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United States

Soma, San Francisco, Ca

Bringing bleeding edge AI/Deep Learning informatics to the meat-space world to provide real-time health and lifestyle intelligence and guidance, to improve one's life-quality, well-being, and health for users, providers, payers, and others.

Soma, San Francisco, California, United States

Mor is a life-extension effort dedicated to maximizing healthspan as well as lifespan. App is available in Apple store. Unwalled education mission democratizes healthcare by expanding access to knowledge, while a curated digital prescriptions provide a range of biologic agents targeted to the nutrient sensor path and longevity, from over the counter to prescription formulations for those ready to embrace the future and end aging. Live Mor. Own your future.

Soma/Dogpatch, San Francisco, Ca

Deriving automated, actionable insights about deep user intention using AI, user input, and the digital pawprints we leave behind on the surfaces we engage with. Emotion became core to generative AI solutions.

Soma, San Francisco, Ca

Developing medical-grade noninvasive monitoring strategies to provide real-time information that improves fitness and health, and maintain Jawbone's history of products that change the world.

Spectros develops and markets molecularly targeted devices to help patients with serious illnesses such as ischemia and cancer. Initial venture funding 2004, T-Stat Device white light spectroscopy system approved by FDA in 2008, was the first white light wearable sensor through the US FDA, with over 100 successful clinical trials. Selling under FDA and CE approvals in USA, Europe, Japan since 2011. OnCall remote cloud app and monitoring launched 2012-13 facilitated transfer to wearable chip. BodySensor chip ported into wearables, occupancy and lighting sensing. Spectros exited via M&A to Jawbone, then a $3B CE effort, in 2015.

Campbell, Ca

Developing cutting edge sensors and algorithms for non-contact monitoring in the mobile world. The majority of the Company was acquired in reverse merger in 2015.

FirstScan was targeted to develop an early breast cancer screening tool in a partnership with technology from University of California and University of Pennsylvania. Brought device into through development into clinical trials. Trials showed no advantage over conventional X-Ray, and trials were halted.

Founded company that became the leader in pre-clinical drug discovery optical whole-animal imaging. IPO 2004, then exited by M&A along with Caliper Life Sciences by Perkin Elmer in 2011.

Founded the biophotonics lab at Stanford. Invented first green-light heart rate sensor, creating the medical wearables space. Invented first luciferase imaging platforms, first multiwavelength wearables for noninvasive blood analysis, and first white light spectroscopy wearables. Spun out technologies that became multiple public and private companies with market valuations of nearly $10 billion in aggregate. Remained on as consulting professor through 2016.

Co-founded effort targeted to surgical tools, with Nellcor co-founder and early Nellcor team members. Company exited via M&A in 2006.

Co-Founder of biotech effort targeted to sensor technologies, focused on noninvasive blood analysis and blood pressure monitoring. Company exited by M&A with Masimo (Irvine, CA).

Doctor Of Medicine (Md), Medical Devices

Health Sciences Technology

Resident Md, Intensive Care, Biophysics

Bs, Biochemistry / Comparative Literature

Neonatal Intensive Care