Ed Lippie

Since entering the world of human performance in 1997, Ed's mission has been to help those he works with maximize their potential. As a 1995 graduate of Union College, Ed has sought to apply a complex systems approach to the well-being of his clients, understanding that achieving wellness requires the consistent practice of several overlapping elements. Much of Ed's career has been spent working with professional athletes from the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, PGA, MLS, EPL, & Serie A. His most recent experience in pro sports with Serie A giant, AS Roma, included the adoption of a variety of sports technology products and services. Lessons learned from working with pro athletes, clients and the application of sports technology inspired him to join the Bearn team and help further their goal of democratizing wellness.

Amira Polack

Amira Polack is the CEO & Founder at Struct Club, software that enables fitness businesses to structure and scale music-inspired class concepts. She serves as a Board Director for the Women in Fitness Association, which accelerates the careers of professional women in the fitness industry. Amira's career has revolved around enabling organizations to achieve growth through innovation as an enterprise technologist at Fortune 500 and venture-backed startups alike. Forbes has featured Amira on their Self-Made Women list, and her opinion has been featured in TIME, CNBC, and the World Economic Forum Agenda. Amira earned her MBA at Harvard and BA at Princeton. 

Find Struct Club on the App Store, on IG @structclub, and Facebook.com/structclub

Connect with Amira on IG @amirapolack or Linkedin /amirapolack

Alyssa Rapp

Ali Mostashari

Russell Klein

Russell Klein is a Program Director at Siemens EDA’s (formerly Mentor Graphics) High-Level Synthesis Division focused on processor platforms. He is currently working on algorithm acceleration through the offloading of complex algorithms running as software on embedded CPUs into hardware accelerators using High-Level Synthesis. He has been with Mentor for over 25 years, holding a variety of engineering, marketing and management positions, primarily focused on the boundary between hardware and software. He holds six patents in the area of hardware/software verification and optimization. Prior to joining Mentor he worked for Synopsys, Logic Modeling, and Fairchild Semiconductor. 

Dror Meiri

Visionary, results oriented business development, product marketing and strategy executive with proven experience in creating value and achieving growth of technology based companies. Leading business innovation and growth through creative and out-of-the-box approach, turning opportunities into profitable business.

Areas of interest include (but not limited to): Self Driving Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, Automotive, Smart Devices and Machines, Wireless, Connectivity, Sensors, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence.

Matt Hervey

Katherine A. Helm

Katherine A. ("Kassie") Helm, Ph.D., is a first-chair counsel who represents leading innovator pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in patent litigation and patent-adjacent litigation matters. Her doctorate in neuroscience allows her to leverage her scientific background alongside her legal acumen to develop and execute winning positions for life sciences companies in all phases of district court litigation and Federal Circuit and other circuit court appeals, and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She has prevailed in high-stakes cases representing life sciences companies as both plaintiff and defendant in patent infringement actions and as both petitioner and patent owner in Post Grant Reviews (PGRs) and Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) at the PTAB, as well as in interferences and appeals. Dr. Helm is fluent in French and frequently involved in patent disputes with multijurisdictional aspects, including post-issuance patent proceedings around the globe. She regularly plays a leading role in coordinated global patent disputes involving co-pending ex-U.S. proceedings involving biologic therapeutics in the European national courts in patent revocation, nullity and infringement actions, as well as in opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO) and on appeal before the Technical Boards. Dr. Helm and her team have also been successful in utilizing U.S. discovery mechanisms under 28 USC § 1782 to assist with foreign patent litigations and EPO proceedings.

Dr. Helm is a founder of the New York chapter of ChIPs (Chiefs of Intellectual Property), a global nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing and connecting women in law, technology and regulatory policy. She is also a founder of the Lead Counsel Summit, a forthcoming force in the industry for female lead trial counsel. Dr. Helm currently serves as a Vice Chair on the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s Bench & Bar Planning Committee. In 2021, Dr. Helm was individually recognized as a winner of Dechert’s Samuel E. Klein Pro Bono Awards, for her work on behalf of military veterans before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In 2023, Dr. Helm was appointed Vice Chair of the Patent Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL) for the 2023-2024 bar year and appointed to the ABA-IPL’s Task Force on Improving the Durability and Reliability of the Patent Right for the same period. Dr. Helm has been recognized by numerous publications for her expertise, including by IAM Patent 1000, where in 2023, she was described as someone who “excels in biologics litigation and is a go-to for some of the industry’s major players to handle their most important disputes.”

Robert Cerwinski

Rob Cerwinski, managing partner, is a seasoned patent litigator and IP strategist with 20+ years of experience at premier U.S. law firms helping international clients launch biopharma products into the highly-competitive U.S. market. Mr. Cerwinski specializes in helping companies devise cost-effective strategies to navigate the complex and intertwined legal, regulatory and financial hurdles that can delay or prevent product launch. His successes in pre-litigation strategy and in the courtroom have driven the launch of 20+ biopharma products in the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Cerwinski holds a Master of Science Degree in molecular biology and has a deep understanding of the science, business and regulation of biopharma product development, manufacture and marketing. Mr. Cerwinski co-founded the industry-leading biosimilars practice at Goodwin Procter LLP and is a recognized global authority on biosimilars. He is Senior Editor of the leading legal treatise in the field, Guide to Biosimilars Litigation and Regulation in the U.S. (published by Thomson-Reuters) and founded Goodwin’s award-winning biosimilars blog, Big Molecule Watch and its companion blog, Big Molecule Watch China. Mr. Cerwinski was named an IAM Global Leader in Intellectual Property Law in 2021 and is ranked in the Gold Tier of the IAM Patent 1000.