Dr. Uma Valeti is our CEO and Founder. Uma attended medical school at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Pondicherry, India. After residencies at Wayne State and SUNY Buffalo, Uma completed three fellowships at the Mayo Clinic where he completed Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, and Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging training. He teaches Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University. In 2019, Uma was named a “Global Thinker of the Decade” by Foreign Policy magazine. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Aspen Ideas Festival, and SXSW.

Amy leads our global strategy and commercial functions. Before joining our team, Amy worked at PepsiCo for almost 15 years in a variety of marketing, sales, and commercial roles in the US and Asia. Previously, she earned degrees at both Harvard University and Stanford University.

Bob offers expertise across cell culture and bioprocess development and manufacturing. Previously, Bob led teams at Genentech and Sutro Biopharma. He earned degrees at both the University of California, Davis, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Sheetal leads our commercial supply chains and manufacturing operations. He joined us from Impossible Foods and previously held critical roles at Google, Motorola, and Verifone. Sheetal earned degrees in Electrical Engineering at the University of Florida.

With extensive HR experience and a passion for empowering people to bring out their best work, Michelle joined us from Tyser’s Insurance Brokers and has decades of HR experience in the hospitality, retail, CPG, financial services, and education sectors. She graduated from Duquesne University.

Sean joined UPSIDE after serving as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Twitter, where he held various key leadership positions for over a decade. In his role at UPSIDE, he leads all aspects of legal, compliance, IP, regulatory, and government affairs. Sean earned his J.D. from Pepperdine Caruso School of Law.