Coronary disease manifests itself in biological terms long before a catheter is ever used.
We're developing the diagnostic tool that reads it.
ISO 13485
ISO 27001
Milestones
Exploris Health Timeline
2026
- ISO/IEC 27001 Certification
- First Chest Pain Unit Pilot — HGZ Bad Bevensen
- AOK Lower Saxony study concludes; results expected
- EU IVDR conformity assessment in progress
2025
- ISO 13485 certification
- Roche Partnership for European Expansion
- Integrated into the Dedalus ORBIS hospital information system
- Integrated into the Swiss electronic health record (Post Sanela)
- Hospital and network deployments are expanding (e.g., Medcare)
- Named a leading Swiss AI startup (WEF · Microsoft · VentureBeat)
2024
- Won the DMEA nova Award — “Using AI to Improve Care”
- EQUAL CARE certification (gender-equitable AI)
- AOK Lower Saxony Primary Care Study Launched (ISRCTN67912485)
2023
- CE-marked (IVDD) & commercially available in Europe
- Independent Rubidium-82 PET/CT Validation (EPMA Journal)
2022
- Pivotal intended-use validation — Maastricht cohort, AUC 0.88 (BMJ Open)
2018
- Exploris Health AG, founded in Switzerland
- LURIC high-risk cohort validation — AUC 0.87 (EPMA Journal)
- Swiss Biolabs Award & IFAS Innovation Challenge (2nd prize)
2014
- Foundational machine-learning-based CAD algorithm published: International Journal of Cardiology
Governance
Board of Directors

Peter Ruff
Chairman

Peter Ruff
Chairman
Peter is the founder and CEO of Exploris Health and a long-time digital health entrepreneur. He began his career as an engineer at a Swiss industrial group, rising to the position of Chief Information Officer before leading a management buyout of an IT company—the foundation of his work building and scaling technology businesses.
As a co-owner of the Ruf Group and, from 2011 to 2023, a member of the board of Zürcher Kantonalbank, Peter brings decades of experience at the intersection of technology, governance, and corporate leadership. He also chairs the board of Exploris Health, where he sets the company’s direction based on a single conviction: that disease should be understood through biology, earlier and more precisely.

Dr. Markus Dennler
Board Member

Dr. Markus Dennler
Board Member
Dr. Dennler has built a career in finance and as an independent board member. He currently serves as Chairman of Swissquote and of Allianz Suisse.

Christian Schaefle
Board Member

Christian Schaefle
Board Member
Christian is the founder and CEO of Prospero AG, with over 25 years of experience in consulting and software development, specializing in business intelligence and predictive analytics.

Philipp Gutzwiller
Board Member

Philipp Gutzwiller
Board Member
Philipp brings life sciences advisory experience from Santhera Pharmaceuticals, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, UBS, DC Advisory, Lloyds, and Mizuho.
Our People
Team

Peter Ruff
Founder, Chairman, and CEO

Peter Ruff
Founder, Chairman, and CEO
Peter is the founder and CEO of Exploris Health and a long-time digital health entrepreneur. He began his career as an engineer at a Swiss industrial group, rising to the position of Chief Information Officer before leading a management buyout of an IT company—the foundation of his work building and scaling technology businesses.
As a co-owner of the Ruf Group and, from 2011 to 2023, a member of the board of Zürcher Kantonalbank, Peter brings decades of experience at the intersection of technology, governance, and corporate leadership. He also chairs the board of Exploris Health, where he sets the company’s direction based on a single conviction: that disease should be understood through biology, earlier and more precisely.

Dr. Manuel Römer
Chief Strategy & Business Development

Dr. Manuel Römer
Chief Strategy & Business Development
Manuel leads strategy and business development at Exploris Health. He holds a degree in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Bayreuth, with a focus on healthcare.
His early career included roles in the healthcare sector at Roche and a German single-family office, giving him a perspective that bridges the clinical industry, strategy, and investment as Exploris scales its platform.

Alexander Büsser
Head of Product & Engineering

Alexander Büsser
Head of Product & Engineering
Alexander leads product development at Exploris Health, with more than 12 years of experience in technology and biotech. He earned a postgraduate degree in computer science from EPFL, specializing in machine learning.
His research includes publications in *Nature Medicine*, and he draws on that scientific foundation to develop a diagnostic product that is both clinically rigorous and practical for everyday use.

Wendy Lang
Head of Organization & HR

Wendy Lang
Head of Organization & HR
Wendy leads the organization and its staff at Exploris Health, bringing years of C-level administrative experience from major healthcare institutions—including the cardiac surgery department at University Hospital Zurich.
That background in complex clinical environments shapes how she builds the team and fosters the operating culture that underpins Exploris's work.

Mostafa Sabry
Software Engineering Team Lead

Mostafa Sabry
Software Engineering Team Lead
Mostafa leads the software engineering team at Exploris Health and has extensive development experience across the finance, e-commerce, and hospitality sectors.
He is responsible for the engineering behind the Cardio Explorer® platform.

Jehad Khachfa
Full-Stack Developer

Jehad Khachfa
Full-Stack Developer
Jehad is a full-stack developer at Exploris Health, with experience building full-stack web applications in the fields of healthcare technology and education.

Caroline György
Chief Operating Officer

Caroline György
Chief Operating Officer
Caroline leads operations at Exploris Health, focusing on health economic validation, reimbursement, and the pathways that lead to the routine clinical use of a diagnostic test. She holds an M.A. in Business Administration from the University of Zurich.
Before joining Exploris, Caroline was a Business Development Manager at Novartis / Sandoz, where she developed deep expertise in market access and the commercial and regulatory aspects of bringing healthcare products to patients.

Jonas Baer
Chief Financial Officer

Jonas Baer
Chief Financial Officer
Jonas oversees finance at Exploris Health, bringing more than 15 years of experience across startups, small and medium-sized enterprises, and large corporations.
He previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Strategyzer from 2015 to 2021, where he helped lay the financial foundations for a fast-growing technology company—experience he now applies to Exploris's growth.

Vanessa Kugler
Head of Access & Commercial

Vanessa Kugler
Head of Access & Commercial
Vanessa heads up access and commercial operations at Exploris Health. She holds an M.Sc. in Psychological Medicine from London Metropolitan University.
Her career includes roles in product management and digital health at Roche Diagnostics and F. Hoffmann-La Roche, where she developed the commercial and access expertise she now applies to making Cardio Explorer® available to clinicians and patients.

José Fluguerto
Quality Manager

José Fluguerto
Quality Manager
José heads up quality and regulatory affairs at Exploris Health, with seven years of experience in regulatory affairs for medical devices and diagnostics.
His expertise covers the IEC 62304 software lifecycle and ISO 13485 quality management compliance—the standards that underpin Cardio Explorer®'s path to market.

Hazem Youssef
Senior Full-Stack Developer

Hazem Youssef
Senior Full-Stack Developer
Hazem is a senior full-stack developer at Exploris Health, with over five years of experience building enterprise applications. He previously worked as a project manager and instructor at Udacity.
