Our Team

The people behind
Alera Medtech.

Our leadership team brings together clinical expertise, engineering depth, and decades of experience building and scaling medical device companies.

Leadership

Built by people who have done this before.

Each member of our leadership team has spent careers inside major medical device companies and high-growth startups. They know how devices get from concept to clinic, and what it takes to do it right.

M. Z. Ahmad
MZA
Chairman
M. Z. Ahmad

Chairman of Alera Medtech. Founder of Arkoza Group, a Toronto-based family office with investments in healthcare, IT, and real estate. Leads several IT companies focused on data compression, machine learning, security, and business process automation, with operations spanning North America, the Middle East, North Africa, and South and Central Asia.

Satish Vankayalapati
SV
Co-Chairman
Satish Vankayalapati

Co-Founder of medical device and healthcare companies. Previously Advisor to a $1B healthcare impact fund, President of Capri Capital Partners, and Partner at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, he established the Doha office and co-led the infrastructure and technology practices. Capri Capital Partners managed $3.6 billion in assets.

Robert Rudelius
RR
President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert Rudelius

Managing Partner of UrbanX Global. Founded Noble Ventures, an advisory firm serving medtech and IT companies. Board roles at PetVivo Holdings and Axogen. Career includes CEO of Media DVX, President and COO of Control Data Systems, Managing Partner of AT&T Solutions, and Partner at McKinsey and Company leading IT practice in Japan and the UK.

Sue Bell
SB
EVP, Population Health & Global Clinical Partnerships
Sue Bell, RN, BN

Registered nurse and healthcare executive with over 20 years commercializing medical technologies. Previously SVP Population Health and CCO for DPNCheck at NeuroMetrix. Senior roles at Cecelia Health, CareCentrix, ZeOmega, Bosch Healthcare, and VITAS Healthcare. Leads Alera's commercialization, clinical partnerships, and global market expansion across neurology, vascular access, and diabetes care.

Bob Rioux
BR
EVP, Engineering and Product Development
Bob Rioux

Over 25 years in medical device development with 130 issued U.S. patents. Specializes in minimally invasive and electrosurgical systems. Patents span gynecology, orthopedics, oncology, blood processing, surgical, and wound care. Previously held engineering leadership roles at Boston Scientific, Hologic, and AngioDynamics.

Christopher G. LaFarge
CL
EVP, Business Development
Christopher G. LaFarge

Strategic leader across early-stage life science and medical device companies. Inventor of ProstaMetrix; previously COO of Bach Pharma. Experience spans urology, anesthesiology, intensive care, and neuroscience. Guided ProstaMetrix through CE Mark certification. MBA from Yale School of Management; BA in Biology from Harvard College.

Carla Sivak
CS
EVP, Regulatory and Quality Management
Carla Sivak

Over 25 years leading quality, regulatory, and clinical research at Johnson & Johnson, Edwards Life Sciences, Philips Healthcare, and C.R. Bard. A former Vascular Access Registered Nurse with an MS in computer science. Specializes in guiding startup medical device companies through global regulatory clearance and market entry.

Sneha Pandit
SP
Country General Manager, India
Sneha Pandit

Country General Manager for India. Leads Alera's manufacturing hub in Pune, covering production planning, operations, and quality and regulatory affairs. Over 10 years in the medical device sector. Background spans manufacturing, quality systems, and cross-functional regulatory coordination to support global commercialization.

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