I co-create at the intersection of healthcare, technology, science, and human possibility.

My career has been defined by a performance mindset and a drive to build better systems. After earning a degree from the University of Pennsylvania—majoring in PPE (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics), minoring in Spanish, and completing a marketing focus through The Wharton School—I began my career at PepsiCo’s The Gatorade Company in Chicago. There, working with a brand built around human performance, I developed an enduring belief that we are all athletes in our own right: competing with ourselves, recovering, and continually choosing where to grow.

I later joined American Express in New York City, working in digital fintech and next-generation payments during a defining period in consumer technology. That experience sharpened my ability to lead cross-functional teams, translate strategy into scalable systems, and drive innovation within industries amid reinventions.

Today, as Co-Founder and CEO of Kadara Medical and MediZap, I lead work across medical devices, customized compounded medications, advanced E-Beam | X-Ray terminal sterilization, pharmacy compounding, longevity medicine, AI-enabled operations, drug microbiology, analytical chemistry, peptides, and emerging therapies. My focus is building safer, smarter platforms that give providers better tools, patients better outcomes, and compounders technology engineered to scale with confidence.

I am energized by fields where science is advancing quickly, and established playbooks are ready to be reimagined. Across clinic, pharmacy, hospital, and veterinary ecosystems, I believe the next era of healthcare will be more personalized, inclusive, technically rigorous, and profoundly human.

I live in Santa Monica, California, with my Great Dane, Karamo. Outside of work, time near Venice Beach, hiking in Malibu, and travel to every continent except Antarctica keep me curious, globally minded, and open to ideas that cross traditional boundaries.

Nicole is a driven start-up business founder and serial entrepreneur. A hands-on professional, Nicole has worked within the highest growth rate sectors of the medical device industry for over a decade. During the start of her career, she specialized in Respiratory and Anesthesia products working with VA Hospitals around the nation securing difficult and rigorous government supplier contracts. Supporting our nation's troops and veterans is a passion that played out during her work. Fast forward a few years, Nicole inspired by the growing anti-aging market switched focus and dedicated her time to developing and manufacturing bio-identical hormone replacement therapy devices and products.

Nicole is fascinated by the future of holistic and proactive health care and the paradigm shift in the industry from the prior focus on disease management and treatment. As COO she focuses on operations and supply chain management and has quickly become versed in all aspects of the business from custom in-house American-Made manufacturing, and in-house individualized touch customer engagement in addition to regulatory governance with FDA, DEA, and ISO. Growing to be Co-Founder and COO of MediZap and sister company Kadara Medical she provides leadership, management, and vision that are necessary to ensure operating efficiency and priority #1, delighted customers. As a female owner, her passions include pursuing continuing education opportunities by attending conferences such as A4M World Congress, AMMG, Vegas Aesthetic Medicine, MD&M West, and European-based Medica. Nicole is connected to the biotech startup community and endeavors to mentor other like-minded and ambitious female entrepreneurs.

For more than 30 years, Jon has been dedicated to making a difference in the lives of patients and their clinicians. He began his career with a focus on critical care and the invention, development, marketing, and sales of critical care devices and pharmacy compounding products. Through decades of working side-by-side with clinicians, Jon has gained an acute understanding of their needs. Now - because he continues to share their passion for helping patients - Jon’s focus is on finding new avenues for improvement.

He also plays the valuable role of teacher, familiarizing teams of sales professionals with MediZap products and the importance of always putting what’s best for patients and their clinicians first. If you detect a sparkle in Jon’s eye, it’s because he considers his role with the MediZap family and partners to be the capstone of his career.

Since joining the MediZap family in 2018, Kirsten Dunkel has continued to bring energy, organization, and creativity to the company’s portfolio management, customer engagement, and business development efforts. As Director of Product Management, Kirsten supports MediZap’s expanding Packaging Solutions product portfolio, including new secondary packaging solutions designed to help solve packaging challenges for human ophthalmic droppers, otic syringes, and drug formats used in veterinary compounding.

Kirsten thrives on building and maintaining strong connections with both current customers of 503A compounding pharmacies and 503B outsourcing facilities, and with new acquisitions of product portfolios, new sites, and expansions of USA-based licensed facilities. She is passionate about keeping clients engaged, informed, and excited about MediZap’s top-tier E-Beam terminal sterilization services and expanded 4 Pillar Service, bridging regulatory experience with the science that propels industry forward. With a penchant for the evolving healthcare landscape and the ever-evolving biotechnology innovations powered by AI that improve quality of life, Kirsten is especially energized by the continued advancement of GLP-1 therapies, peptides, hormones, and emerging compounded sterile pharmaceutical solutions focused on longevity and wellness.

She holds science and business management degrees from Johnson & Wales University. Since recently getting married to the cowboy of her dreams, outside of work Kirsten loves spending time with her new husband, their daughter, and their dog Sophie at the beach and attending community events throughout Northern Nevada, such as the Outhouse Races in Virginia City, the Annual Candy Dance in Genoa, and Hot August Nights in Reno. Kirsten and her family volunteer time cheering on Special Olympics contestants each year and supporting local non-profits by helping set up for various fundraisers. She also heads out on any possible weekend to see her new extended family in California’s Central Valley and join them in watching the Madera Speedway races.