Members

Matias Beer Vuco
Founder & COO
C-level executive experienced in business development and growth in commercial areas, finance, technology, and operations. Acts as partner to high-level stakeholders, clients, and investors, to ensure business goals are met within scope and budget. Aged 29 he has successfully founded 3 independent triple-impact companies and directed teams of over 250 people officiating as interim-CEO for one of the biggest travel companies in Uruguay during the pandemic travel crisis.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24

Jessica Hudson
Clinical Laboratory Scientist Supervisor
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24

Itisha Deokar
Systems Engineering and Innovation Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Itisha is an MBA Candidate 2024 at Rady, UCSD. She’s an experienced Innovator with 10+ patents, and has delivered 10+ products while working in the consumer electronics, medical devices and biotech industry. Her experience spans 17+ years with special skillsets in systems engineering with focus on data science, quantitative and statistical analysis, Electrical Engineering, software, Integrated Circuits (IC), Wireless Technologies, Testing, and Embedded Systems. She holds an MSEE and PMP.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24

Fong Zhao
Senior Director of Alliances Management
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24

Eirik Torheim
Technology Strategy Manager
Eirik is currently undergoing executive MBA training at Rady School of Management, UCSD. He’s a life science professional with 15+ years of experience, a trained pharmacist and researcher with a PhD in immunology. Eirik looks to impact the world in a positive way, focusing on sustainable innovation and nature preservation.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24

Chris Haynes
Sr Manager, Design Quality
Chris is currently pursuing an MBA while leading a Design Quality team responsible for Global Design Transfer Processes. He has expertise in Illumina SBS and library preparation technologies, troubleshooting and solving complex product performance issues in a “high mix, low volume” area and implementing lean principals to maximize utilization/throughput and minimize errors/waste.
Chris and the teams he leads are always striving to rapidly mature novel processes into sustainable practices. He formerly led a team of 20 high-performing QC scientists, process development and equipment engineers responsible for process improvement and sustaining in Quality Control.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24