Our Team
Akroprint’s founding team has a proven track record working together in the unique space of foreskin regeneration, bringing a shared understanding of the mission with a highly cohesive and productive team dynamic. Three members are co-authors of the world’s first peer-reviewed scientific publication on foreskin regeneration. Our team has a thorough understanding of the human foreskin, the community of men (and their partners and parents) affected by circumcision, and what is required to truly reverse the procedure. Combining backgrounds spanning diverse fields, Akroprint’s founders have over 21 years of combined experience working together in this highly niche field, with each dedicated to ensuring the completion of the project and committed to achieving Akroprint’s mission for both themselves and the community of men who demand it.
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Tyler Drozd has over seven years of experience operating in the space of tissue engineering related to the foreskin, working as the Chief Operations Officer for a non-profit attempting to utilize decellularized human tissues, focusing on its strategy and research path, developing relationships with donors, recruiting personnel, and building a community around the project. During this time, Tyler was also working abroad, having been accepted as a two-time Fulbright Scholar to Germany, representing the United States. He received his MBA in Germany, studying at the FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management, and previously graduated from North Central College with a B.A. in World Languages.
Tyler Drozd
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Eric has a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, with a specialization in Cell & Tissue Engineering, a Masters of Chemical Engineering, and a Masters of Engineering Management, specializing in Product Design and Development from Illinois Institute of Technology. Eric has four years of experience in polymeric biomaterials and tissue engineering with several more years of experience designing and developing novel biomedical devices, including a haptic-assisted training method, a plant-derived MRI imaging phantom, a phantom for brain biopsies, and two neuromuscular disorder and stroke rehabilitation devices, and was a member of a small design team for a biopharmaceutical plant. Eric’s eight-year tenure as Chief Science Officer for a foreskin regeneration nonprofit has made him one of very few scholars with a detailed understanding of the complexity of the human foreskin and its functions, and served as corresponding author for the first scientific publication on foreskin regeneration.
Eric Cunningham
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Matthew worked in the specialized space of foreskin regeneration for six years at a non-profit serving as Senior Director, focusing primarily on operations and development. Collaborating on key focus areas, he helped revise the organization’s strategy to triple its revenues. Along with Eric and Tyler, he also co-authored the world’s first scientific paper on foreskin regeneration. Matthew graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Viticulture & Enology, minoring in Business for Life Sciences. Leveraging a unique curriculum, he has a strong scientific foundation acquainting him with cell biology, chemistry, and bioprocessing.
Matthew Serody
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Nick Heath graduated from Harvard College in 2018 with an AB in Economics, cum laude, with completion of the pre-medicine track. From 2018-2023 he worked in Strategic Finance at Roivant Sciences. In 2021, he was on the four-person team that managed Roivant’s IPO through a SPAC merger, the second largest ever biotech IPO at the time.
Nicholas Heath
Our Advisors
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Dr. Victor A. Ruthig is faculty at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the Section of Developmental Biology of the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Ruthig’s research focuses on the genetics of sex determination; and genitourinary development and birth defects, especially in the context of the testis (male fertility) and penis (hypospadias). Victor’s expertise in this area includes his knowledge of state of the art microscopy methods, partnered with sequencing analysis, a significant aspect of Akroprint’s initial stage.
Victor A. Ruthig, Ph.D.
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Elena Steiner is a Social Science Research Specialist at Arizona State University and holds a PhD in communication. She facilitates team research across humanities, social science, and computer science to learn how information is used in the digital space to guide attitudes, beliefs, and behavior. She has worked, lived in, or studied in 27 countries, and has presented across academic, non-profit, public, and private sector audiences on the influence of culture on communication, leadership, management, negotiation, and risk and security.