Dr. Plews is one of our co-founders and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since our inception. Dr. Plews is also serves as President and Director of the Board of the Company. Dr. Plews led the acquisition of Reactive Medical Labs Inc and the development and design of Elevai Exosomes™. After completing his undergraduate in biochemical engineering at University College London in the UK, Dr. Plews worked as part of Pfizer’s bioprocess development group before returning to academia for his doctorate in Stem Cell Research and Molecular Biology. He was recruited by Stanford’s School of Medicine and worked under Dr. Joseph Wu, now head of the American Heart Association, and Joe Gold, who was previously Senior Director at Geron Corporation. After completing a certification from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Dr. Plews worked as a product and project manager in the biotech field, developing and launching projects to help researchers and clinicians, before eventually transitioning into entrepreneurship and the founding of Elevai.
Prior to cofounding Elevai, Dr. Plews was a senior leader in product management for the oncology division of Natera Inc from 2019-2021, where he led the launch and expansion of Natera Inc.’s first oncology product, Signatera. Signatera is a personalized cancer diagnostic based on next generation sequencing cellular data. Before Natera Inc., from 2015-2019, Dr. Plews served as Chief Scientific Officer of Xytogen Biotech Inc., which produced FACTORFIVE Skincare and a number of white label cosmetic and/or aesthetic products for the physician-dispensed market. Prior to Xytogen Biotech Inc., From 2014-2016 Dr. Plews served as a Global Product Marketing Manager for Becton, Dickinson and Company, focusing on development of products for scientific and regenerative medicine researchers, as well as participating in business development and merger and acquisition activities.
Dr. Plews holds a Bachelor of Engineering and Engineering Doctorate from University College London and completed his post-doctoral research at Stanford University in Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine.
