Senior Engineering Leader who loves building teams of talented people and guiding them as they solve real world problems. Currently Senior Vice President of Technology for Semler Scientific where we provide a combination of hardware and software that enables healthcare practitioners to identify patients at risk for serious medical conditions like Peripheral Arterial Disease and Heart Failure. I lead a globally dispersed team of engineers and IT professionals that deliver mobile and desktop applications, hardware, healthcare system interconnects and cloud based services, all in support of Semler's mission to be a leader in medical risk-assessment.Wide ranging experience as an engineer and manager from the smallest scale startup to large, multi-divisional organizations with demonstrated success in both primary technology development and application of technology to meet vertical market business needs. Key Skills and Expertise:-Creation and management of high-performance teams that deliver-Identifying high-potential staff and developing them as leaders-Transition of software development teams to Agile while maintaining compliance with legacy regulatory frameworks-Coordinating with multiple stakeholders that have competing interests to achieve shared business objectives-Fostering healthy working relationships between engineering and non-engineering disciplines at all levels of the organization-Product development in regulated industries where mapping Agile to regulatory requirements is challenging (e.g., FDA 510(k) and PMA)-Design and development of software which enables hardware – SDKs, software application ecosystems, device communications-Rapid uptake of new technologies with utility in solving real business problems-Guiding development teams to finding the right architecture for the problem at hand-Early delivery of functional prototypes to facilitate business, market and customer validation of innovative product ideas-Working with intellectual property teams to prioritize and achieve patent protection on key inventions