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Our mission

To help people live active, healthy lives by increasing their access to early diagnosis of osteoporosis.

Our purpose

Supporting healthy ageing by increasing access to
osteoporosis diagnosis.

Our vision

A world without fragility fractures.

Meet the Team

Board Members

Dr. Neil Loxley
Dr. Neil Loxley
Chairman

Neil takes primary executive responsibility for the operation of IBEX, and the development and execution of its long-term commercial and technology strategy.

Dr. Paul Scott
Dr. Paul Scott
CEO

Paul leads the technical development at IBEX and has a strong experimental background, with experience in product development, project management and X-ray physics.

Craig Richardson
Craig Richardson
Non Executive Director

Senior Leadership

Dr. Paul Scott
Dr. Paul Scott
CEO

Paul leads the technical development at IBEX and has a strong experimental background, with experience in product development, project management and X-ray physics.

Kurt Scott
Kurt Scott
Operations Manager

Kurt leads the securing of grants and is vital in clinical trial planning, certification and marketing communications. Kurt has an MEng in Chemical Engineering and is currently studying for his MBA.

Dr. Corentin Schreiber
Dr. Corentin Schreiber
Principal Software Engineer

Corentin holds a PhD in astrophysics and joined IBEX in 2019 to optimise the performance of the IBEX software back-end

Dr. David Joyce
Dr. David Joyce
Product Manager

David leads the project to bring IBEX Trueview® to the mammography market and also contributes to applications development in other medical imaging markets.

Dr. Ben Lopez
Dr. Ben Lopez
Principal Mathematician

Ben’s role at IBEX is quite varied, his core work is on the methodology behind Trueview, but, Ben also dives into some strategy. He plans future updates to IBEX’s capabilities, thinks of new ideas and applications, writes papers, health economics, and classical statistical analysis for publications.

The IBEX Team

Adam Ratcliffe
Adam Ratcliffe
Senior Research Scientist

Adam works on the development of the core IBEX Trueview® algorithms. Adam has a master’s degree in mathematics from Durham University and is working towards his PhD with support from IBEX.

Afaq Sabir
Afaq Sabir
Senior Software Engineer

Afaq holds a BA in Computer Animation and has gained a plethora of experience over the years as a C++ software engineer. He has a keen interest in computer graphics and has worked in the games, transportation, simulation, and training domains. He works alongside the rest of the software team in developing high-quality software products for the medical X-ray imaging market.

Ben Crone
Ben Crone
Lead Research Scientist

Ben has passion for advancements in medical technology from previous projects and is now focused on the commercialisation of the Trueview software. Outside work, Ben enjoys cycling and playing bass guitar.

Brian Smith
Brian Smith
Senior Software Engineer

Brian has worked as a professional software engineer for over 20 years in transportation, radiation detection, particle physics simulation, and low-power wireless device development. He enjoys dinghy sailing, hill walking, and mountain biking in his spare time.

Colm Mulvey
Colm Mulvey
Senior Software Engineer

Colm joined the software team in 2020 and holds a BSc.Eng. He has accumulated 30 years of professional software development in industrial and telecommunication domains. When away from the keyboard, he enjoys cycling and windsurfing.

Dr. Richard McWilliam
Dr. Richard McWilliam
Lead Research Scientist

Richard leads IBEX R&D into image processing techniques. Richard has researched into digital holographic imaging for photolithography and self-repairing strategies for electronic systems

Dr. Tim Whitbread
Dr. Tim Whitbread
Senior Research Scientist

Tim is applying his acquired knowledge into statistical techniques to develop and improve the core algorithms in IBEX’s software. Tim has a PhD in Mathematics and an MMath degree.

Jordan Nelson
Jordan Nelson
Junior Software Engineer

As part of the lab team, Jordan helps the lab run effectively on a day-to-day basis and assists with data collection and processing. He is also responsible for PAT testing and is a member of the first aid team.

Investors and Partners

IBEX is backed by leading Venture Capital and Corporate investors and is grateful for additional financial and business support through grants from InnovateUK, Business Durham, and the European Union.

IBEX maintains strong links with Durham, Newcastle, Exeter Universities, and, the NHS Trusts of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, South Tees, Gateshead and Royal Cornwall. We also work alongside leading osteoporosis charities such as the Royal Osteoporosis Society and the International Osteoporosis Society.

Patents

IBEX technology is protected by the following granted patents:

GB2563115; GB2589643;

US10588592; US10820878;

JP6598087;

ZL 2015 8 0063381.0 (China)

Registered Trademarks:

“IBEX”, IBEX TRUEVIEW” and the IBEX Goat Logo are registered trademarks in the UK, registration numbers UK00003274184, UK00003274187, and UK00003274225 respectively.

Accreditation

IBEX is accredited to ISO 13485:2016 and the EU MDR and works to the Medical Device Software standard IEC 62304:2006 and the Medical Device Risk Management Standard ISO 14971:2019. The IBEX Quality Management System is aligned to MDR 2017/745 and MDR (UK) 2002.