Brian Meshkin

Brian Meshkin, founder and CEO of Proove Biosciences, is a 20-year veteran in the field of pharmaceuticals and molecular diagnostics, with a focus on personalized medicine. A social entrepreneur with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems, he is an ambitious and persistent leader and the visionary responsible for Proove’s disruptive technological innovations and a robust pipeline of new proprietary tests, as well as dramatic revenue growth and financial profitability of the company. Prior to Proove Biosciences, Meshkin founded Salugen, a nutritional genetics company. He also led new product planning and marketing for Prometheus Laboratories, managed eBusiness for the largest product at Johnson & Johnson, and was a team leader of corporate venture capital at Eli Lilly & Company’s Venture Fund. A recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for his scientific research and efforts, Meshkin has been lauded by the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the Natural Products Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Medical Marketing Association.

A community activist, Meshkin led a student effort when he was 13 years of age to pass the nation’s first bicycle helmet law for children under 16 years of age in 1990 in Howard County, Maryland, and 300 similar laws nationwide. He has served on numerous charitable boards including the local American Red Cross and the Board of the Education of Howard County, Maryland, and has been featured in Fortune, Wired, Washington Post, and Baltimore Sun, which chose him as one of Maryland’s “Earthly Angels.” His most recent honors include finalist for the 2016 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Orange County, Calif., as well as the 2016 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award winner from the Orange County Business Journal.