Erich Heise

Director of Business Development

Erich Heise’s entrepreneurial experience in the biotechnology industry has spanned the last decade - having been one of the first employees at three diagnostics spinoffs of elite healthcare systems. He is currently the Associate Director of Business Development at Cleveland Diagnostics, leading customer exploration and marketing strategy for a novel prostate cancer test. Prior to this role, he was the first employee at a Cleveland Clinic spinoff company, OptoQuest, which developed a software to assess a patient’s risk for complications after laser eye surgery based on their corneal biomechanics. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan and a Master’s in Entrepreneurial Biotechnology from Case Western Reserve University.