasing after his two young sons (ages three and five). Whether refining HL7 pipelines at work or keeping up with energetic toddlers at home, he enjoys making complicated problems feel simple.

Connor is a full-stack software engineer specializing in cloud services and DevOps.

Connor's passion for computer hardware and software began in high school when he took a beginner Python class as well as a robotics class. He went on to receive a BS in computer engineering from the University of Evansville. Since graduating, he has worked at several Indianapolis-based startups developing large-scale, reliable, and secure direct-to-consumer and business applications, many of them in the healthcare space.

Connor thoroughly enjoys employing cloud services to develop and deploy efficient, cost-effective, and performant serverless applications. With a keen interest in biology and the latest developments in healthcare, he is passionate about using technology to streamline care and positively impact people's lives.

Connor lives in Indianapolis. When not working, he enjoys reading, tinkering with hardware projects, spending time outdoors, and staying up-to-date with the latest developments in artificial intelligence.

Simon earned his Computer Science degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, and began his career as a developer at a NASDAQ market maker. Following the company’s acquisition by Merrill Lynch, he continued his work through the transition and later joined Bank of America, gaining deep experience in financial systems and enterprise-scale development.

Relocating to Indiana, Simon brought his expertise to Interactive Intelligence, which later became part of Genesys. His drive to use technology for meaningful impact led him to LifeOmic, where he discovered a passion for leveraging software to improve outcomes for patients facing serious health challenges. After a brief tenure at Dexcom, Simon joined BioScope as an Integration Lead, where he now leads efforts to connect critical healthcare technologies in a seamless, scalable way.

Outside of work, Simon is a devoted husband and father of four. He and his family are actively involved in local church, community theater, robotics competitions, and even the occasional Pokémon tournament. He’s also a committed member of a local early-morning workout group that emphasizes fitness, faith, and fellowship—rain or shine, always outdoors.

Nick is a broad range bioinformatics software engineer specialized in developing production-grade systems for transforming raw biological data into meaningful insights.

After receiving a BS in biopsychology from the University of Michigan, he went on to complete an MS in bioinformatics and PhD in biology/ecology at Indiana State University where his studies largely revolved around developing novel software for dietary metabarcoding analysis in an avian model. With a passion for health, science, and multiomics, his main focus since then has been on engineering impactful and scalable solutions across the clinical diagnostics space, including systems for variant quality monitoring, genomic tertiary enrichment, and automated variant classification.

Nick lives in Indiana with his wife Courtney and dog Frankie, and can most likely be found outside running or bird watching in his free time. As a former President of his local Audubon chapter, he enjoys staying engaged with community conservation projects.

Chinmaya Sadangi is a neuroscientist-turned-science communicator and digital marketer with a deep commitment to making science accessible. He completed his PhD at Philipps University, Marburg in Germany where he studied toll-like receptors (TLRs) in epilepsy, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto on excitation–inhibition balance in neuro-developmental disorders.

In 2018, he founded The Addictive Brain, a platform that translates complex scientific research into engaging, jargon-free content through articles, videos, and live Q&As, aimed at improving public understanding and increasing STEM participation among underrepresented groups.

Chinmaya now works in digital marketing, combining his scientific expertise with content strategy, SEO, paid media, and social media growth to support life science, biotech companies and small business owners. Chinmaya recently moved back to India after spending 14 years abroad. Now, he lives in Gurugram with his family and 2 dogs - a Beagle named Coffee and a Pincher named Waffle. Outside his work, he is involved in animal welfare.

Ben is a biomedical scientist with 25 years of diverse achievement in precision medicine labs and software companies. Working in startups and established enterprises, he has enjoyed supporting clinicians, patients, consumers, and academic and pharmaceutical researchers. Ben has served in many roles including in genetics, statistics, bioinformatics, business development, product management, science communication and marketing. He has helped develop cutting-edge software, clinical tests, and data products and launched them into the market and driven their adoption.

Before shifting to industry to tackle problems in medical and research genetics, Ben was trained as an evolutionary biologist, a mindset he still finds useful in the world of precision medicine. Ben studied biology as an undergraduate at Yale and received a PhD in biology from the University of Michigan before returning to Yale as a postdoctoral fellow. He has published over three dozen peer-reviewed papers on topics including the genetics of drug response and disease risk, computational and statistical methodology for life sciences research, and large-scale analysis of real-world health outcomes.

Ben and his wife, who is an attorney, have been raising four wonderful children: two who are now in science and engineering, and two who are heading into the visual arts. He has loved helping all of them grow through school, sports, band, scouts, 4-H and competitive robotics. Ben also has creative interests in gardening and cooking, and has sung in numerous choirs and a cappella groups.