Team

Joshua FeastJoshua Feast, CEO
Joshua’s track-record includes 9 years in leadership positions delivering care and case management software solutions to human services and financial services clients. Prior to Cogito Health, Joshua worked at Accenture and Microsoft and has operated an independent care management technology consultancy. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Product Development with first class honors, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management where he was the Platinum-Triangle Fulbright Scholar in Entrepreneurship.

Ali AzarbayejaniAli Azarbayejani, Ph.D., CTO
Ali has 13 years of commercial experience as a scientist, entrepreneur, and designer of world-class computational technologies. His pioneering doctoral research at the MIT Media Lab in probabilistic modeling for 3-D vision was the basis for his first startup company Alchemy 3D Technology, which created the market in the film and video post-production industry for camera matchmoving software. He has consulted in software development and business strategy and has been on the research staff at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs contributing to leading technologies focused on software-based digital signal processing and computational modeling and algorithms.

Sandy PentlandAlex (Sandy) Pentland, Ph.D., Scientific Visionary
Sandy is the pioneer of reality mining technology and a leader in ubiquitous information systems. He is the founder and Director of Human Dynamics Research within the MIT Media Laboratory. He is a co-founder of the Center for Future Health at the University of Rochester, and is one of the most-cited computer scientists in the world. Sandy has won numerous international awards in the Arts, Sciences and Engineering. He was chosen by Newsweek as one of the 100 Americans most likely to shape the next century.

Jonathan JacksonJonathan Jackson, VP Operations
Jonathan has researched artificial intelligence applications at the MIT Media Lab, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Bechtel-Nevada’s Remote Sensing Laboratory. He was founder and CTO of Infinidex and is also founder and CEO of Dimagi, Inc, leading the development of international health systems in a variety of projects. Jonathan was awarded a Department of Homeland Security Fellowship at MIT and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he developed neural network software and is currently a Visiting Scientist. Jonathan earned bachelors and masters degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.

Peter Costello, VP Sales — Health Care
Peter has almost 20 years of experience in health care and technology. Previously, he was Vice President of Web and eBusiness at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Excellus Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Rochester, NY. Peter co-founded two technology-based start-ups; IPC, which developed high technology packaging solutions for the DVD industry, and MBS Solutions, which developed employer decision support systems to predict the outcomes of using high deductible health plans to self-fund benefit plans. Prior to his industry experience, Peter served as an officer and aviator in the United States Navy. He received his bachelor’s degree from Providence College and his MBA from the University of Illinois.

Chuan ZhangChuan Zhang, Engineer
Chuan is an MIT graduate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. His interests include biomedical signal processing, image processing, and algorithms.

Our team would like to thank the many people and organizations that helped us get started and continue to provide great support and advice. These include Dr. Vikram Kumar, the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, the MIT Venture Mentoring Service, Highland Capital Partners, LifeTech Boston, and Fulbright New Zealand.