Cubresa has an experienced leadership team of life science and medical imaging personnel with over ten decades of combined technology company experience. Cubresa was founded in 2011 and was the first company to commercialize silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array technology for nuclear medical imaging applications. The company is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
James Schellenberg
Founder and CEO
Dr. James Schellenberg, Founder and CEO, has participated in start-up technology companies from 1989 to the present. He has executive management experience with Broadband Networks Inc., Nortel Inc., Centara Corporation, James Schellenberg Inc. and most recently with IMRIS Inc. He has participated both as an investor and contributor for numerous technology-based companies, including Texar Corporation, Edge Networks Inc., Esion Networks Inc., Photonami Inc. and iMagicTV. James graduated with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba in 1990 and has filed over 10 patents.
Bob Schellenberg
Chief Operating Officer
Bob Schellenberg, formerly the Director of Operations and Finance at Cubresa, has extensive experience in prototype and production manufacturing, assembly and test. Prior to Cubresa, he was most recently Production Supervisor at IMRIS Inc. from 2006-2011. Prior to IMRIS, Bob founded and operated a design and manufacturing company, HRS Enterprises. He has filed one patent.
Jonathan Li, P.Eng.
Vice President, Research & Development
Jonathan is a professional engineer with over 30 years of R&D design and V&V test experience with over half of the years focused on the medical device industry. He has built high performing engineering teams to design and deliver regulatory compliant new product innovations to market. Jonathan has received three US patent awards for his design innovations on the Intra-Operative MRI product during his tenure at IMRIS. Jonathan continues to drive his passion forward with Cubresa as the Vice President of R&D, bringing next generation PET imaging innovation to researchers and medical professionals around the world.
Lisa Bako
Vice President, Sales and Strategic Partnerships
Lisa Bako has over 25 years of experience working with high-tech start-ups and research institutions, with the last 20 years focused exclusively on health-related initiatives and novel medical devices. She specializes in designing and delivering sales and marketing strategies for the medical device sector, in addition to leading contract negotiations, program management, and relationship management of customers and strategic partners. Lisa is responsible for spearheading Cubresa’s global preclinical and clinical sales to leading research centres, in addition to managing strategic partnerships for the company.
Manjari Murthy
Director, Product Management
Manjari Murthy has extensive experience in clinical research and biomedical imaging and has been working at Cubresa since 2018. In her current capacity, Manjari has been involved in conception, development and early system prototyping, and works closely with both end users and the R&D team to ensure delivery of a robust product that meets the needs of the market. Manjari has an M.Sc. in Neuroscience from McGill University and an MBA from Saint Mary’s University.
Leah Friesen
Director, Operations
Leah Friesen is a professional engineer with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing and operations. She has a wide breadth of experience in multiple industrial sectors including medical devices, aerospace, metal fabrication, plastics, composites and, most recently, the automotive industry. Leah has rejoined the medical device sector as the company’s Director of Operations and will be leading the team building Cubresa’s preclinical and clinical product lines.
Ryan Sparkes
Director, R&D Software
Ryan Sparkes has worked in medical imaging and medical device software since 1996. At Cedara, Ryan worked on solutions for 3D volume rendering including segmentation and classification of different parts of the anatomy. His time at IMRIS was spent focused on their navigation and robotic product offerings. At Cubresa, Ryan has been leading the development of software for nuclear medicine imaging, including the SPECT, NuPET, and now BrainPET software. Ryan has a B. A. Sc. in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Trudy Martens
Interim CFO
Trudy Martens, CPA, CA spent the first 30 years of her career at Deloitte LLP where she provided accounting, auditing, and business advisory services to a number of different companies. While ensuring high quality service, she worked with clients, Boards, and engagement teams to adopt reasonable and practical approaches to address the issues at hand. Trudy is now assisting Cubresa by providing finance, accounting, and investor relations support.
Nick Logan
Strategic Advisor
Nick Logan was the managing partner and founding CEO of the National Leasing Group. During a 40-year career he was extensively involved with all aspects of the industry; employee ownership; information technology; artificial intelligence; sales management; third party administration as well as corporate finance. He is currently the principal in Logan Point Investments Inc. a Winnipeg based finance enterprise specializing in small business equity and property development. Nick is an active volunteer, mentor, and advisor, and serves on numerous business boards.
Dr. Andrew Goertzen
Dr. Andrew Goertzen obtained a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics from the University of Manitoba and a PhD in Biomedical Physics from the University of California, Los Angeles. After Post-Doctoral Fellowships at the National Institutes of Health and the Montreal Neurological Institute he returned to Winnipeg in 2006 to take a position as a Nuclear Medicine Physicist in the Provincial PET/CT Imaging Program. He is currently appointed as Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Physics & Astronomy at the University of Manitoba. His research work has focused on instrumentation for PET and PET/MR imaging systems.
