Why PapEasy

Founder, C.E.O.

Kamran Ayagh

Kamran Ayagh is a passionate medical innovator, entrepreneur, and inventor, with more than 30 years of experience in leadership, R & D, marketing, and mechanical engineering. Kamran’s background and travels have given him a very personal motivation to address the global inequalities and struggles that women endure fighting for access to healthcare, government, and basic human rights..

As the founder and CEO of Quest Active Care, a functional medicine facility that focused on health and wellness through scientific testing and preventative medicine, Kamran (and Quest) have achieved sustained market leadership with national and international expansion in progress. Serving a audience of women in a patient-centric practice has given Kamran a unique perspective into not just women’s health, but their attitudes and opinions about preventative health.

After numerous personal losses to cervical cancer, Kamran, designed PapEasy. Armed with the knowledge that cervical cancer is preventable with earlier, easier, and more affordable access to screening, PapEasy is the heart of Kamran’s vision is to conquer the global cervical cancer crisis by eliminating barriers to Pap Smears and putting lifesaving power into the hands of women, one test at a time. With PapEasy Kamran has created a visionary approach that will use technology to stop cervical cancer before it can start.

Chief Scientific Officer

Karen Yeates, M.D

M.D. – Chief Scientific Officer  (Cervical Cancer R&D) and team member, Ms. Ann Taite from Queens University

Chief Communications Officer

Dr. Teresa Lorraine Simm

Dynamic Educator, Artist, Risk Mitigation Specialist and Communications Expert with close to 25 years in the Education, Arts and Business sectors.

Extensive experience in innovative design, strategic implementation and holistic management of communications strategies targeting diverse populations. Expertise in Leadership Management, Training and Support; major gift acquisition; global partnership development; and risk mitigation for emerging healthcare professionals (Brazil, Thailand, China, South Africa).

Teresa earned her doctorate from the University of Toronto and considers her work with at-risk youth from marginalized communities to have been her most satisfying professional experience to date.

External Legal Counsel

Shahrokh Falati

International Property Lawyer & Business Advisor. Ph.D. in Pharmacology from top UK University, and past Postdoctoral Fellow-in-Medicine at Harvard Medical School; and over 16 years of private practice experience in IP law, representing technology startups, large corporations and Universities.

Head of Business readiness & Strategy (Board representative)

Eduardo Arroyo

Eduardo completed Management Engineering and Strategy MBA degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, as a preamble to an extensive career in first leading hi tech state of the art manufacturing operations followed by 30 years of management consulting, specializing in leadership and governance development, strategic innovations and execution support for over 300 organizations in a large gamma of manufacturing, marketing/sales and service industries.

Head of Technical & Engineering (R&D)

Dr. Carlos Conde

Dr. Carlos Conde is a Medical Technology Scientist in charge of the PapEasy product and technology line’s development and enhancement. He holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico and has extensive expertise in the medical and pharmaceutical industries, including designing, leading, and introducing innovative products and procedures.