Leadership Team

Steve Cunnion, Ph.D., M.D. is a retired Navy Captain, a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Study, Chief Medical Officer for NeuroRx, a partner for the Diogenic Group, a co-founder of iJet.com, and a Senior Medical Advisor for AURA Technologies.
With over forty years of involvement in infectious disease, Dr. Cunnion was introduced to tropical medicine in 1970 as an Army combat medic assigned to the Ministry of Health in South Viet Nam. Dr. Cunnion was the scientist/physician for a joint DoD/State Department Chemical Biological Investigation Team in Thailand investigating allegations of biological and chemical use in Laos, Cambodia, and Afghanistan and assisting the Thai military in malaria and HIV control.
He has held other positions as a professor at the Uniformed Services University teaching outbreak investigations and malaria epidemiology and the Director of Preventive Medicine and Occupational Health at the Bureau of Medicine. He received the 2003 ProMED Reporting Award for being the first person to alert the Western world of the disease outbreak known as SARS.

Robbie Allen is a pioneering entrepreneur and technologist with over two decades of experience in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing. He founded Automated Insights in 2010, launching the groundbreaking Wordsmith platform that transformed data into narrative content for major organizations like The Associated Press and Yahoo. After the company’s acquisition by Vista Equity Partners in 2015, he co-founded Infinia ML, a consultancy delivering advanced AI solutions to Fortune 500 companies and research institutions. Currently, he serves as CEO of Bionic Health, a healthtech startup using AI and longevity science to create personalized healthcare plans. Allen is also a General Partner at the Triangle Tweener Fund, through which he has invested in over 100 early-stage startups. He was named North Carolina Tech Executive of the Year in 2017 and holds degrees from East Carolina University and MIT.

Dr. Pankaj Gupta, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board-certified otolaryngologist at Wake Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists in Cary, North Carolina, where he treats adults and children and has particular expertise in minimally invasive head-and-neck, thyroid, and sinus surgery. A graduate of Northwestern University’s Honors Program in Medical Education and its residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Dr. Gupta is a Fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. He has chaired the Department of Otolaryngology at the Dean Clinic, served on the clinical faculty of the University of Wisconsin, and acted as an expert consultant for medical-device and pharmaceutical innovators as well as the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Raised in west-central Illinois and now living in Cary with his wife and three daughters, Dr. Gupta brings BlueCart Connect an invaluable clinician’s perspective on patient-centric technology and surgical innovation.

Rafael Millot is a seasoned operations and finance executive with over two decades of leadership across Latin America’s industrial and manufacturing sectors. He currently serves as Director of Operations, Latin America at Interface, a global leader in modular flooring, where he has led regional operations since 2015. Prior to this, Rafael held the role of Senior Operations and Finance Manager at Chargeurs, a multinational industrial group. He is also the founder of Interlatam, LLC, a consulting firm focused on operational excellence and strategic transformation in Latin American markets. Rafael is recognized for his ability to drive sustainable growth, streamline complex supply chains, and lead cross-functional teams through periods of change and expansion.