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Peretz Partensky

Founder of ImmuneBridge

Oakland, California

Overview

Work Experience

  • Co-founder and CEO

    2020 - Current

    Developing cell therapies for immune systems in need. Building a bridge to a world where immune cellular therapies are ubiquitously accessible and are not cellularly limited.

  • Venture Partner

    2017

    Working with the YC Alumni Community to invest in YC Companies. Deep expertise in healthcare and life sciences.

  • VP Product and Data

    2018 - 2019

    Collaborated with leading healthcare payers in developing programs and incentives for health systems to transition to value based care reimbursement models. Led data science team in developing referral algorithms to optimize for patient access, outcome and cost efficiency. Developed referral management and patient scheduling systems that steer patients towards higher value providers. Oversaw integration with a variety of EHR systems to streamline solutions into provider workflow.

  • Co-founder, Chief Data Scientist

    2015 - 2018

    Restaurant Cheetah is the easiest, fastest, and most affordable way for restaurants and wholesale foodservice buyers to order supplies. Raised $67M to date. I led product data pipeline, predictive analytics, customer satisfaction, revenue growth strategy, data team recruiting. (Left to pursue healthcare and biotech direction, after birth of my twins.)

  • Co-founder, Board Member, Head of Product

    2011 - 2017

    Sourcery is a YCombinator backed, B2B commerce and payments platform that connects buyers and suppliers online to facilitate ordering, digital invoice management, bill pay and spend analytics. Raised $11M. Acquired. I wore many hats: Head of Product Development, Head of Engineering, COO, Data Wrangler, Process Optimizer, Executive Management, Recruiting.

  • Co-founder and Resident

    2007 - 2016

    Langton Labs is a science and art collective and community oriented interactive space. Profiled in WSJ: http://on.wsj.com/LangtonLabs-in-WSJ

  • Synergist

    2010 - 2011

    Contractor at Communications and Humanitarian Development NGO. Projects included maintaining wireless mesh network in the city of Jalalabad that provided internet to over 50,000 people, including regional university, hospitals, and schools. Lived “Outside the Wire” and wore local garb. Travelled across the country (Kabul, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif, Panjshir, etc.) dressed as and accompanied by locals. Had CAC card access to US Military Bases for support. Interfaced with local and regional government. Coached regional basketball team to a national tournament. Interview in Wired: http://bit.ly/Peretz-Wired Published photos: http://bit.ly/BizInsider-Peretz-photos Real time Reports: http://bit.ly/JalalaGood

  • Visiting Researcher

    2008 - 2008

    National Science Foundation International Fellow in the summer of 2008 with the charge of stimulating research collaboration with China. Based at the Center for Theoretical Biology at Peking University. I gave talks at various science institutions in Beijing, including the National Institutes of Biological Science.

  • Physiology Summer Fellow

    2006 - 2006

    Physiology summer course organized by Ron Vale and Tim Mitchison. Researched microtubule growth using single molecule microscopy w/Marileen Dogterom (AMOL) RNAi phenotypes of C. elegans development with Tony Hyman (MPI, Dresden), and membrane dynamics of osteoblasts with Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (NIH). Contributed seminal hatching video to WormAtlas: http://bit.ly/CelegansHatching

  • Architect Penguin

    2000 - 2001

    Public relations, marketing and operations for grant awarding non-profit startup. Interviewed for ”Open Source Gets Credit From LinuxFund.org”, Linux Today, July 2000 Managed booths at industry trade-shows such as Comdex, CES, LinuxWorld, and USENIX. Designed community driven dynamic website for crowd sourcing grant allocation Managed remote team of Russian programers.

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