The team behind ClinicTitan.

Ben Lavigne is a software engineer and solutions architect with over 14 years of experience building, deploying, and integrating software across fintech, biotech, government, and telecommunications. Before co-founding ClinicTitan, Ben served as Associate Director of Sales Engineering at First Orion, where he led technical solution architecture for enterprise clients and managed large-scale platform integrations. Previously, he was a Senior Software Engineer at Elyxor, embedded with product teams across industries, and spent five years at Fast Enterprises implementing statewide government revenue systems. Ben brings deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, API design, and cross-functional engineering leadership - he is the technical architect behind the ClinicTitan platform. He holds dual degrees in Information Technology and Accounting from the University of Idaho.

Tim Phelps is a growth marketing leader with over 15 years of experience building revenue engines for technology and telecommunications companies. Before co-founding ClinicTitan, Tim held senior marketing leadership roles at several large corporations, he has directed award-winning campaigns, managed multimillion-dollar budgets, and generated millions in marketing-influenced pipeline revenue. He previously co-founded a software based tax firm and served as President of the American Marketing Association's Kansas City Chapter. Tim brings a rare combination of computer science, deep martech fluency, and business-building instinct to ClinicTitan - translating complex platform capabilities into market positioning that operators actually understand. He studied computer science at Kansas State University and Washburn University.

John Slattery is a clinical research leader and entrepreneur with over 13 years of experience in translational research, biomarker strategy, and clinical trial design focused on neurodevelopmental disorders. He co-founded BioROSA Technologies in 2018, raising more than $3.5 million in seed capital to establish a CLIA laboratory and conduct the Metabolic Autism Prediction (MAP) Study - a prospective double-blind clinical trial targeting early ASD identification through metabolomic profiling.

John helped lead the first positive double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of leucovorin in autism at Arkansas Children's Hospital - landmark research that identified biomarker signatures predictive of treatment response and defined a new precision-medicine framework for autism care. He previously served as Clinical Research Program Manager at Arkansas Children's, Session Chair at The BRAIN Foundation's Synchrony Symposium, and mentor to early-stage neurodevelopmental startups. A Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC), John graduated IndieBio (Class 7) and NYU Endless Frontier Labs. He holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Arkansas.

Candace McDonald is a health and wellness executive with 20+ years of experience building mission-driven ventures across women's health, consumer health products (CPG), and integrative medicine. She has led fundraising and growth initiatives that have raised over $150M across business and social impact organizations.

She is a certified health coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) and is known for translating complex medical and nutritional science into clear, practical guidance for families, clinicians, and policymakers helping accelerate the adoption of evidence-informed, lifestyle-based care.

Candace brings a modern, systems-level approach to health that connects metabolic health, behavior change, and personalized care to improve outcomes across life stages. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, The New York Times, Good Morning America, ABC, E!, and the New York Post. She often serves as both strategist and spokesperson, able to mobilize capital, media, and stakeholders around initiatives that matter.