My expertise is in identifying, defining, and creating significant clinical value through a holistic design thinking approach that delivers high impact products.I am intrinsically curious, passionately creative, and sometimes, stubbornly obsessive. This combination helps me solve complex problems at the right level, where solutions have the greatest impact.Over the past 22 years, I've been an operator in building companies from pre-formation through commercial activities, including coordinating financing activities. Across that timeframe, I have helped define, design, manufacture, or launch over 24 different medical devices. This includes leading early product development Auris Health as employee #1 and Hansen Medical. I have led teams through need-finding, definition, development, human clinical trials, and full commercialization.To date I have had the opportunity to build 7x surgical robots, of which 5x have been used in humans and 4x have been launched commercially. 1x micro-surgical robot for ophthalmology1x vascular robotic system2x endolumenal robots for urology1x endoscopy robot for bronchoscopy1x soft tissue robotI have a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute & and MBA from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.