Main companies that form Virya Biotech Executive Team
Dr. Jose Cordeiro
CSO
- Dr. Jose Cordeiro is an expert in the field of human longevity and the Chief Science Officer for Virya Biotech.
- Dr. Cordeiro is a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, vicechair of HumanityPlus, director of The Millennium Project, and a founding faculty member at Singularity University in NASA Research Park, Silicon Valley. He is a former director of the Club of Rome (Venezuela Chapter), the World Transhumanist Association, and the Extropy Institute. He has also been guest faculty at many institutions like the Institute of Developing Economies IDE – JETRO in Tokyo, Japan, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), and the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Russia.
- Dr. Cordeiro studied engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), economics at Georgetown University in Washington DC, management at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, and science at Universidad Simon Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela. He is a leading expert on technological change and future trends. He has published over a dozen books in five different languages and appeared on programs with the BBC, CNN, Discovery Channel, History Channel, and NatGeo, among many other international media interviews. He is a member of the Sigma Xi (ΣΞ) and Tau Beta Pi (ТΒΠ) honor societies, has received many prizes, including the Spanish Health Award by Instituto Europeo for promoting research on life extension, and has been a Spanish candidate to the European Parliament.
- Dr. Cordeiro’s personal website: www.cordeiro.org
Cofounder and
Financial Director
- Cofounder and Financial Director
- The Introducer and Co-translator of books on immortality at Singularity University
- He started his investment career in DFJ DragonChina and helped the company develop its Shenzhen office. He is an investor and entrepreneur in the field of blockchain and AI
- Participated in cross border investment and M&A in the Big Four accounting firms (KPMG Distinguished Alumni)
- Worked at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- The first generation of AI MBA early admission at Shanghai Jiaotong University
- Graduated from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics with a Master’s degree
- Participated in Harvard Kennedy School Executive Political Science Program as an exchange scholar
- The first advisor for Stanford University’s Global AI Executive Program
- Personal website: www.stanleydiao.com
William Xu
Cofounder and COO
- Co-founder and COO
- Co-translator of books on immortality at Singularity University
- Former Top performer in the Investment Banking Department of China International Capital Corporation (CICC). He successfully completed several IPO, M&A, and restructuring projects
- Worked at McKinsey& Company for one year
- Alumnus of Peking University's Guanghua School of Management, the Antai CEO of Jiaotong University, and an alumnus of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. He also obtained a nutrition certificate from Cornell University and a certificate from Harvard School of Public Health
CTO
- The Chief Technology Officer
- Pursued Master’s Degree in Advanced Computer Science at Oxford University. Researched how to use generative adversarial AI to find better chemical combinations of anti-aging drugs Senolytics.
- An alumnus of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh and a member of the Biomolecular Control Group at the University of Edinburgh. He published a paper on the prediction of E.coli protein expression in the journal Natural Science.
- Worked with Professor Manolis Kellis, the head of MIT Computational Biology Group, to research anti-cancer food, and published a paper in the International Journal of intelligent science while serving as a teaching assistant there.
Alex Su
CMO
- CMO of Virya Biotech
- Served as the director of the NPO Chinese Japanese Association, assisted foreign companies to open branches in Japan and liaised with Japanese legal advisers.
- Served as partner of Lingqi Intellectual Property Office, took part in winning the lawsuit case between China's Sony Ericsson and Japan's Sony Ericsson over the trademark right.
- Former Partner of Titan Capital
- Former Head of Business at Dotc Unity Group
- Co-sponsor of China2045 (Inspiration Brain-computer Interface Plan)
Veronica Luo
PM, Core Member
- A member of the founding team of Virya Biotech
- Responsible for the translation, proofreading, and promotion of books on immortality at Singularity University; responsible for the operation and management of Virya Biotech’s products such as Knowledge Planet
- Graduated from University of Glasgow, UK, with a Master’s degree in Finance
- Focus on investment opportunities in the field of anti-aging and immortality
Lily Wang
Core Member
- A member of the founding team of Virya Biotech
- Studied Finance at Wenzhou-Kean University
- Focus on investment opportunities in the field of big health and elderly care
Yasmine Bao
Core Member
- A member of the founding team of Virya Biotech
- Studied at Shandong University and Lille Institute of Political Science in France
- Focus on investment opportunities in the field of Internet + health and elderly care service
Aaron Li
Tech Advisor
- Technical advisor at Virya Biotech
- Studied at the University of California, Berkeley, with a double major in computer science and psychology
- Focus on cutting-edge technology in the field of brain-computer interface
