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Sunnyvale, California, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Led high-impact strategy and business transformation projects across sectors including Biopharma, Medical Technologies, Deep-Tech, Industrial Goods, and Financial Institutions.•Gained expertise in market and customer analysis, identifying growth opportunities, defining strategic initiatives and roadmaps for product development and launch, ensuring alignment with business plans and brand strategy•Conducted comprehensive Commercial Due Diligences (CDDs) in the healthcare and tech… Show more Led high-impact strategy and business transformation projects across sectors including Biopharma, Medical Technologies, Deep-Tech, Industrial Goods, and Financial Institutions.•Gained expertise in market and customer analysis, identifying growth opportunities, defining strategic initiatives and roadmaps for product development and launch, ensuring alignment with business plans and brand strategy•Conducted comprehensive Commercial Due Diligences (CDDs) in the healthcare and tech industries, crafting market, revenue and growth models, understanding customer needs and KPCs, evaluating competitive landscapes, uncovering market dynamics and key investment opportunities through extensive market research and expert interviews•Independently steered high-stakes projects and directed strategic initiatives with minimal supervision, engaging with executives such as directors, VPs, and CTOs to secure buy-in for key organizational objectives Show less

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Assisted Office of Technology Development with tasks related to technology transfer, intellectual property, business development, alliance management, and marketing.•Performed market research, assessed competitive landscape and prepared commercialization reports for new inventions

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Oversaw 20+ members research team and perform critical functions required for optimal operation of the research enterprise within the Tearney Laboratory during its growth to 90+ members.•Developed scientific strategy, assigned and prioritized workloads to research staff comprising of postdoctoral research fellows, scientists, assistants, engineers and data scientists. Provided guidance, training, mentorship and coaching as needed•Maintained and enhanced cross-functional team… Show more Oversaw 20+ members research team and perform critical functions required for optimal operation of the research enterprise within the Tearney Laboratory during its growth to 90+ members.•Developed scientific strategy, assigned and prioritized workloads to research staff comprising of postdoctoral research fellows, scientists, assistants, engineers and data scientists. Provided guidance, training, mentorship and coaching as needed•Maintained and enhanced cross-functional team relationships with engineering, quality, regulatory and clinical functions•Assisted in identifying and developing lab-wide tools and systems to improve efficiency of operations and processes•Managed research staff recruitment by creating a strategic recruitment plan based on current and projected needs, identifying and actively recruiting potential candidates, and conducting >100 screening and technical interviews•Assembled and led a Machine Vision Team consisting of researchers and data scientists to develop a set of semi-automated and automated image processing, analysis and AI applications, including segmentation, classification, registration, feature extraction and pattern detection •Assisted in managing lab’s intellectual property portfolio by assessing IP landscape and patentability, liaising to Mass General Brigham Innovation Office regarding disclosure, patent filing and prosecution strategies, evaluating drafted claim sets, and arranging NDA/CDAs with external relations when needed•Developed market analyses, business plans and commercialization strategies for lab’s mature technologies Show less

Greater Boston Area

Led technical and engineering teams to develop intravascular multimodal preclinical and clinical imaging systems for coronary artery disease management following FDA IDE regulations.•Served as technical lead to a cross-functional team of 15 engineers, 5 clinical and regulatory members, and 4 academic and clinical collaborators through an NIH R01 grant and a sponsored research agreement from Canon, Inc with a total budget of ~$8M•Developed a clinical intravascular dual-modality OCT… Show more Led technical and engineering teams to develop intravascular multimodal preclinical and clinical imaging systems for coronary artery disease management following FDA IDE regulations.•Served as technical lead to a cross-functional team of 15 engineers, 5 clinical and regulatory members, and 4 academic and clinical collaborators through an NIH R01 grant and a sponsored research agreement from Canon, Inc with a total budget of ~$8M•Developed a clinical intravascular dual-modality OCT and near-infrared autofluorescence/fluorescence (NIRAF/NIRF) imaging platform for combined tissue microstructure visualization and obtaining molecular information of coronary arteries•Developed a preclinical intravascular real time endothelial shear stress (RTESS) measurement platform for integrated OCT imaging and ESS measurements of coronary arteries under 3 minutes•Followed industry standard design control process to develop system components, such as imaging consoles as systems, catheters, actuation units, data acquisition and processing softwarePI: Prof. Gary J. Tearney Show less

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

8 years-experience in developing endoscopic imaging technologies and conducting clinical studies at the VA Boston Healthcare System (VABHS). Endoscopic OCT Technology Development•Developed the next generation ultrahigh speed endoscopic swept-source Optical Coherence Tomography system (>10 times faster than commercial systems) and translated it to the VABHS•Imaged >100 patients with a range of upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract diseases. Analyzed >5 million OCT… Show more 8 years-experience in developing endoscopic imaging technologies and conducting clinical studies at the VA Boston Healthcare System (VABHS). Endoscopic OCT Technology Development•Developed the next generation ultrahigh speed endoscopic swept-source Optical Coherence Tomography system (>10 times faster than commercial systems) and translated it to the VABHS•Imaged >100 patients with a range of upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract diseases. Analyzed >5 million OCT images to construct an atlas of structural and angiographic OCT images of various pathologies. Established OCT markers that correlate with the presence and severity of disease. •Conducted a clinical study on en face and cross-sectional OCT images of Barrett’s esophagus and dysplasia. Sensitivity, specificity and interobserver variation of using OCT to make diagnosis of early malignancy is assessed by multiple blinded readersMicroscopy and Pathlab Imaging Technology Development•Developed an ultrahigh speed swept-source Optical Coherence Microscopy system with a VCSEL light source to achieve record speed 3D-OCM imaging of unstained tissues with micron level resolution•Assessed diagnostic utility of the multiphoton microcopy in evaluating breast cancer lumpectomy specimens•Drafted an IRB application for an NIH–funded prospective, randomized controlled study with 114 patients to assess the effect of intraoperative MPM imaging on reducing the rate of repeat breast cancer lumpectomy procedures•Co-authored a total of 24 peer-reviewed publications, a book chapter, and five international (PCT) and US patent applications. Publications appeared in leading technical, clinical and research journals such as PNAS, Gastroenterology, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Human Molecular Genetics and OpticaPI: Prof. James G. Fujimoto Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering, 5/5

Thesis: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Devices and Applications of Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography Minor: Leadership in Medical Sciences

Selected Coursework, 5/5

Managerial Finance, Entrepreneurial Marketing, Leadership Signature, Strategic Decision Making in Life Sciences

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical Engineering, 5/5

Thesis: Swept-Source Optical Coherence Microscopy for Pathological Assessment of Cancerous Tissues

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 3.97/4

Electromagnetics, analog/digital circuit design, signal processing, telecommunications