Contraline Team

“Great vision without great people is irrelevant."

Jim Collins

Our Team
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Kevin Eisenfrats

Co-Founder and CEO

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James Tursi, MD

Chief Scientific Officer

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Justin Mattice

Chief Commercial Officer

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Yelena Tropsha, PhD

Chief Technology Officer

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Robert Greenleaf

VP, Quality and Operations

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Robert Goldman

VP, Global Clinical Operations

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Ted Looney

Sr. Director of Finance and Business Development

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Nic Matsumoto, PhD

Director of Research

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Lindsey Ott

Director of Program Management

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Katie Lloyd

Director of Operations

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Tyler Chiartas

Associate Director, Preclinical Studies

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Bethany Young PhD

Principal Engineer

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Ella Stack

Clinical Trial Manager

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Kyle Ripley

Operations Manager

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Olivia Luu

R&D Engineer

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Ria Agrawal

R&D Engineer

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Amon Aliser

Executive Assistant to CEO

Interested in joining us?

We are always looking for hard-working, passionate individuals who are excited to bring new contraceptive options to the world. If you enjoy working in small teams and solving difficult problems, you'd be a great fit for Contraline.

We are always looking for hard-working, passionate individuals who are excited to bring new contraceptive options to the world. If you enjoy working in small teams and solving difficult problems, you'd be a great fit for Contraline.

Our Investors
BVFRA CapitalGoogle VenturesFounders FundLumiraInvusMBX Capital
Board of Directors
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Marty Emerson

Marty Emerson is a seasoned executive and board director with more than three decades of leadership experience in the life sciences industry.

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Gurdane Bhutani

Gurdane is a founder and Managing Partner of MBX Capital.

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Iris van Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh

Iris van Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, PhD is an Investment Analyst at BVF Partners, where she focuses on identifying and supporting innovative biotechnology and life sciences companies.

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Kevin Eisenfrats

Kevin co-founded Contraline and has been CEO since its inception.

Scientific Advisory Board
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Craig Niederberger, MD

Professor and Head of the Department of Urology at the University of Illinois at Chicago; co-editor in chief of Fertility and Sterility.

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Aaron Spitz, MD

Board-certified urologist and Associate Professor of Urology at UC Irvine, specializing in male reproductive medicine.

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Jay Sandlow, MD

Professor of Urology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and fellowship-trained specialist in male infertility.

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Meng Deng, PhD

Associate Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University.

Dr. John Herr, Co-Founder of Contraline
In memoriam

1948-2016

Contraline is deeply rooted in Dr. John Herr's essence. Dr. Herr was a visionary, a scientist, and an entrepreneur at the forefront of reproductive biology. Contraline continues in the legacy of our co-founder by working relentlessly to develop new reproductive health technologies. Learn more about John here.

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