Steven Basta

CEO

Steve brings 20 years of commercial medical technology leadership experience across multiple medical device and biopharma companies. His success includes product commercial introductions and growth in multiple healthcare markets. Prior to Mahana, Steve served as president, CEO, and director of Menlo Therapeutics, Inc., and continues to serve as a director of its successor, VYNE Therapeutics. Steve previously led BioForm Medical and its successor Merz Aesthetics to create a leading worldwide medical aesthetics business. In his downtime, Steve enjoys bicycling and raising three teen daughters.

Simon Levy

Co-Founder & CTO

Simon has over ten years of experience building world-class, mission-driven software products at scale in regulated industries. Prior to Mahana, Simon was an engineering leader at Credit Karma where he helped launch new product verticals and was a technical lead for the Hangouts project at Google. When not engineering he enjoys playing soccer, cooking, and playing with his two Goldendoodles.

Soren Mills

Chief Marketing Officer

Soren brings more than 20 years of experience in B2C and B2B environments with a proven track record of leading and executing digital transformation, marketing management, e-commerce, retail, product strategy, and strategic partnerships. He has held executive marketing positions, been a general manager, and has a demonstrated history of innovation and growth in CPG, retail, eCommerce, and technology businesses. Soren’s experience in both blue-chip, Fortune 100, and VC-backed start-up companies includes PepsiCo, Priceline.com, Walmart, Newegg, and Syncrony.

Ann Montgomery

Chief Product Officer

Ann has over 15 years of experience as a Product leader building disruptive, industry-defining technology products. Before Mahana she was a product leader at Intercom and Airbnb where she helped launch new products and worked on org scaling and team building through hyper-growth. Before Airbnb, Ann founded NabeWise, a location-based consumer platform, which she sold to Airbnb. Ann lives in Sonoma County on a tiny vineyard with her husband, two kids, and one bouncy Jack Russell.

Kathleen Determann

General Counsel

Kathleen brings 20 years' experience advising public and private biotechnology, diagnostic, digital health and medical device companies. Her background includes managing global IP strategies and prosecution, regulatory compliance, data protection, litigation, corporate governance, strategic partnerships and contracts. Prior to joining Mahana, Kathleen built out legal teams at Nevro Corp. and other life science companies, and supported efforts to develop and commercialize several digital health products and regulated mobile applications (SaMDs).

Myla Puyat

VP Finance & Operations

Myla runs the finance, accounting, HR & operations infrastructure at Mahana. She came to us having guided many healthcare companies from inception to commercialization, including HealthTell, Auxogyn, Verinata Health, and ForteBio. She’s also co-founded a couple of computer peripheral startups of her own.

Kendal Dinsmore

VP of Global Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance (RA/QA)

Kendal has more than 20 years of experience in quality and regulatory with a focus on medical device, in vitro diagnostic (IVD) and clinical genomics. He has built quality and regulatory systems from the ground up at multiple startups, scaling from scratch to IPO or acquisition several times. Kendal is passionate about leading a culture of quality in startups and building cross-functional teams. During off-hours, he enjoys swimming and strategy games.

Adam Hardin

VP of Clinical Operations

Adam brings more than 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and biotech. He has demonstrated his passion and expertise in his work, successfully applying digital health technologies to transform clinical trials and create a competitive advantage. Before joining Mahana, Adam held senior positions focused on operations and clinical technology at Eli Lilly and Company, Amgen, Lightship, and Gilead. Adam was also co-founder of Hiro Health, which focused on consumer digital health analytics and insights.

Kelly Price

VP of Market Access

Kelly brings more than 15 years of pharmaceutical experience with a track record of winning results in market access. She held leadership positions at Advanced Script Specialty Pharmacy, Medimetricks Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Direct Success, Inc., and Osmotica Pharmaceutical Corp. As a Registered Nurse with extensive work in the pharmaceutical industry, Kelly brings a unique understanding of both the patient and treatment side of the business. Kelly’s market access work has also focused on patients and pharmacy.

Kara Buckley

VP Brand Marketing

Kara brings more than 15 years of experience in management consulting and strategic marketing to Mahana. Former McKinsey & BCG Digital Ventures, she has also held executive positions at Viking Cruises and Gale Partners. She has worked with clients ranging from Fortune 100 to startup companies, some of which are Bain Capital, Arrow Electronics, Cox Automotive, Lafarge-Holcim, & the Brooklyn Nets. A strategic problem solver, she has delivered transformative business strategy, M&A, innovation, disruptor creation, marketing strategy, digital strategy, and IPO process. Kara has also co-founded startups in the automotive and healthcare industry. For hobbies, she enjoys biking, swimming, and alpine skiing.

Jon Scholefield

VP, Managing Director UK

Jon has 20 years of experience in both the pharmaceutical and business consulting industries. Having begun his career in Andersen Consulting / Accenture, he spent 10 years in senior leadership positions with responsibilities spanning multiple markets for Pfizer and Zoetis. His successes include the transition and growth of commercial operations in Northern Europe for Zoetis from IPO to Fortune 500 scale and he has run his own businesses in both UK and Chile. Jon lives in Sussex, England where he enjoys gardening with his wife, mountain biking and building Lego with his two young boys.