Physician turned global Digital Health entrepreneur and thought leader.On a mission to help reduce or eliminate the burden of disease by accelerating adoption of pragmatic innovation in Digital Health and Precision Medicine. Worldwide. Extensive cross-functional leadership and hands-on experience developed through working for and with leading global brands and world-class organizations, start-ups, R&D, and academia in the U.S. and 26 developed and emerging economy countries.Frost & Sullivan’s Senior Life Science Analyst stated that “Ron is a gifted thinker – able to see puzzle pieces and the entire puzzle in tandem.” “One of Ron's major skills is to view things in a different light than anyone else previously has and to see the path to solutions where none had been available before,” commented a Harvard associate. Intel’s EMEA Digital Health Manager reflected that “Whilst a heavy weight intellect, Ron takes a hands-on approach at a program, project level to surpass both customer and business results.”Aa a situational leader and entrepreneurial driver of pragmatic innovation, Ron's highly differentiated capabilities include leading and managing strategy and action from the ‘Big-Idea’ throughout the product and program lifecycle; Working with and across clinical and business, science and technology, creative User Experience design and product development, marketing and sales, operations and ecosystem teams in decentralized multi-national environments - and; Leveraging broad and deep hands-on, scientific, and managerial technology expertise CLINICAL PRACTICE: Search & Rescue Flight Surgeon (Major, Ret., Air Force), Primary Care Physician, Senior Resident (Pediatrics). THOUGHT LEADERSHIP: Published, presented, and led multiple workshops around the world on technology innovation and practice in industry events, public sector, and academia. Learn more at https://rdribitzky.com/thought-leadership ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health - Health Policy & Management, UMass Medical School - Pediatrics, Emory School of Public Health - Center for Clinical Evaluation Science; Weizmann Institute of Science - Applied Mathematics, IBM Science Center - AI R&D (Israel); Kigali Institute of Science & Technology (KIST) Rockefeller Center of eHealth, Kigali Health Institute (KHI) (Rwanda)