Ekke received his training in laboratory medicine (chemical pathology) at the Dept. of Clinical Chemistry in the hospital of the Georg-August-University of Göttingen, where he worked from 1989 to 2001 under Prof. Dr. Michael Oellerich, a world expert in therapeutic drug monitoring and transplantation surveillance. He joined Chronix Biomedical Inc. (San Jose, CA) in 2001. He established its German subsidiary in 2002 as the R&D site of the company. Chronix became an industry leader in cell-free DNA (cf-DNA) diagnostics, which resulted in numerous scientific publications and a broad patent portfolio in cf-DNA diagnostics in cancer and transplantation with ten different patent families and multiple issued IP in the US and Europe of which Ekke is the inventor.

In 2014 was elected as a fellow of the National Academy for Clinical Biochemistry, which became the Academy of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (FAACC). Besides his broad experience in patenting, Ekke has published over 170 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, over 100 published congress abstracts, has received several international scientific awards, and serves as a reviewer for numerous international scientific journals, including PNAS, Clin Chem, Clin Biochem and NAR.

Prior to Axon, Andrea worked in a strategic investor relations role for Tesla, Inc. in 2016 and 2017. From 2009 to 2016 she worked as a sell-side analyst for Dougherty & Company (now Colliers Securities), becoming a vice president and senior research analyst. At Dougherty, she researched emerging technologies on behalf of institutional investors. Previously, she was a reporter at publications including Bloomberg News and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer covering a range of business and financial beats. She holds a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Computer Information Systems from American University. She also holds a Master of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University, graduating with Kappa Tau Alpha honors. While at Dougherty, her Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) licenses included the Series 7, 86, 87 and 63.

At Bethesda Group, Ryan was responsible for working with clients to identify market entry points, quantify market opportunities for products, market landscape analysis, and development of commercial strategy and go to market planning. Before Bethesda Group, Ryan held roles in sales, marketing, and operations at ThermoFisher Scientific, LifeTechnologies and Cytovance Biologics. Ryan received his MBA and Bachelors in Finance from The University of Mississippi.

Prior to that, James was the Accounting Manager of Acacia Research Corporation, an opportunistic capital platform that identifies and acquires other businesses, from November 2020 to July 2021, and Senior Accountant at Gatekeeper Systems, Inc., a provider of loss prevention solutions, from August 2019 to November 2020. Prior to joining Gatekeeper Systems, James served as Senior Assurance Associate at BDO USA, LLP, an accounting firm, from October 2016 to August 2019. James holds a BASc degree from the University of California, San Diego, and is a Certified Public Accountant.