25 Years of Clinical Trials Experience
nCartes is part of a family of software companies including our digital health management platform in clinical research, cell therapy, insurtech, fintech, and business process outsourcing. Our highly regarded software products serve physicians, patients, research teams, nurses, pharmacists, and executives in healthcare delivery and biopharma.
The founders of nCartes have successfully worked together as a team for many years, founding and growing multiple software companies including: Aithent Technologies, nCoup, StafaCT, Quinte Financial Technologies, BayaTree, Health Data Insights, Pagoda Corporation, Rhoads Online Institute, Velos, and Auctivo.
Leadership
John S. Mcllwain, MBA
Chief Executive Officer and co-founder
Amarpreet S. Chahal, MD, MBA
Chief Operating Officer and co-founder
N. Venu Gopal
Board Member and co-founder
Advisory Board
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James Rossiter
Board Member
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Mark Brunvand, MD
Advisor
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Joseph M. DeLuca, MA, FACHE
Advisor
Bart Vannieuwenhuyse
Advisor
John S. Mcllwain, MBA
Chief Executive Officer and co-founder
John McIlwain is the chief executive officer and co-founder of nCartes. Prior to nCartes, John was the co-founder and CEO of Velos, a market-leading site-focused clinical trial management software company that was acquired by WCG. Velos was a business unit of nCartes parent company nCoup. Prior to the nCoup family of companies, John held management, sales, marketing and finance positions at Aithent, Sun Microsystems and Price Waterhouse.
John is a former adjunct professor of Management and Operations Science at Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He holds an MBA from Columbia University and a BA in English and Economics from Middlebury College.
Amarpreet S. Chahal, MD, MBA
Chief Operating Officer and co-founder
Amar Chahal is the chief technology officer of nCartes. Amar also has executive oversight over nCartes sister company StafaCT, a comprehensive software product line for cell therapy. Before nCartes and StafaCT, Amar was the Co-Founder and COO of Velos, a market-leading site-focused clinical trial management software company that was acquired by WCG. Velos was a business unit of nCartes parent company nCoup.
Prior to the nCoup family of companies, Amar held leadership and consulting positions at market-leading organizations including Aithent and Merck & Company. Before entering the corporate world, Amar was a practicing orthopedic and vascular surgeon in the NHS (London, England).
Dr. Chahal holds an MBA from Columbia University, Fellowship exams in Surgery from Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Scotland, and an MD from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India.
N. Venu Gopal
Board Member and co-founder