About Newton Bio
Transforming healthcare complexity into measurable impact through strategic innovation, AI-driven solutions, and evidence-based excellence.
Our Story
Athena Innovations was founded to bridge the gap between healthcare complexity and operational execution of innovation. After decades of leading clinical research, real-world evidence, and digital transformation initiatives within large pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations, Kathleen Mandziuk recognized a critical need: organizations required strategic guidance that combined deep clinical expertise with technological innovation and business acumen.
Today, Athena Innovations partners with pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare technology, and educational leaders to transform complex challenges into tangible outcomes. We focus on what matters most: accelerating innovation, driving revenue, and improving patient and learner experiences.
Our Mission
To empower healthcare and education organizations to innovate faster, optimize performance, and expand impact through executive advisory, AI-driven solutions, and revenue-generating strategy.
Our Values
Innovation Implementation
Patient-Centered Research Optimization
Evidence-Based Decision Making
Privacy, Ethics & Equity
Collaborative Partnerships
Employee Development
Measurable Impact
Expertise & Focus Areas:
Proven operational and innovation executive leader at top research organization with double-digit YOY growth.
Leveraging data, tokenization, AI, and machine learning to accelerate development timelines
Strengthening evidence generation and broadening patient access
Addressing regulatory, scientific, and operational challenges with emphasis on privacy, ethics, and equity
Clinical trial tokenization and privacy-preserving record linkage (7+ years specialized experience)
Patient advocacy and engagement in Oncology, rare and chronic disease research
Development of proven employee development programs resulting in significant KPI impact.
Recognition & Thought Leadership:
Recipient of two 2024 Silver Stevie Awards for Healthcare Technology Excellence and AI Innovation (“Cassandra”), recognizing leadership in clinical trial tokenization and predictive analytics for post-marketing commitments.
Published author and industry speaker on AI in clinical trials, tokenization, and digital health innovation
Featured in Outsourcing-Pharma, Clinical Trial Vanguard, and Intelligent Health.tech
Active contributor to healthcare technology advancement
Visionary Leadership
Jon Newton, MPH, RN – Founder
With over 25 years of experience in drug development, real-world data application, and digital health transformation, Kathleen Mandziuk has established herself as a healthcare innovator and strategic advisor. Her dual background as a nurse and epidemiologist encompasses executive leadership roles focused on global clinical trial strategy, technology integration, and patient-oriented research within the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.
Why Newton Bio
What Sets Us Apart:
Multiple Perspective
Clinical background meets business transformation expertise and executive development
Proven Track Record
25+ years driving innovation across pharma, biotech, education, and healthcare technology
Revenue Focus
Every solution designed to deliver financial impact alongside operational outcomes
Privacy Leadership
Specialized expertise in tokenization and privacy-preserving data strategies
AI & Real-World Data Mastery
Deep experience in AI/ML integration, digital biomarkers, and evidence generation
Strategic Partnerships
Extensive network across healthcare systems, digital solutions, pharma, biotech, CROs, and EdTech
Unique Value Proposition
We combine clinical expertise, technological innovation, and business strategy to deliver solutions that work in the real world. Unlike traditional advisors, we don’t just provide recommendations, we build, implement, and validate solutions that generate measurable business outcomes.
NewtonBio helps pharma, biotech, healthcare and higher ed leaders to drive growth and better outcomes.
