Management Team

Mr. Edwards is our President for Nephroceuticals, and has served since the original start-up operations of the Company.

Mr. Edwards is also a Co-Founder/Managing Director of Gem City Business Solutions, and is the Chief Commercialization Officer for Aptima Ventures.  He previously served as the Vice President/General Manager for the Accelerant Venture Capital Fund, an Initiative of the Dayton Development Coalition. Mr. Edwards has in excess of 25 years of experience providing business operations, investment and technical guidance for the development and commercialization of new solutions within a variety of different markets. He began his career with Huffy Corporation within their internal audit department, and then joined Ernst & Young leading audit and review engagements for some of the largest publicly and privately owned companies in the Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio areas. From 1995 to 2005, Mr. Edwards served as a Senior Director of Product Management and Software Development for Reynolds & Reynolds, a Fortune 1000 Technology based company headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. In 2005, Mr. Edwards joined a local consulting firm and led the Business Advisory Services line of the firm over a period of several years.

Mr. Edwards specializes in business and technology consulting, as well as managing new solution introductions to the market. Mr. Edwards is a Certified Public Accountant within the State of Ohio, and holds a dual major in Accountancy and Finance from Wright State University.

Robert Provenzano is a prominent Detroit-area nephrologist. Provenzano is Partner & Co-Founder of Renal Care Innovation Holding LLC, Chief of the Division of Nephrology of Hypertension & Transplantation, Director of Nephrology Research, and Director of Acute Dialysis Services at St John Hospital & Medical Centerin Detroit, MI. He is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine He is the Chief Operating Officer of St Clair Specialty Physicians in Detroit, Chief Medical Officer Nephrology Practice Services and the Vice President of Medical Affairs for DaVita, Inc. He was also the lead physician at Colorado Springs Nephrology in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Dr. Provenzano works with several professional societies and advisory boards. He is past-President of the Renal Physicians Association, immediate past-Chair of the Board of Trustees for the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, and an active member of the American Society of Nephrologyand the American Society of Transplantation, and a fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Provenzano is also a member of the Michigan State Medical Society, Wayne County Medical Society, American Medical Association, International Society of Nephrology, Transplant Society of Michigan, American Society of Apheresis, International Society of Peritoneoscopists, and International Society of Blood Purification.

Josh Jackson is a proven sales leader, leveraging over 30 years of broad healthcare marketing and sales experience, from medical start-up organizations to large publicly traded multi-national companies. For the past 5 years Mr. Jackson, Head of US Medical Business Development, has been employed at Sagentia, Inc. a science and technology product development consultancy. Prior to Sagentia Mr. Jackson held a variety of business development positions at firms including Medtronic and DePuy Orthopedics. Mr. Jackson holds a B.A. in Economics and a minor in Biology from Hartwick College.