Management Team

James J. Gillespie, President - email

Areas of expertise: Strategy and operations of global biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry

  • Board of Directors, Center for Healthcare Innovation
  • Board of Directors, i.c.stars
  • Board of Directors and First Vice President, America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago
  • Northwestern University, Ph.D., M.A.; Harvard University, J.D.; Princeton University, M.P.A.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S.; Carnegie Mellon University, Graduate Coursework

Joseph P. Gaspero, Co-Founder and Executive Director - email

Areas of expertise: Life science strategy, accounting, finance

  • Financial Reporting Analyst, The Northern Trust Company
  • Client Accounting Specialist, Kelly Scott & Madison (former) 
  • Analyst, Healthcare Information Technology, ThoughtWorks (former)
  • F-16 Jet Mechanic, United States Air Force (former) 

Mustafa M. Shameem, Technology Manager - email

Areas of expertise: Technology architecture, business strategy, bioinformatics, finance

  • Technology Associate, Bank of America 
  • President and Co-founder, Dexcast LLC
  • Chief Technology Officer, Cellhop LLC

Joel Villegas, Fellow - email

Areas of expertise: Business development, event coordination, and cause marketing

  • Executive Director, National Hispanic Life Science Society
  • General Manger, Maria's Super Clean 
  • Graduate, B.S. in Entrepreneurship, University of Illinois at Chicago

Joshua Limp, Senior Project Manager - email

Areas of expertise: Life science marketing and management

  • Intern, Client Service, Ipsos ASI 
  • Honors College, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Chairman, Student Activities Funding Committee, UIC 
  • Graduate, Intenational Business, Temple University Rome

Edward Cheng, Analyst

Areas of expertise: Economics and consulting

  • Analyst, Center for Healthcare Innovation
  • Intern, Asian Health Coalition
  • Consultant, University of Chicago’s Eckhart Consulting Club
  • 3rd year Economics student, University of Chicago

Yechen Gu, Analyst

Areas of expertise: Economics, statistics, web development

  • Analyst, Center for Healthcare Innovation
  • Head, International Leadership Council Technology Team
  • 1st year Economics, statistics, mathematics student, University of Chicago