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Dr. Tino Alavie is the President and CEO of Qvella. Tino has the primary responsibility of leading the company’s full range of Research and Development initiatives.

Prior to founding Qvella, he was founder, CEO and executive chairman of NOVX Systems Inc., a medical device company that focuses on physician productivity tools including diagnostic solutions for point of care testing and Electronic Medical Records. He was also co-founder and President of ElectroPhotonics Corporation, leading it through two successful rounds of private placement and acquisition by E-TEK Dynamics.

Tino has served as a technical advisor and board member for a number of technology companies. He is a seminar leader and guest lecturer with the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto and has authored more than 50 journal articles and conference papers. He was recently awarded Florida Tech’s College of Engineering Outstanding Alumnus Award for 2013. Tino earned his Ph.D. at Florida Institute of Technology in addition to completing post-doctoral work in fiber optics sensing at the University of Toronto.