Our DNA

Developing Secure, Usable, and Real-Time Blockchain Solutions in Healthcare

Acoer is an award-winning technology firm, leading the way in practical and real-time health software backed by blockchain. We believe that software should be safe, interoperable, and most importantly, user-centered. We take these principles to all project we start and tailor them specifically to the needs of our clients. 

However, we are more than just a software development firm; we are a team of highly accomplished professionals with years of experience in the healthcare and blockchain sectors. We work on abroad range of challenges in healthcare, with a specific focus on cancer. We are proud founding partners of the Cancer Platform, the latest technology and the world’s leading experts together to better equip everyone impacted by cancer. Additionally, we have extensive partnerships with both a world-leading AI company and the Wim Hof Method team to work on cancer-related studies that can save lives. 

Our technological expertise is based on proven, modern development practices, driven by three core design principles: 

Usability First: We prioritize usability, designing applications with a user-centric approach to ensure intuitive, seamless interactions and a positive user experience. 

Open (Interoperability, APIs): Embracing openness is fundamental to our philosophy. Through open protocols and APIs, we foster interoperability, enabling smooth integration with existing systems and creating a more connected digital ecosystem. 

Blockchain-Enabled: We harness the full potential of blockchain technology to deliver solutions that ensure security and provide new levels of traceability and transparency. 

With Acoer, your software will be designed to maximize the value of your data whilst maintaining the highest standards of security and usability.

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Why Acoer?

Acoer's Solutions:
Our technology portfolio comprises rich, relevant, and interoperable RESTful API-based software. Tailored for organizations, these solutions empower the development of modern healthcare software, promising a substantial improvement in the return on software investment and, ultimately, enhancing patient outcomes.

Driving Innovation:
Acoer recognizes the evolving landscape of healthcare technology, where the existing applications and approaches fall short in meeting user needs, time-to-market requirements, and the demand for continuous innovation. We stand as a catalyst for change, redefining the standards and expectations within the industry.

Designing for Humanity and Machines:
Our design philosophy extends beyond human interaction to encompass machine-to-machine interaction. Acoer seamlessly integrates functions and data from multiple sources, creating a mesh that caters to both human and machine readability through interoperable APIs.

Simplifying Complexity with Trust and Accessibility:
Understanding the need to uncomplicate, Acoer is committed to providing unquestionable computational trust and accessibility. In an era where healthcare is shifting towards patient-oriented models, we see interoperability as the key to unlocking a future where data access, transparency, and individual ownership become not just expectations but regulatory requirements worldwide.

Join Acoer on the journey towards a future where technology is not only cutting-edge but also accessible, trustworthy, and geared towards improving lives. As we embrace the changing dynamics of healthcare, we continue to set new standards in innovation and usability.

Executive Team

Jim Nasr
Jim Nasr
Founder & CEO
Ben Chevallereau
Ben Chevallereau, Ph.D.
CTO
Adei Mandaluniz
Adei Mandaluniz
Lead Backend Software Engineer
Ashley MacWhirter
Ashley MacWhirter
Lead Frontend Software Engineer

Meet Our Team

Vera Moiseeva
Vera Moiseeva, Ph.D.
Sr. Product Manager, Scientific Lead
Lindsay Lee
Lindsay Lee
Project Manager
Sam DiCesare
Sam DiCesare
Lead UX/UI Designer
Sara Matijevic
Sara Matijevic
Data Analyst
Marcelo Castro
Marcelo Castro
Backend Software Engineer
Eric Doering
Eric Doering
Frontend Software Engineer

Meet our executive team

Jim Nasr
Jim Nasr
Founder & CEO

Prior to Acoer, Jim was the Vice President of Technology for Certara and was the Chief Software Architect at the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Jim led a number of modernizations of CDC’s public health systems, through implementation of interoperable software, data as a service, blockchain and open source software.

Jim has more than twenty years of experience in the technology industry, with over a decade as a founder and CEO of Armedia. With Jim’s expertise, Armedia grew from inception to over 100 employees, and a 5-time Inc. 5000 awardee.

Jim is on the board of many technology organizations and the Architecture Lead for PhUSE Blockchain Working Group. He has an MBA from the University of Connecticut.

Ben Chevallereau
Dr. Ben Chevallereau
CTO

Ben Chevallereau, PhD is the Chief Technology Officer for Acoer.

He has lived and worked in 5 countries and brings experience from major corporate and public clientele, including the FDA, USDA, and UK Ministry of Justice.

Dr. Chevallereau developed one of the first blockchain projects for the Center for Disease Control. He also created OpenCDC, an open-source repository for code, data and APIs from the CDC. He has published books and videos on document management solutions including his dissertation “Contribution of new modeling approaches to software sustainability”.

Dr. Chevallereau oversees all technology and development at Acoer, working closely with teams of designers, developers, and business partners to ensure the highest quality of product.

Adei Mandaluniz
Adei Mandaluniz
Backend Development Lead

After studying Computer Sciences in the University of Deusto in Spain he ventured to the United Kingdom to work on a start up consultancy. With his help the company grew from 2 employees and a small office to a nearly 100 people with offices in 3 different countries in 3 years time.

His career in IT spans to more than 15 years and during this time he worked for clients from different sectors such as aeronautics, central and local government, finance, pharmaceutical, etc. building large scale robust solutions. Adei likes to stay on top of the state-of-the-art technologies from the front-end to the back and everything in between and is an eager learner.

He is now back in his beloved Basque Country after living 12 years in the United Kingdom.

Ashley MacWhirter
Ashley MacWhirter
Frontend Development Lead

Ashley graduated Cum Laude from the University of Alabama in Huntsville after moving from Alberta, Canada to attend the university on a soccer scholarship. Post-graduation, she worked as a piping/mechanical designer for an engineering firm where she developed a great passion for technology and software development. 



Pursuing her software development passion, Ashley graduated from Georgia Tech with a certificate in Full Stack Development in 2017 and began her career as a full stack software developer at AT&T. Shifting to a start-up focus, her development experience has ranged from telecommunications, to government sectors and healthcare/pharmaceutical solutions where she became fascinated with blockchain and dApp development.

Ashley is currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia and enjoys hikes with her dogs, dabbling with her Raspberry Pi, and mentoring future software engineers.

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