About us

The team behind V-Unite Learn

Leaders and advisors with decades of experience across healthcare, medical aesthetics, medspa and technology.

V-Unite brings training, onboarding and analytics into one interactive platform, with AI coaching built in. V-Unite Learn applies it to medspas: role-based learning, compliance training and performance practice for every person on the team.

Our leadership team brings more than 55 years of combined experience working across healthcare, medical aesthetics, medspa, dental, wellness, pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations.

Leadership and advisors

Stephen Handisides
CEO
A passionate keynote speaker that enjoys disrupting markets with revolutionary digital solutions that connect people and businesses on a global stage.
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I grew up in Auckland, New Zealand, graduated in Marketing, Management and Spanish at the University of Auckland. For the past 18 years I have lived in the UK, America, Spain, and Colombia and have experienced the world. I have enjoyed my journey and I set up my own media company 12 years ago in London. I expanded Handi Media into the US, Australia and now New Zealand.
Ten years ago i had a crazy idea to set up a virtual conference within the medical sector. I decided to take the plunge and three years ago with my team set up the first virtual event. The Global Virtual Aesthetic Summit (GVAS). Anyone that knows me in business, knows that I beta test a concept on a large scale. We had thousands of medical professionals attend GVAS from 32 countries, 70 vendors, 126 speakers in 4 different languages. We started with a blank piece of paper and created the roadmap and user experience. Overall GVAS was a big success! Shortly afterwards Covid hit the world and the story continues…..
Everyone thought i had a crystal ball and those that doubted ‘virtual’ were left scrambling. Its been a great journey and success story when you take a risk in what you believe in and sometimes it doesn’t work but in this case V-Unite was born. A Virtual Events and Experience Software solution.
I work with organizations all over the world across all industries. I love learning about new products and helping organizations reach their potential.
Marc Layzell
Chief Commercial Officer
Commercial leader with extensive experience driving enterprise sales, strategic partnerships, and revenue growth across global technology and services businesses. Marc has a proven track record of building high-performing sales organizations, scaling go-to-market strategies, and delivering sustained revenue growth in complex B2B environments.
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Prior to his current role, Marc held senior commercial leadership positions including VP of Sales, Asia Pacific at Zenoti, the global cloud platform used by thousands of salons, spas, and med-spas worldwide. In this role, he was responsible for enterprise sales strategy, regional expansion, and strategic partnerships across the Asia-Pacific market.
Throughout his career, Marc has worked with high-growth SaaS and technology businesses to accelerate market expansion, develop enterprise partnerships, and drive customer acquisition. He brings deep expertise in commercial strategy, SaaS revenue models, channel ecosystems, and building scalable global sales teams.
Marc is particularly focused on aligning sales, marketing, and product teams to deliver measurable business outcomes for customers while driving long-term, sustainable revenue growth.
Audrey Campbell
Marketing Director
Audrey Campbell is an experienced medical aesthetics professional, business strategist, and AI specialist for medspas, with over eight years of experience spanning clinical operations, practice management, patient experience, and business growth.
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As the founder of The Audrey Aesthetic, Audrey specializes in helping medspas, plastic surgery practices, and wellness businesses improve operational efficiency, increase patient retention, optimize revenue, and scale successfully.
With a Master of Public Health from the University of Pennsylvania and a background in clinical and surgical operations, Audrey brings a unique combination of healthcare expertise, business strategy, and emerging technology.
She has developed particular expertise in artificial intelligence and its practical application within the medical aesthetics industry, helping practices understand and implement AI-powered solutions to streamline workflows, enhance employee productivity, improve patient engagement, and support business performance.
Audrey also works with multi-location medspa operators and franchise groups, advising on operational systems, membership strategies, team performance, and sustainable growth. Her approach focuses on combining innovative technology with practical business solutions to help aesthetic practices become more efficient, profitable, and competitive.
Bob Brooks
Healthcare Digital Transformation Advisor
Bob has forged an inspiring career at the intersection of healthcare and technology, dedicated to empowering both patients and medical professionals with transformative resources and tools that elevate healthcare decision-making. His passion for leveraging cutting-edge technologies has resulted in the creation of meaningful experiences that touch every stage of the healthcare journey.
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Widely recognized as a thought leader in the healthcare sector, Bob has spearheaded groundbreaking campaigns for an impressive roster of clients, including:
- AstraZeneca
- Eli Lilly
- IBM Global Health
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Verona Pharma
His innovative approaches have not only improved patient outcomes but have also revolutionized how healthcare professionals deliver care. His work continues to shape the future of healthcare, creating a more empowered, informed, and connected ecosystem for all stakeholders.
Tod Lewis
Commercial Strategy & Marketing Executive
Tod T. Lewis is a results-driven commercial strategy and marketing leader with more than 17 years of experience shaping the growth trajectory of some of the most recognized brands in aesthetics, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare. He has consistently delivered measurable value by launching market-defining products, forging strategic partnerships, and building scalable commercial platforms that align innovation with business performance.
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Throughout his career, Tod has demonstrated a unique ability to harness artificial intelligence, data analytics, and digital engagement to transform sales enablement, customer experience, and go-to-market execution. At Merz Aesthetics, he pioneered an AI-powered micro-learning and coaching platform that improved representative performance by 20% and earned prestigious Brandon Hall Gold and Silver Awards for innovation in training technology. He also created the Representative Performance Index, a data-driven framework linking sales skills to commercial outcomes — a model now recognized as a best practice across the organization.
Most recently, Tod served as Director of Healthcare Professional Engagement at Evolus, where he led society partnerships and the innovative Evolus Evolution Bus Tour, delivering immersive customer experiences that drove brand adoption. Prior to Evolus, as Executive Director of Key Accounts & Partnerships for Ourself by GLO Pharma, he built influential national partnerships with top healthcare professionals, integrated KOL advocacy with digital campaigns, and designed a commercial roadmap that accelerated first-year revenue growth and positioned the company for scale.
Tod’s leadership journey also includes strategic account management and brand development roles at Allergan, ReShape Medical, Alphaeon, and Pacific Communications. At each step, he has demonstrated a gift for translating market insights into action, empowering cross-functional teams, and positioning companies for competitive advantage.
With a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Scranton, Tod combines strategic clarity with an ability to inspire teams, build trust with stakeholders, and deliver results that resonate with both investors and customers. His career reflects both a track record of commercial success and a passion for using technology to make healthcare more scalable and human-centered.
Darren Grassby
Senior Advisor – UK/Europe
Darren Grassby has more than 20 years of experience leading companies in the aesthetics and aesthetic medicine sector in the United Kingdom and latterly Europe, having transformed companies both organically (inherent growth) and inorganically (through mergers and acquisitions). His experience covers all functional areas of such companies including finance, commercial, marketing, and digital transformation. All this within the framework of value creation strategies that he himself has designed and successfully executed. Specifically:
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- In 2019, he led the purchase by a management team of the SKN Clinic Business in the UK, managing to grow that company and generate substantial value for himself and the other shareholders
- He grew the company’s revenues by more than £50 million by leading and being responsible for all areas of the company
- He created and grew a team of employees, which came to exceed 1,000 collaborators
- He consolidated the sector in which that company operated by successfully acquiring and integrating 6 companies in less than 12 months
- He created a top-tier brand ecosystem achieving synergies between the brands and optimizing them for growth
- He is a key figure leading initiatives related to the regulation of aesthetic medicine in the United Kingdom alongside the most important regulatory entities (CQC and JCCP)
- Currently sits on a number of company Boards advising and consulting across a wide variety of topics
Dom Serafino
Senior Advisor – Medical Aesthetics
Dom is addicted to serial entrepreneurship. In his 30 year career, he has built multiple companies with revenues reaching more than $100 million, has taken 2 medical device companies public on the NASDAQ and has raised more than $300 million from various funding sources. He learned very early in his career that the journey to success is never a solo expedition and requires open, clear and honest dialogue related to goals and aspirations of the individual or the company itself.
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He prides himself in having the ability to instinctively identify opportunities within an industry and develop strategic initiatives/plans to fully take advantage of such opportunities. Historically, Dom has been most helpful in evaluating various investment opportunities, with a strong focus on MedTech. Honesty, transparency, dedication, and strategic thinking are his greatest assets.
Mike McDonald
CFO
A comprehensive career of solving problems and delivering results as Retail Finance, BPO and a Supply Chain Executive. Strong operations experience in setting direction and adapting professional teams to market challenges. I have a natural talent for conceptual grasp of the total picture, able to sense problems and take advantage of opportunities. BBA in Accounting with CPA, with thirty-three years of Retail Finance, Distribution, Healthcare, Supply Chain, and business process experience, boasting broad-based expertise with start-up operations to the Fortune 500 in the following areas:
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- Strategic Planning
- Collections Management
- Customer Service
- Collateral Management
- Credit Management
- Sales Management
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Accounting Management
- Business Analytics
- Internet and E-Commerce
- Business Processes
- Acquisitions and Mergers
- System Implementation
- System Design
- Executive Development
- Board Chairman
- Board Member
- Human Resources
Catherine Waring
Senior Customer Engagement Advisor
Catherine has spent more than 25 years helping life sciences and medical aesthetics companies turn great science and strong brands into sustainable, real-world growth. She transitioned from corporate pharma into the early phases of medical aesthetics with Allergan, launching innovative injectables and dermatology portfolios and partnering with large, multi-site medspas and clinic chains globally.
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At Galderma’s global headquarters in Switzerland, Catherine led global portfolio strategy and commercial operations, guiding cross-functional teams and regional leaders through major transformation and IPO preparation and originating NEXT by Galderma, a global thought-leadership initiative co-created with international experts.
Now an independent consultant, she supports manufacturers, distributors and medspa groups with commercial strategy, launch excellence, strategic account models and performance optimisation, empowering commercial teams and clinic partners across EMEA, the Americas and Asia.