Our team
We have assembled an exceptional team with expertise in wearable patches, consumer-oriented design, and machine learning algorithms.
Our team has a broad set of experience from successful startups like iRhythm to top medical device companies like Abbott, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and St. Jude Medical.*
Leadership
Uday
Founder, President, CEO
iRhythm Technologies (IRTC) Founder / Stanford Biodesign Faculty / Third Rock Ventures Entrepreneur-in-Residence / UCSF-trained cardiac electrophysiologist / MD and BA Harvard
Priti
Electrical Engineering
15+ yrs medical device and semiconductor experience / St. Jude Medical / Agilent Technologies / MS Electrical Eng. MIT / BS Georgia Tech
Maarten
Design & UX
15+ yrs design experience in medical and consumer products / Smart Design / NPK Design / 14 design awards including IDSA’s “Design of the Decade” / 20+ patents / MA Adv. Product Design Umea / BS Industrial Design Napier
Stephanie
Clinical Affairs
20+ yrs of Clinical and Regulatory experience / PowerVision / PneumRx / Boston Scientific / BS Biomedical Eng Marquette
Tim
Mechanical Engineering
15+ yrs experience in medical wearables / iRhythm / Covidien / VirtuMed / BS Mech. Eng. Iowa State
Robert
Quality
20+ yrs quality and regulatory medical device experience / St. Jude Medical / Ventritex / Varian Medical / ACCURAY / BS and MS Electrical Eng. U. of Idaho
Sidney
Manufacturing & Operations
20+ yrs Manufacturing & Ops medical device experience / Avinger / Avantec Vascular / Transvascular / Boston Scientific / Target Therapeutics / BS Industrial & Systems Eng. SJSU
Engineering and Design
Jonathan
Research & Development
20+ yrs design engineering experience / Eksigent / ESI / US Navy / AS Purdue
Kevin
Mechanical Engineering
CoAlign Innovations (acquired by Stryker) / BS Mech. Eng. MIT
Jay
Biomedical Engineering
Caydian / Sweatalyzer / MS Bioengineering Rice University / BS Biophysics Columbia
Jason
Electrical Engineering
Texas Instruments / BS Electrical Eng. U. of Cincinnati
Bruce
Electrical Engineering
Coherent inc / Redfern Integrate Optics Inc / LuxN Networking Corp / Raychem Telecom Inc.
Scott
Firmware Engineering
Perceptimed / FLIR Motion Control Systems / MS Electrical Eng. Illinois / BS Electrical Eng. Purdue
Jim
Systems Engineering
Apple / Abbott Diabetes Care / Nevro / Novo Nordisk / MS Electrical Eng. University of Michigan
Laura
UX Design
BS Industrial Design NCSU
Karen
Mechanical Engineering
Intuitive Surgical / Apple / MS Mech. Eng. Stanford with specialization in mechatronics / BS Product Design Stanford
Riley
Biomedical Engineering
Medtronic / Sympara Medical / BS Biomechanical Eng. Stanford
Vincent
Firmware Engineering
20+ yrs in Software Development and Testing / Philips / Hospira / Sony / BS Electrical Eng. SDSU / MBA U. of Redlands
Kaiyuan
Firmware Engineering
MS Mech. Eng. Stanford with specialization in mechatronics / BS Mech. Eng. U. of Illinois
Jeremy
Data & Algorithms
BS and MS Electrical Eng. Stanford with focus on machine learning and signal processing
Suganya
Data & Algorithms
UT Health Science Center & Rice University / PhD Biomedical Engineering Drexel University
Christina
UX Research
Samsung Product Innovation / Smart Design LLC / SonicRim / BS Industrial Design U. of Cincinnati
Clinical / Regulatory / Quality
Lisa
Clinical Operations
Lince Consulting / Clinical Trial Design & Mgmt SFSU / MA UCLA
Tiffany
Quality Assurance
Stryker / MSE CBID Bioengineering Johns Hopkins / BSE Mechanical and Biomedical Eng. Duke
Hana
Office Management
CoAlign Innovations / Stryker / NCompass Consulting Recruiter / BS Biology and Botany Humboldt State University
Chris
Quality Assurance
30+ yrs Software Development and Testing / Ford Aerospace / Applied Signal Technology/ St Jude Medical / Ventritex / Samsung / Cisco / 14 Patents related to Signal Processing and Data Transmission / BS Electrical and Computer Eng. UC Davis
Michael
Regulatory
10+ yrs in Regulatory, Clinical, & Quality / St. Jude Medical / BS BME USC / RAC / Clinical Trial Design & Mgmt UCSC
Howie
Quality Assurance
25+ yrs Med Tech experience / St. Jude Medical / Spinal Modulation / Varian Medical / Ventritex / MS Electrical Eng. Stanford / BS Electrical Eng. Purdue
Niusha
Quality Assurance
St. Jude Medical / Boston Scientific / MS Engineering Management CSU East Bay / BS Electrical Eng. Mazandaran University of Science and Technology
Manufacturing and Operations
Dan
Manufacturing Engineering
Boston Scientific / Stryker / BS Mech. Eng. UC Berkeley
Sandia
Manufacturing Engineering
Abbott Vascular / Abbott Professional Development Program / BS Chemical and Biomolecular Eng. UC Berkeley
Steve
Manufacturing & Operations
25 yrs materials management experience / Avinger / Johnson & Johnson (Acclarent) / Boston Scientific / LTX
Jorgina
Manufacturing & Operations
Abaxis Inc / Abbott Vascular / Calibra Medical Device (Johnson & Johnson) / Healed College
Monet
Manufacturing & Operations
St. Jude Medical (Thoratec) / Bard Inc / Loma Vista Medical
Brandon
Office Management
BA Studio Art San Francisco State University
Megan
Manufacturing Engineering
Intuitive Surgical / Medtronic / Peak Surgical / BS. Mech. Eng. Santa Clara University
Katelyn
Manufacturing & Operations
J&J (Vision) / Abbott Professional Development Program / BS Biomedical Engineering Cal Poly SLO
Lilia
Manufacturing & Operations
ExploraMed NC7 / Avinger / Johnson & Johnson (Acclarent) / Abbott Vascular (Perclose)
Jacky
Manufacturing & Operations
Abbott Vascular Structural Heart / Google
Norma
Manufacturing & Operations
Corpus Medical / Voyage Medical / LuMend (Johnson & Johnson) / Endotech (Boston Scientific) / A.S. System Administration Master Institute College
Board of Directors
Hank Kucheman
Former CEO Boston Scientific
30+ yrs medical device executive leadership experience / Board of Directors Hill-Rom / Director BioStar Ventures / US Air Force / MBA Virginia Tech
Neil Exter
Partner Third Rock Ventures
20+ yrs Business Development and Strategic Partnerships experience / Former Chief Business Office Alantos Pharmaceuticals / Millennium Pharmaceuticals / MBA Baker Scholar Harvard / MS Stanford
Uday Kumar, MD
Founder, President, CEO
iRhythm Technologies (IRTC) Founder / Stanford Biodesign Faculty / Third Rock Ventures Entrepreneur-in-Residence / UCSF-trained cardiac electrophysiologist / MD and BA Harvard
Krishna Yeshwant, MD
General Partner GV (Google Ventures)
GV Life Sciences Leader / Serial Entrepreneur / Programmer / Practicing Physician / MD and MBA Harvard
Russell Hirsch, MD PhD
Managing Director, Prospect Venture Partners
25+ yrs healthcare venture capital experience / Co-Founder Prospect Venture Partners / Former General Partner Mayfield / Biomedical researcher UCSF / MD and PhD UCSF
Scientific Advisors
Bob Harrington, MD
Chair of Stanford University, Department of Medicine
Interventional Cardiologist / Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University / former Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) / Author of more than 500 artices and edited five textbooks / Member and Chair of US FDA Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee / MD Tufts / BA Holy Cross
Harlan Krumholz, MD
Director of Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Cardiologist / Professor Yale School of Medicine / Global Thought Leader on outcomes based research / Author of more than 800 articles and two books / Board of Trustees ACC / Board of Directors American Board of Internal Medicine / Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute / MD and SM Health Policy and Mgmt Harvard / BS Yale
Jeremy Ruskin, MD
Founder and Director Emeritus, Mass General Hospital Cardiac Arrhythmia Service
Cardiac Electrophysiologist / Professor Harvard Medical School / Founder and Director Emeritus of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service at MGH / Pioneer and Global Thought Leader in clinical electrophysiology and sudden cardiac death / Founder of AF Symposium, one of the largest annual clinical conferences for electrophysiologists / Author of more than 450 articles / Recipient of prestigious Heart Rhythm Society Pioneer in Pacing and Electrophysiology Award / MD Harvard / BS Tufts
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