• Based in the Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory (OBL) of Sunnybrook Research Institute, researching an innovative clinical rehabilitation solution for real-time patient physiotherapy monitoring and feedback using wearables and mobile apps.• Implemented and managed 2 related clinical studies with 130+ patients to date, including REB applications, program planning, and working with clinical partners to ensure minimal disruptions from technology integration into clinical workflow.• Developed machine/deep learning algorithms (scikit-learn, PyTorch) and scripts for detection/classification and analysis of physiotherapy exercises from inertial sensor data towards identification of patient barriers and objective evaluation of physiotherapy impact on clinical outcomes.• Performed qualitative study with ethics and policy research partners to investigate societal impacts of wearables and artificial intelligence, including engaging in stakeholder interviews (patients/policymakers/innovators) and using qualitative analysis methodology to derive ethical and policy insights.

• Lecture teaching assistant for BME205: Biomolecules and Cells with 180 students in-class, Winter 2019/2020. • Teaching assistant and team supervisor for BME 498: Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design, Fall/Winter 2019 - 2022.

Working with international and regional sales data to derive insights and sales leads.

• Reporting to the CEO, assisted with the planning and organization of first annual Investment Summit linking Canadian life science companies with US investors. • Developed and managed project plan, milestones and deliverables, and worked with team to manage details and logistics for a successful summit.

The MedDev Commercialization Centre (MDCC) was a national Centre of Excellence for Commercialization of Research (CECR) with the mission of facilitating growth in the medical device industry in Canada through collaboration and partnership with industry, academic, and public stakeholders. By leveraging national and international partnerships and proponents of medical device innovation across sectors, we assisted in the development and adoption of new and novel Canadian technologies with the ultimate goal of improving patient care.Reporting to the General Manager, as Director of Project Assessment and Services I led a team of professionals with diverse backgrounds and expertise (MD, Engineers, Finance); performed and led due diligence on potential investments; established processes for rapid, reliable, and quality service offerings, both by preferred service provider partners and in-house, and; managed relationships with startups and subject matter experts.As with my previous positions at MDCC, I was actively involved with the medical device community. I led a successful Key Opinion Leader (KOL) clinician workshop for clients, organized and MC’d a multi-city event (Toronto and Montreal) with our partner Greater MSP, attended by Canadian medical device industry leaders and innovators, and represented MDCC at international conferences (RSNA, CES-Digital Health, AF Symposium) to identify industry trends and innovations to level-up our knowledge base for identifying priority investment.

• Reporting to the COO, facilitated and fostered partner relationships towards building a Canadian network with national and international stakeholders. Acted as the point person with trade commissioners, hospitals, research institutions, economic development agencies, and others. Managed key partnership events with Global Affairs Canada, the government of Taiwan, and others.• Managed relationships with 100+ innovators and start-up companies. • Chaired and led weekly meetings for the MDCC team towards realizing diligence and business development targets.• Authored the strategic communications and outreach plan, managed the website and its relaunch, organized and hosted webinars, and wrote the newsletters.• Managed and implemented various other operational activities (including IT, co-op, reporting, others) and played an active role in other parts of the business (marketing, legal, finance, etc.).• Pitched, designed, and built the centre’s relational database for contact and project management.

• Reporting to the CEO and as the first hire, worked to define and build a Centre for Commercialization of Research (CECR) in a fast-paced start-up environment.• Managed relationships with clients, potential partners, service providers and others.• Coordinated and authored reports and presentations. Managed meetings for the board of directors, clients, partners, and investors. Contributed engineering expertise to the CEO.

• Reporting to the division director, contributed to medical device research in the Cardiovascular Devices Division.• Assisted in supervision of graduate students and research.• Authored a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Artificial Organs on the medical device market in China.• Presented a graduate-level lecture on medical device design at Carleton University

Provided front-line public service, supervised page staff, as well as various clerical activities

• Courses: Network Simulation (NET4001), Multimedia Networking (NET4007), and Introduction to Interactive Media and Design (IMD1000).• Facilitated and instructed labs; marked assignments, labs reports and midterms; revised lab procedures and devised new experiments for future student cohorts.

• Researched and developed a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) software package (C++/CUDA) for accurate, real-time simulation of force response to deformation in articular cartilage towards the development of a surgical planning tool for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). • Worked as part of a multidisciplinary team of MDs/PhDs and other graduate students.• Authored 2 peer-reviewed articles and 1 book chapter based on thesis research.• Supervised an undergraduate student funded to assist in research.