Executive Team

Mika Grasso is an Investment Director at a family office, where he oversees the firm’s direct investment and co-investment activities, including portfolio construction and capital deployment across private markets.

Mr. Grasso has held investment banking, capital markets and finance roles at Zions Capital Markets, Paulson Investment Company, Goldman Sachs and Power Systems Management. He previously served as a director of Nuwellis, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUWE).

Mr. Grasso received his M.S. in Finance with a concentration in Investment Management and his B.S. in Business Administration, both from the University of Colorado Boulder, Leeds School of Business.

Ms. Skowron has more than 15 years of accounting and finance experience across public and private companies, including financial reporting, SEC compliance, corporate governance, internal controls, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Skowron has served as Chief Financial Officer of GridAI Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: GRDX) since March 2025 and as Chief Financial Officer of Powell Max Limited (Nasdaq: PMAX) since January 2026. Since September 2025, Ms. Skowron has served as Principal of BPC Consulting Ltd., a financial and strategic consulting firm through which she provides chief financial officer, financial reporting, regulatory compliance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory services to public and private companies, and since July 2020 she has served as Principal of Skowron Accounting Professional Corporation, an accounting and financial consulting firm. Ms. Skowron previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Titan Environmental Solutions Inc. (OTC: TESI) from April 2025 until February 2026 and as Chief Financial Officer of Nuclea Energy Inc., a privately held company, from December 2025 until August 2026. Earlier in her career, Ms. Skowron worked in public accounting. Ms. Skowron holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Finance, with a specialization in Accounting and Economics, from the University of Toronto.

Francisco Silva joined BRT in April 2011 and is Vice President of Research and Development. Mr. Silva is responsible for all laboratory operations and is involved in the development and growth of our stem cell programs.

Mr. Silva previously served as Chief Executive Officer of two companies engaged in the commercialization of human-based biologics for both research and therapeutic applications.

From 2003 to 2007, Mr. Silva was Vice President of Research and Development for PrimeGen Biotech LLC, a company engaged in the development of cell-based platforms. He was responsible for the development of experimental designs that focused on germ line reprogramming stem cell platforms.

Mr. Silva has taught courses in biology, anatomy and advanced tissue culture at California State Polytechnic University. He has obtained a number of patents relating to stem cells and has had numerous articles published with regard to stem cell research.

Mr. Silva graduated from California State Polytechnic University with a degree in Biology. He also obtained a Graduate Presidential Fellowship and MBRS Fellowship from California State Polytechnic University.