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
Pedram
Data Systems & SW Development
15+ yrs biological signal processing and machine learning experience / Medtronic Neuromodulation / Stanford Biodesign Fellow / MD U. of Pittsburgh / PhD Robotics Carnegie Mellon / BS Bioeng. UPenn
Priti
Electrical Engineering
15+ yrs medical device and semiconductor experience / St. Jude Medical / Agilent Technologies / MS Electrical Eng. MIT / BS Georgia Tech
Bill
Marketing & Business Operations
15+ yrs healthcare marketing and strategy experience / Boston Scientific / McKinsey & Company / MBA Wharton / MS Biotechnology UPenn / BS Mech. Eng. MIT
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 Product Design Umea / BS Industrial Design Napier
Tim
Mechanical Engineering
15+ yrs experience in medical wearables / iRhythm / Covidien / VirtuMed / BS Mech. Eng. Iowa State
Dennis
Firmware Engineering
20+ yrs embedded SW dev experience / Airware / Avinger / St. Jude Medical / BS Physics WPI
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
Indu
Program Management
Medtronic Diabetes / MS and BS Biomedical Eng. Stanford
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
Brian
Systems Engineering
Co-Founder Channel Medsystems / Co-Founder Apollo Hearing / Theranova / BS Mech. Eng. Stanford
Nick
Firmware Engineering
Fitbit / Sotera Wireless / BS Computer Engineering Cal Poly SLO
Roger
Firmware Engineering
Airware / Galil Motion Control / BS Mech. Eng. UC Davis / BS Aerospace Science and Eng. UC Davis
Jeremy
Data & Algorithms
BS and MS Electrical Eng. Stanford with focus on machine learning and signal processing
Laura
UX Design
BS Industrial Design NCSU
Chris
Research & Development
20+ yrs R&D experience / Intuitive Surgical / Immersion Corporation / PhD Mech. Eng. Stanford / BS and MS degrees in Electrical Eng. / US Air Force Captain
Karen
Mechanical Engineering
Intuitive Surgical / Apple / MS Mech. Eng. Stanford with specialization in mechatronics / BS Product Design Stanford
Brett
Biomedical Engineering
Harvard-MIT Biomedical Engineering Center / FDA / MS Mech. Eng. MIT / BS Biological Eng. MIT
Riley
Biomedical Engineering
Medtronic / Sympara Medical / BS Biomechanical Eng. Stanford
Yee-Huan
Electrical Engineering
MS Electrical Eng. Michigan / BS Electrical Eng. UC Berkeley
Kaiyuan
Firmware Engineering
MS Mech. Eng. Stanford with specialization in mechatronics / BS Mech. Eng. U. of Illinois
Rishi
Firmware Engineering
Scintera Networks / Netlogic Microsystems / MS Electrical Eng. UCLA / BS Electrical Eng. UC Irvine
Scott
Firmware Engineering
Perceptimed / FLIR Motion Control Systems / MS Electrical Eng. Illinois / BS Electrical Eng. Purdue
Christina
UX Research
Samsung Product Innovation / Smart Design LLC / SonicRim / BS Industrial Design U. of Cincinnati
Anne
Product Management - Digital Solutions
Basis (Intel) / Sunrun / Nokia / MS and BS Economics & Business Administration Aalto University (Finland)
Clinical / Regulatory / Quality
Alexandra
Clinical Engineering
GlaxoSmithKline / Penn Medicine / BS Microbiology Temple University
Kristi
Clinical Engineering
Claret Medical / OptiScan Biomedical / BS Biology CSU Fresno
Stephanie
Clinical Engineering
Abbott Vascular and Electrophysiology / Abbott Professional Development Program / BS Chemical Eng. U. of Illinois
Hilman
Quality Assurance
10+ yrs medical device Quality experience / St. Jude Medical / Boston Scientific / BS Mech. Eng. UC Berkeley
Meghan
Quality Assurance
10+ yrs R&D and Quality experience in medical devices / J&J (Cordis, LifeScan, Conor Medsystems, Ortho Biotech) / MS Bioengineering Carnegie Mellon / BS Civil Eng. Carnegie Mellon
Tiffany
Quality Assurance
Stryker / MSE CBID Bioengineering Johns Hopkins / BSE Mechanical and Biomedical Eng. Duke
Arianna
Clinical Engineering
Abbott / Topera Medical / St. Jude Medical / BS Biomedical Eng. Georgia Tech
Lisa
Clinical Engineering
Lince Consulting / Clinical Trial Design & Mgmt SFSU / MA UCLA
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
Lilia
Manufacturing & Operations
ExploraMed NC7 / Avinger / Johnson & Johnson (Acclarent) / Abbott Vascular (Perclose)
Jacky
Manufacturing
Abbott Vascular Structural Heart / Google
Vuthy
Manufacturing
20+ yrs medical device experience / Abaxis / PRI Automation / Ohlone College
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
Steve
Manufacturing & Operations
25 yrs materials management experience / Avinger / Johnson & Johnson (Acclarent) / Boston Scientific / LTX
Norma
Manufacturing
Corpus Medical / Voyage Medical / LuMend (Johnson & Johnson) / Endotech (Boston Scientific) / A.S. System Administration Master Institute College
Hana
Office Management
CoAlign Innovations / Stryker / NCompass Consulting Recruiter / BS Biology and Botany Humboldt State University
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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