Ken Persen is a CTO at HeartBeam, Inc. at HeartBeam Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAT). He possess expertise in medical devices, fda, start ups, cross functional team leadership, product development and 40 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I've had the honor of working alongside Ken for almost 2 years now. Ken's technical knowledge & expertise in the medical field has never ceased to amaze me. His ability to get very technical as well as non-technical to accommodate his audience is a tremendous asset. Ken is also very passionate about any and every task that is put in front of him.", "I've had the pleasure of knowing, and working with, Ken for over 15 years. We have corroborated on many searches during that time, both for Guidant/Boston Scientific and Cameron Health. Ken has always had a reputation among other managers and engineers as an exceptionally bright, candid, and driven manager. He is recognized by all for his devotion to recruiting the brightest, most capable candidates for his team. Ken expects (and gets) a lot from his team, and gives his people the latitude and tools that they need to succeed. The fact that he has maintained his excellent understanding of the technical issues involved in safety-critical software development enhances his ability to manage teams involved in that endeavor. Based on the feedback I've received from dozens of people who have worked for and with Ken, he is an incredibly well-respected Director who produces results and earns tremendous respect from those he works with.", and "I worked with Ken around year 2000 on RENEWAL project at Guidant. Ken was the Software manager. He assembled an amazing team from scratch. I still remember the names: Jim, Firass, Holly, Isabelle, Lihong, Mike, Par, Steve, Wei. Today when I look back at the team. I think "amazing" is an understatement. How he identified the whole group of young, talented, and hard working people (he recruited some of them within the company, some fresh from schools). It's a group of people that are great on both the technical side and the personality side. I have to say it's all about judgement. In this instance, Ken showed special ability in judging people. The project was a big success, we moved to different projects afterwords, some later moved to other companies. But the original team members occasionally still get together to have lunch!"