ABOUT US
OUR TEAM
We are a team with 70 combined years of health care experience. We listen to the customer and then our engineering professionals design the product. This diverse team is dedicated to excellence. They’re also incredibly kind and funny.
Mike Whitaker
President & CEO
With 25 years of experience moving businesses from startup to marketable positions, Mike has a proven record as a product innovation CEO. Mike is the founder of PURioLABS during the COVID-19 pandemic when rapid disinfection technology was considered critical. From that effort, the PURioLABS team continued the development of PURitALL platform technology.
Ben Favret
VP – Business Strategy
Ben brings over 25 years of healthcare industry and product sales and marketing experience to the team. Ben has previously taken products through the FDA approval process as well as successfully sold medical products with some of the best brands in the industry. Ben is a significant strategist for PURioLABS.
Jonathan Reimer
VP – Commercial Development
Jonathan Reimer has 20 years of healthcare industry experience with a thorough understanding of disinfection and sterilization practices, regulations, operations and technologies. Jonathan has worked inside sterile processing departments as well as on the development of sterilization products and their market. He has a strong knowledge of clinical drivers and supply chain services, as well as the market complexities facing industry stakeholders. Having had leadership roles in commercial development in key positions, he was instrumental in the development and expansion of healthcare focused service offerings. Recognized as an innovator, having an understanding and vision of the market. He has led diverse entrepreneurial ventures in healthcare as well as executive roles in large corporations.
Daniel Campo
Manager – Research & Development
Daniel Campo is a bioengineer with a specialty in product development in the highly regulated market for disinfection and sterilization in U.S. health care. He has strong knowledge in regulatory/FDA expectations as applied to the timeline of product development and ongoing project management toward final product design, compatibility and efficacy testing, and clearance. Daniel’s attention to detail provides leadership to the team in a rapid product development environment.
Moe Benmbarek, Ph.D.
Lead Engineer
As Engineering Lead, Moe drives operational excellence by bridging advanced thermal science with high-level strategic alignment. Beyond his technical oversight of PURitALL products, he is responsible for resource optimization, identifying and resolving systemic bottlenecks to accelerate R&D throughput. By balancing talent management with rigorous technical roadmapping, Moe ensures that engineering efforts are precisely directed toward the company’s most critical milestones, transforming complex innovation into scalable, market-ready solutions.
Matt Moner
Mechanical Engineer
An ME with growing expertise in SolidWorks CAD modeling and simulation leading to in-house fabrication of all materials, assembly of prototypes and product testing efforts in the lab.
Greg Jennings
Manager – Software Engineering
The unique software and interface technologies within each PURitALL are championed by Greg who brings over 25 years of technical project management experience in software and automation. Greg has a BS in Computer Science and has a passion for exploring and experimenting with new technologies.
Dany Doughan, Ph.D.
Chief Chemist
Dany is a researcher, professor, and expert in theoretical and physical organic chemistry. With a Master’s degree in computer science from the Lebanese American University, a Master’s degree in theoretical and computational physical chemistry from Oklahoma State University, and a Doctor of Education in Higher Education and Organizational Change from Benedictine University, he has an interdisciplinary academic background that allows him to approach problem solving from multiple perspectives simultaneously. He is an active member of the American Chemical Society and an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma where he won the Regents Scholarly Achievement award. Thanks to his interdisciplinary research career, he is published internationally in the Journal of Chemical Physics and the American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science. He is also featured as a guest speaker and presenter at the UNESCO Environmental Conference, the World Renewable Energy Congress, and the Academy of Business Research. Dany’s research focuses on molecular dynamics to identify the most energetically feasible reaction pathways of organic and biological molecules.
Ed Easter
Manager – Technical Design & Assembly
Creating new product capabilities and solving the technical challenges are Ed’s specialties, bringing his career experience as machinist and assembly manager for general manufacturing best practices. In the creation of the very first PURitALL, Ed was instrumental in bringing the product to life. Additionally, Ed maintains a focus upon creating products with extended life by performing in-house durability testing and follow-on recommendations.