Joe’s
story
Joe was a 60-year-old man — fit, active, and seemingly well. He’d seen his doctor multiple times over several months with non-specific symptoms.
When Bea met Joe in the emergency department as a junior doctor, all that had changed. He was jaundiced and had lost significant weight. A scan confirmed he had metastatic pancreatic cancer.
In the conversation that followed, Joe never asked: Why do I have cancer?”
What he asked was:
That question changed everything. Joe’s story wasn’t an anomaly – it was the same story as thousands of others.
A story of a system not built to detect
cancer early enough.
Unfortunately, like many, Joe didn’t make it.
That question - and the people behind it - became our why.
Dr Bea Bakshi and Dr Miles Payling founded C the Signs with one mission: to make early cancer detection the norm — not the exception.
Because no one’s life should depend on chance, timing, or a system that waits too long to act. We’re making sure cancer is found earlier - so every patient gets the care they need, when it matters most.
As clinicians, we set out to give every patient the same care we’d want for those we love. But the tools we had weren’t built to find cancer early - so we built one that was.
As NHS doctors, we know what it’s like when someone slips through the net - but we’ve also seen what’s possible when they’re caught in time. The joy. The relief. Getting back to living life.
That’s why we’ve built a new way to find cancer early - using real-time data, evidence-based pathways, and AI to make early detection accessible to everyone. Because early detection isn’t just possible - it’s essential. And patients aren’t statistics. They’re parents, colleagues, neighbours. They’re us.
We’re proud to have started in the NHS — shaped by the values it was built on: care, equity, and access for all. Now we’re taking our vision global - so wherever you live, early detection becomes possible and survival the norm.
A new story of health for every life.
C the Signs is more than AI — it’s a movement to make early cancer detection possible for everyone, no matter who they are or where they’re from.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. It doesn’t discriminate — but access to diagnosis too often does. A person’s chance of survival should never depend on where they live, what they earn, the colour of their skin, their gender, or their ability to pay.
Early diagnosis and access to care should be a basic human right. Early detection is the single biggest predictor of survival. And every patient deserves that chance.
This is where our movement begins — with patients, clinicians, policymakers, researchers, and innovators. Together, we can redefine what’s possible, and rewrite the future of cancer.
Our team
C the Signs brings together clinicians, engineers, data scientists, researchers, and patient advocates - united by one goal: to change the way the world finds cancer. We reflect the diversity of the systems and communities we serve, and we’re working together to write a new story for health - one built on early action, equity, and life-saving care.
John Woolley
Clinical Lead
It’s about giving clinicians the clarity to act decisively, lifting the weight of doubt, detecting cancer earlier, and giving patients the best chance of survival and a better quality of life.
Oleh Kmet
Quality Assurance
Giving people an opportunity.
Natalia Voloshyn
Quality Assurance
When making a difference in a patient's health truly matters.
Nikki Stanely
PCN Lead
C the Signs is more than just a workplace - its a joint mission to improve early cancer diagnosis, to help save lives - I'm proud to be part of that.
Androulla Kolatsis
Product Owner
Working at C the Signs gives me the opportunity to help improve cancer survival at scale - giving as many people as possible the precious gift of more time with their loved ones.
Serhii Vybach
Desktop/Backend Engineer
As a developer here, I’m proud to contribute to building life-saving technology.
Ken Wu
Chief Technology Officer
To defeat cancers worldwide.
Charlotte Beames
Communication Support Officer
C the Signs, to me, is about shifting the story of cancer, from something we fear into something we can face, with hope - because cancer has, or will, touch all of us, whether it’s ourselves or someone we love.
Iulian Malovanyi
Product Owner
Having the ability to make a real impact by helping others through technology.
Cherie Pope
Training and Education Lead
Serving patients and saving lives.
Matt Wolfe
Director of Software Engineering
It reflects my belief that the most meaningful use of technology is to improve the health and wellness of all people; especially the sick and vulnerable.
Danielle Gough
Engagement Lead
Working at C the Signs gives me a sense of purpose by making a real difference in the world helping people.
Dmitry Kokora
Backend Engineer
Creating a positive impact on humanity.
Katey Roberts
Head of Content and Community
It means helping write the story I wish existed when my loved ones were still here, and making sure others get the ending that we didn't.
Mike Moss
Data Analytics Lead
A chance to be a part of tech that could make an incredibly meaningful difference to the lives of users, beyond anything I've worked on before.
Francisco Berron
Tech Lead
It means to be part of a mission to exert change in the world by saving people's lives
Serhii Povisenko
Engineering Manager
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Oleksii Nikishov
Quality Assurance
It means helping save lives by making sure no early sign of cancer is missed
Marta Sakal
Lead Data Engineer
Roman Zino
Frontend Engineer
Receive the right care at the right time.
Lois Holliday
Clinical QA Lead
C the signs gives primary care the ability to increase cancer detection through appropriate investigations and innovative, system-wide approaches to earlier detection.
David Pasichnyk
Backend Engineer
Save lives.
Ian Iyamu
Technical Support Engineer
C the Signs is here to help beat cancer.
Christian Andan
Technical Support Engineer
To me, C the Signs is about giving every patient the fighting chance my sister had—through early detection and timely care.
Vasyl Pryimak
Backend Engineer
Help cure as many people as possible by catching cancer at the earliest stage.
Anton Povzun
Frontend Engineer
Being at C the Signs means working alongside a family dedicated to changing cancer outcomes for the better.
Vlad Prozapas
Frontend Engineer
Making the world a better place to live.
Taras Martyniuk
CloudOps Lead
To me, it’s a strong team with a powerful mission: harnessing AI to detect cancer early and save lives - an inspiring mix of innovation, compassion, and impact.
James Talib
Program Manager
Fighting against something that will impact us all!
Oleksii Lapenko
Product Designer
We help patients move from worry to action—quickly, clearly, and with care.
Nicole Brooks
Copywriter
Hope
Jude Gordon
Clinical Director
C the Signs means hope and empowerment, both for patients and the healthcare professionals that care for them.
Luke Wyatt
Director of Partnerships
Everyone in the company is proud of the impact the technology is having. We all have our own cancer story and are deterred to see a change to cancer outcomes.
Bea Bakshi
Chief Executive Officer
It started with a promise to one patient — and became my mission to change the future for millions.
Miles Payling
Chief Scientific Officer
I founded C the Signs because I believed we could build something that changed not just individual lives, but the entire foundations of the system - transforming late to early, silence to action, lost time to more life.
Jess Maher
Creative Director
At C the Signs I have the rare chance to design for change and real-world impact.
Our advisors
Behind C the Signs is a group of world-class advisors - clinicians, scientists, technologists, researchers, and health leaders - guiding our work with deep expertise and lived experience.
Their insight helps shape our vision, challenge our thinking, and ensure we stay focused on what matters most: improving outcomes, driving equity, and transforming early cancer detection around the world.
Dr Todd Rothenhaus, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Cohealo
Antonio Gulli
Director of Engineering, Office of the CTO, Google
Seema Dadhania
Research Advisor
Michael Luck
Professor of Artificial Intelligence, King’s College London; National Director for Doctoral Training in Safe and Trusted AI, UK Research and Innovation Centre
Greg Simon
Past President of Biden’s Cancer Initiative, Exec Director of the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, & co-founder of FasterCures