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Executive Team
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Henry Mahncke, PhD President & CEO Dr. Mahncke leads the Research & Outcomes team, designing scientific research and implementing outcomes trials to advance the company's product development. Dr. Mahncke did his graduate work and earned his doctorate in neuroscience in Dr. Merzenich's lab at UCSF. He then worked as an Engagement Manager for McKinsey & Company. While at McKinsey, Dr. Mahncke worked with leading global healthcare and consumer products companies in devising market strategies. Dr. Mahncke has also served in the consulate of the British government as a Science and Technology consultant. He holds a BA from Rice University and a PhD from UCSF. |
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Jeffrey Zimman Chairman Jeff Zimman is the co-founder and Chairman of Posit Science, the leading provider of brain fitness software. More than 60 articles in peer-reviewed science and medical journals have shown that the company's patented technologies significantly increase processing speed, improve memory and attention, and enhance quality of life (including improvements in mood and every day activities, such as driving). The company's distribution partners include health, long term care and auto insurers, retirement communities, adult education programs, hospitals, clinics, senior centers, national retailers and AAA auto clubs. Its products, scientists and science are currently featured in three documentaries on public television about "Brain Fitness" and the company has won numerous awards and accolades. From 2003 to 2008, Jeff served as President and CEO; he now focuses his efforts on strategic relationships and corporate development. Jeff is a former Venture Partner of VSP Capital, a former Managing Director of Lazard, where he founded and ran the investment bank's early stage advisory business, and a former partner of Cooley Godward, where he headed the corporate and securities practice in the law firm's San Francisco office. Earlier in his career, Jeff was an award-winning newspaper reporter, covering business and technology. He earned his AB degree at Bowdoin College and his JD and MBA degrees at Stanford University. |
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Michael M. Merzenich, PhD (Blog: On the Brain) Chief Scientific Officer As co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Posit Science, Michael Merzenich heads the company's global team. For more than three decades, Dr. Merzenich has been a leading pioneer in brain plasticity research. In the late 1980s, Dr. Merzenich was on the team that invented the cochlear implant, now distributed by market leader Advanced Bionics. In 1996, Dr. Merzenich was the founding CEO of Scientific Learning Corporation (Nasdaq: SCIL), which markets and distributes software that applies principles of brain plasticity to assist children with language learning and reading. Dr. Merzenich has published more than 150 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals (such as Science and Nature), received numerous awards and prizes (including the Ipsen Prize, Zülch Prize, Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award and Purkinje Medal), and been granted nearly 100 patents for his work. He and his work have been highlighted in hundreds of books about the brain, learning, rehabilitation, and plasticity. Dr. Merzenich's work is also often covered in the popular press, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time, Forbes, Discover, and Newsweek. He has appeared extensively on television, and his work has been featured on four PBS specials: "The Brain Fitness Program", "Brain Fitness 2: Sight and Sound", "The New Science of Learning", and "Brain Fitness Frontiers". Dr. Merzenich earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Portland and his PhD at Johns Hopkins. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin in Madison before becoming a professor at the University of California, San Francisco. In 2007, he retired from his long career at UCSF as Francis A. Sooy Professor and Co-Director of the Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1999 and the Institute of Medicine in 2008. |
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Jim Kinsherf Vice President, Partner Sales Jim brings 19 years of sales, service and general management experience in the technology arena with an emphasis in the property and casualty and healthcare industries. He joined the organization from Solera, Inc. (NYSE: SLH), the leading global provider of automotive claims processing software and services, where he served as Vice President and General Manager for Hollander, Inc. and was responsible for North American Sales and Service at Audatex, both wholly owned subsidiaries in the Solera portfolio of companies. Prior to joining Solera, Jim served as Vice President, US Sales at Mitchell International, a leading supplier of software and services in the property and casualty space. This was following a successful career at Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX) and CCC Information Services where he held various leadership roles in sales and service. Jim holds a BA from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Northeastern University. |
