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Cambridge, MA, US

• Leading the development of a secure, scalable healthcare data science platform, with my team I enable AI/ML-driven collaboration across major medical centers, supported by investment from Kakao Healthcare. Fostered.
• Leading the R&D organization for Data Science and Engineering.
• Built a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team with a high retention rate.
• Collaborated with clinical researchers at major academic medical centers to apply machine learning to healthcare data, resulting in multiple scientific publications.
• Developed a healthcare data science platform ensuring the highest standards of data security and privacy, designed to empower clinicians and technical staff to accelerate data science on real-world clinical data.
• Designed a cloud-native architecture enabling the platform to run and scale anywhere, from on-premises behind a hospital firewall with limited hardware to any cloud provider, scaling on demand.

Boston, MA, US

Burlington, Massachusetts, US

Led DevOps transformation of Platform Engineering Group, including migration to a microservices based SaaS architecture and big data analytics platform. Successfully championed effort to adopt Scaled Agile Framework across 200+ person Engineering and Product Management organization. Veracode was acquired by CA Technologies in early 2017.

Software executive on the management team responsible for launching QPID Health as a commercial company. Built a talented software development team with deep expertise in DevOps, security, data integration, search, NLP / machine learning, UX, and analytics. QPID Health provides a cloud based platform that extracts intelligence from the narrative portion of.

Technology strategy consulting focused on cloud computing and SaaS initiatives.

Waltham, MA, US

Member of the executive team that transformed OpenPages into a leading provider of integrated risk management solutions for global companies. Led technology strategy and product development efforts. OpenPages received Inc. 500 recognition as the "fastest growing private software company" twice during this period and was subsequently acquired by IBM's.

Led multiple initiatives to increase Mercator's presence and market share in the B2B Integration market. Formulated product strategy in the areas of XML support, B2B Messaging, Trading Partner Management, and Business Process Automation.

Recruited to build the Engineering organization and product line for Novera, a Matrix Partners/Sigma Partners venture-backed start-up. · Took the Novera product from concept through four major releases. · Developed the industry's first Java Application Server, including an embedded object/relational persistence and query service. Won major deals with early.

Within Systems Management Group led development of an enterprise-class product capable of administering large numbers of Sybase SQL Server systems in a distributed, heterogeneous environment. · Delivered two major releases of Enterprise SQL Server Manager (ESSM) product, achieving revenue of $10 million in 1995. · As first commercial licensee of the Tivoli.

Led small teams developing network management software for BBN Communications network equipment. Pioneered the use of object-oriented technology within the group, creating a set of widely used C++ components supporting BBN Communications network management applications.

Bachelor Of Science, Biology

Master Of Science, Information Systems