Our Team
Meet Our Founders
Dr. Vig is a co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and member of Langar Holding’s board of directors. More
Prior to founding Langar Holdings, he built the global healthcare research division at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), was a founder at the HealthTech startup, Decoded Health, and was part of SRI International’s (formerly Stanford Research Institute) venture team. Dr. Vig holds an A.B. from Kenyon College in molecular biology and mathematics (minor), a Ph.D. from University of Arizona in computational molecular and cellular biology, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in cellular biophysics.
Dr. Vig is a co-founder, Chief Marketing Officer, and member of Langar Holding’s board of directors. More
Prior to founding, Langar Holdings, she founded The Female Professional (TFP), a website geared toward empowering women in life and their careers. She is currently a board-certified anesthesiologist at University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Dr. Vig holds a B.A., M.D., and M.B.A. from St. Louis University in biology, completed her residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital (NYC) and her fellowship at Stanford University in Perioperative Management.
Meet Our Team
Dr. Dala serves as an investment advisor and board observer to Langar Holdings. More
He has 25+ years of experience developing HealthTech products and is currently vice president of product at Akura Medical. Prior to joining Akura Medical, he was head of health systems strategy at iRhythm Technology (Nasdaq:IRTC), a senior director at Vocera Communications, founder / CEO of mVisum (acquired by Vocera) and Thought Matrix, and a product manager at Abbott. Dr. Dala holds a B.E. from University of Mysore, a M.S., and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Drexel University.
Mr. Chand serves as an investment advisor and board observer to Langar Holdings. More
He has 25+ years of experience as a healthcare executive leading hospitals in faith based, not for profit, for profit and academic medicine. He currently serves as regional president for one of the nations largest faith based systems and has served as senior operations executive for a top 50 Academic Center as well as COO for one of the largest safety net providers, both in Indiana. He also serves on a number of boards. Mr. Chand holds a B.A. from St. Louis University in biology and a M.H.A from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.
Mr. Hansen serves as an investment advisor and board observer to Langar Holdings. More
He has 25+ years of experience as a patent attorney and is currently a partner & founder at the Marbury Law Group ($12M law firm). During this period, he has advised dozens of startups on intellectual property law and business strategies. He is also the founder of Swim Magazine and was the fourth hire of Protoveris, an angel-backed biotechnology startup. Prior to Marbury, he was an M&A manager at Raytheon Co. Mr. Hansen holds a B.S., M.S. in nuclear engineering from University of Florida and a J.D. from George Mason University.
Dr. Jones serves as an investment and marketing advisor to Langar Holdings. More
He has 25+ years of experience as a Healthcare product leader, including diagnostics, devices and HealthTech and is currently New Markets Director at a financial institution. Prior to his current position, he was a senior director of product management and development at Unitron, a consultant at SRI International’s (formerly Stanford Research Institute) ventures, the founder / CEO of Ear Audiology and an engineer at Illumina (Nasdaq: ILMN), Boeing (NYSE: BA) and NASA. Dr. Jones holds a B.A.E in aerospace engineering from University of Georgia, M.S. in mechanical engineering from University of Arizona, Au.D. from University of California, San Diego and M.S. in management from Stanford University.
Mr. Edmunds serves as an investment advisor to Langar Holdings. More
He has 10+ years of HealthTech investing experience and is currently a partner and investment committee member at WayPoint Capital Partners ($3.5B AUM). Prior to joining WayPoint, he was an associate at DW Healthcare Partners ($1.3B AUM) and a healthcare analyst at Deloitte Consulting LLP. He serves on the boards of various WayPoint portfolio companies, is a member of the Healthcare Private Equity Association (HCPEA) and serves on the joint operating committee with Humana (NYSE: HUM) focused on value-based care delivery to patients in their homes. He holds an A.B. in English from Kenyon College.
Mr. Phipps serves as a marketing advisor to Langar Holdings. More
He has 20+ years of experience in global marketing and business management experience, including financial institutions and HealthTech startups and is currently the CMO at AgentIQ. Prior to joining AgentIQ, he was a director of marketing at Silicon Valley Bank (Nasdaq: SIVB) and IPRG and founder of Liquid Agency, Realtyweber and Blendz Enterprises. Mr. Phipps holds a B.A. from University of California, Santa Cruz in economics and marketing.
Mr. Komai serves as a design consultant to Langar Holdings. More
He has 20+ years of experience in art and animation as it relates to media, communication and education and is currently the director of platforms at ScienceMedia, Inc. Additionally he has 10+ years of research experience working in molecular biology and pharmaceutical sciences in industry. He is an accomplished designer and has designed multiple websites, was colorist for comic books and has developed hundreds of hours of eLearning content.
Dr. Adams serves as an investment and data science advisor to Langar Holdings. More
He has 25+ years of experience in bioinformatics, data analytics and the strategy, design and implementation of large-scale informatics organizations and is currently the COO of Adaptive Biotechnology (Nasdaq: ADPT). Prior to joining Adaptive, he was a managing director of data science at SVB Leerink, CIO at Celmatrix and Good Start Genetics, manager at Bridgewater Associates ($140B AUM) and a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton. He has also worked at various biopharma startups to help scale their data science divisions. Dr. Adams hold a B.A. in biology and computer science from Oberlin College, a Ph.D. in cellular biology from Baylor College of Medicine and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in bioinformatics from Boston University. He is currently a visiting faculty at Bentley University, Department of Natural and Applied Sciences.
Mr. Guarino serves as the Chief Compliance Officer to Langar Holdings. More
He has over 35 years of legal, global investment management regulatory and compliance experience. In addition to his role as President of Maine-based Compliance4, LLC, he and the firm provide comprehensive and customized compliance consulting services to investment advisers, registered investment companies and private funds. Currently he serves as the Independent CCO for ETFs and other funds, as well as other advisers to registered funds. In addition to his compliance work, Peter has extensive business and administrative experience and served as the Chief Operating Officer of Merrill Corporation’s Investment Company Services division. Finally, Peter was Senior Counsel and Secretary at GT Global/LGT Asset Management in San Francisco. He began his legal career at The Dreyfus Corporation in New York. He is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and New York. Peter received his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in Boston and his B.A. from Rutgers University.
Current Interns
Lauren is a Research Associate at Langar Holdings. More
She is currently pursuing her M.D. at The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont. Before medical school, Lauren was a product manager at a health technology startup and received her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from The University of Texas Health Science Center.
Maxwell is a marketing intern at Langar Holdings. More
He is a student-athlete at Kenyon College, where he is pursuing economics (major) and biology (minor). He was an intern at Hefren-Tillotson, where he specialized in fundamental stock analysis and supported financial advisors. He is also the Founder of his own clothing brand called “1 OF A K1ND.”
Nicholas is a data science intern at Langar Holdings. More
He is pursuing an A.B. in Mathematics with a concentration in Computer Science at Kenyon College. He is also a student-athlete and Student Representative for Virginia.
Connor is a data science intern at Langar Holdings. More
He is currently pursuing his B.A. in statistics and computer science at Kenyon College. With a keen interest interest in the world of AI and machine learning, he hopes to explore the cutting-edge technologies that are shaping our future.
Parker is an investment intern at Langar Holdings. More
He is currently pursuing his A.B. in both mathematics and economics with a concentration in computer science at Kenyon College. Parker is also a merit scholar and student-athlete.
Aymeric is an investment intern at Langar Holdings. More
He is a student at Kenyon College pursuing a Political Science and Environmental Studies double major with a French minor. He has a keen interest in climate change and hopes to pursue a career in environmental policy
Aiden is an investment intern at Langar Holdings. More
He is a junior at Bentley University pursuing a Finance (major) and a health and industry (minor). Aiden is passionate about the intersection between business and health, specifically within the biopharma industry and the emergence of new drug technologies.
Ben is an investment intern at Langar Holdings. More
He is pursuing an A.B. in Neuroscience and Law & Society (concentration) at Kenyon College. He is passionate about corporate sustainability, healthcare and has experience conducting due diligence. He is eager to help HealthTech companies recognize new innovative to deepen their moat.
Lalasa is an investment and marketing intern at Langar Holdings. More
She is pursuing a A.B. in Psychology & Economics at Kenyon College. Lala has experience in Investment banking and building financial models for large cap companies in various asset classes and as an Investment Intern at Red1Realty. She also has extensive experience in marketing and building a social media following.
Nicole is an investment & data science intern at Langar Holdings. More
She is currently pursuing her B.A. in Applied Mathematics, Economics, and Computer Science at Harvard. Nicole is also a passionate artist, dancer, and cellist.
Langar Intern Alumni
- Cheran De Silva, Summer 2022, Investments, Kenyon College | LinkedIn
- Harshal Rukhaiyar, Summer 2022, Investments, Kenyon College | LinkedIn
- Amanuel Abebe, Summer & Fall 2022, Investments, Kenyon College | LinkedIn
- Natalia Arrigoni, Fall 2022, Data Science, Kenyon College | LinkedIn
- Junaid Fahim, Fall 2022, Investments, Kenyon College | LinkedIn
- Kirubel Asfaw, Spring 2023, Investments, Capital University | LinkedIn
- Derek Liu, Summer 2023, Investments, Harvard University | LinkedIn
- Peter Haas, Summer 2023, Marketing, Kenyon College | LinkedIn
- Ali Sadruddin, Summer 2023, Investments, Kenyon College | LinkedIn
Dr. Dala serves as an investment advisor and board observer to Langar Holdings. More
He has 25+ years of experience developing HealthTech products and is currently vice president of product at Akura Medical. Prior to joining Akura Medical, he was head of health systems strategy at iRhythm Technology (Nasdaq:IRTC), a senior director at Vocera Communications, founder / CEO of mVisum (acquired by Vocera) and Thought Matrix, and a product manager at Abbott. Dr. Dala holds a B.E. from University of Mysore, a M.S., and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Drexel University.
Mr. Chand serves as an investment advisor and board observer to Langar Holdings. More
He has 25+ years of experience as a hospital executive and is currently president of Ascension Healthcare Indiana North Region, a 22 hospital system. Prior to joining Ascension Healthcare, he was COO of Indiana University Health Center, Eskenazi Health, Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) and St. Mary’s Hospital. He also serves on a number of non-profit and for-profit boards. Mr. Chand holds a B.S. from St. Louis University in biology and a M.H.E. from Washington University School of Medicine.